Preparation stage begins for BN-1200M construction

Friday, 11 July 2025 The fast neutron BN-1200 reactor planned as Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant’s fifth unit has entered the preparation stage for construction. (Image: Rosatom) The sodium-cooled BN-series fast…

Holtec ready for Palisades to enter operational mode

Friday, 11 July 2025 Holtec has submitted a letter to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicating it has completed the necessary licensing activities to transition the Palisades nuclear power plant…

Lithuania to consider deployment of Newcleo SMRs

Thursday, 10 July 2025 Lithuania’s State Enterprise Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant is to collaborate with France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo on assessing the possibilities of applying advanced fast reactor technology…

TerraPower awards Natrium supplier contracts

Thursday, 10 July 2025 TerraPower has announced three more supplier contracts as part of the fifth round of procurement awards for the Natrium project in Kemmerer, Wyoming, in the USA.…

SMRs ‘hold immense promise’ for Africa

Thursday, 10 July 2025 The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says that participants at the recent Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa agreed “​that ​small modular reactors hold immense…

Final stage of IMSR graphite irradiation testing starts

Thursday, 10 July 2025 Terrestrial Energy and NRG-Pallas are starting the final phase of the graphite irradiation testing programme for Terrestrial’s molten salt reactor at the High Flux Reactor in…

Modernisation of Dukovany turbine halls planned

Wednesday, 9 July 2025 The Czech Republic’s ČEZ says it is scoping out the modernisation of Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant’s turbine halls with a view to possible increases in output as…

ARC-100 completes Canadian regulatory design review

Wednesday, 9 July 2025 Canadian regulators have concluded that there are no fundamental barriers to licensing the ARC-100 small modular reactor, ARC Clean Technology has announced. (Image: ARC Clean Technology)…

Supplementary agreements signed for El Dabaa project

Wednesday, 9 July 2025 Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held meetings to discuss progress on the El Dabaa nuclear power plant with Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev, before an amendment…

NANO Nuclear to help revive Argentinean uranium mining

Wednesday, 9 July 2025 US microreactor technology company NANO Nuclear Energy Inc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Buenos Aires-based private uranium exploration company UrAmerica Ltd to help modernise…