Construction contract awarded for Darlington SMR

Friday, 9 May 2025 Aecon’s leadership and other project partners with Ontario Minister of Energy and Mines at the Darlington New Nuclear site on 8 May (Image: Aecon) The project…

ForoNuclear highlights role of nuclear in Spanish energy mix

Friday, 9 May 2025 The Ascó plant (Image: ANAV) In the latest edition of its annual report – titled – ForoNuclear says Spain’s nuclear power reactors generated almost 52.4 TWh net…

Chernobyl shelter’s drone damage includes 330 openings in outer cladding

Friday, 9 May 2025 Hundreds of openings were cut during efforts to extinguish fires (Image: ChNPP) The agency said that investigations continue to determine the extent of the damage sustained…

Foundation in place for new Dutch research reactor

Friday, 9 May 2025 (Image: NRG-Pallas) NRG-Pallas applied in June 2022 to the Dutch regulator, the Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, for a permit to construct and operate…

First concrete for US advanced reactor

Thursday, 8 May 2025 Concrete pouring begins in the first of Hermes’ 51 foundational piers (Image: Kairos) Kairos broke ground for the scaled demonstration of its KP-HFR fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature…

Metal cutting begins for nuclear icebreaker Stalingrad

Thursday, 8 May 2025 (Image: JSC Baltic Shipyard) There are currently a series of Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreakers operating – the Arktika, Sibir, Ural and the Yakutia – or under construction – the Chukotka and Leningrad. Work on…

OPG gets go-ahead to build first SMR in Canada

Thursday, 8 May 2025 The Darlington New Nuclear Project site (the existing Darlington nuclear power plant can be seen in the background) (Image: OPG) It will be the first new…

Construction of second Shidaowan Hualong One begins

Thursday, 8 May 2025 (Image: China Huaneng) The company plans to construct four Hualong One reactors, in two phases, at Shidaowan with a total installed capacity of 4.8 GWe.  China’s…

Pivotal laser enrichment demonstration testing under way

Thursday, 8 May 2025 (Image: Pixabay) The testing programme at the Wilmington, North Carolina facility is expected to be a pivotal validation of large-scale enrichment performance under operationally relevant conditions,…

Supplier contracts signed relating to KHNP Czech project

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 (Image: CEZ) The signing of the contracts and agreements between the firms came despite a court injunction secured by France’s EDF on Tuesday which prohibited the…