Belarus nuclear plant could switch to longer fuel cycle
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 Belarus nuclear power plant has two VVER-1200 units (Image: Belarus energy Ministry) The Belarus nuclear power plant is located in Ostrovets in the Grodno region. A…
Podcast: World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2025
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 The goal of tripling nuclear energy capacity by 2050 is shared by many governments, businesses and financial institutions. If that is to happen there is going…
US regulator approves microreactor fuel qualification methodology
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 Composition of an FCM fuel particle (Image: NANO Nuclear) The approved Fuel Qualification Methodology (FQM) defines the regulatory framework and testing approach for the qualification of…
Owner’s engineer sought for UK SMR projects
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 (Image: Composite of the bidders’ proposed SMRs) “The Owner’s Engineer (OE) will provide essential independent assurance to the Intelligent Customer and Intelligent Client for the relevant…
Reconstruction of Italian waste store begins
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 (Image: Sogin) Radioactive waste resulting both from previous plant operations and from decommissioning activities at Caorso is currently stored in three on-site interim storage facilities. The…
Second Pakistani Hualong One unit passes final acceptance
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 The final acceptance ceremony (Image: CNNC) The ceremony was held at the Karachi site on 18 April, with representatives from China and Pakistan jointly signing the…
Westinghouse, University of Saskatchewan to collaborate for eVinci deployment
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 Michael Bradley, Dean of the USask College of Engineering, and Leah Crider, Westinghouse Vice President of eVinci Commercial Operations, sign the agreement (Image: Westinghouse) Under the…
Main circulation pumps installed in Akkuyu’s second unit
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 (Image: Rosatom) The four main circulation pump units are used to ensure circulation of coolant in the primary circuit of the reactor core, with a pressure…
Framatome opens new fuel fabrication facility
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 Framatome’s Lionel Gaiffe opening the new facility (Image: Framatome) The Romans-sur-Isère site includes workshops operated by CERCA, Framatome’s subsidiary for the fabrication of fuel elements for…
Korean-led consortium awarded US research reactor contract
Thursday, 17 April 2025 The contract signing ceremony (Image: KAERI) The University of Missouri (Mizzou) launched an initiative in March 2023 to build a new, larger research reactor, NextGen MURR.…
