The Nuclear Company opens base in South Carolina
Friday, 25 April 2025 The Nuclear Company plans to modernise nuclear construction in the USA (Image: The Nuclear Company) The Nuclear Company emerged from stealth mode in 2024, with plans…
Viewpoint: Powering the roll-out of advanced nuclear technologies through digital, data and AI
Friday, 25 April 2025 Matt Leedham (left) and Derreck Van Gelderen (Image: PA) As the industry edges closer to bringing these exciting new technologies to life, integrating sophisticated data systems…
What might an SMR look like in Minecraft?
Friday, 25 April 2025 (Image: Screengrab from Slovenské elektrárne/Youtube) What is an SMR? Small modular reactors – also known as SMRs – are smaller nuclear power plants and are intended to…
Removal of Garigliano liquid waste facility under way
Friday, 25 April 2025 (Image: Sogin) The redundant system is located in a building called RW, on two floors, inside four rooms, and is composed of: supply and discharge pipes,…
Defueling of Hunterston B plant completed
Thursday, 24 April 2025 Hunterston B (Image: EDF Energy) Defueling of Hunterston B in North Ayrshire, Scotland, was completed on time and on budget, operator EDF Energy announced. Formal confirmation…
Initiative to facilitate safe transport of radioactive material by Italy
Thursday, 24 April 2025 (Image: ISIN) Denial of shipments (DoS) can lead to longer and more complicated transport routes and a lack of flexibility in route selection. There are also…
US companies reapply for USD800 million SMR fund
Thursday, 24 April 2025 An illustration of how a Clinch River SMR could look (Image: TVA) The US Department of Energy’s Generation III+ SMR programme aims to spur the first…
EPC contract awarded for Indian reactors
Thursday, 24 April 2025 The order was formally handed over to MEIL at NPCIL’s Mumbai headquarters (Image: MEIL) The INR12,800 crore (about USD1.5 billion) engineering, procurement and construction contract for…
EDF appeal dismissed over Czech new nuclear tender process
Thursday, 24 April 2025 Dukovany’s four units started up in the 1980s (Image: CEZ) The chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, Petr Misna, confirmed the initial ruling…
US uranium enrichment startup emerges from stealth
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 (Image: mar lidia/Pixabay) General Matter was one of four companies selected in October 2024 by the US Department of Energy to provide enrichment services to help…
