Hot testing of second Zhangzhou unit completed
Wednesday, 9 April 2025 Workers in the control room of Zhangzhou 2 (Image: CNNC) Hot functional tests involve increasing the temperature of the reactor coolant system and carrying out comprehensive…
First Light Fusion, Frazer-Nash team up for fusion development
Wednesday, 9 April 2025 (Image: First Light Fusion) The two companies have signed a non-exclusive letter of understanding for multi-year collaboration to develop cutting-edge engineering technologies that they say will…
UK government provides funding for fusion development
Tuesday, 8 April 2025 (Image: DESNZ) Starmaker One is a limited partnership in which the government is a cornerstone investor. The fund has potential to raise between GBP100 million and…
Bruce unit 5 refurbishment gets IESO go-ahead
Tuesday, 8 April 2025 The turbine hall at Bruce 5 (Image: Bruce Power) Major Component Replacement – or MCR – involves removing and replacing key reactor components including steam generators,…
ČEZ selects Amentum to support SMR programme
Tuesday, 8 April 2025 The Tušimice coal-fired plant site, which could house SMRs (Image: Honza Groh) In September last year, the Czech Republic chose UK firm Rolls-Royce SMR after assessing…
Invest now to secure long-term uranium future, Red Book says
Tuesday, 8 April 2025 The Red Book: published regularly for 60 years (Image: OECD/NEA) is the latest edition of the uranium reference produced jointly by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency…
Fourth steam generator for new Kaiga units completed
Monday, 7 April 2025 (Image: L&T) With the dispatch of the component – about 24 metres in length, with a diameter of about 4 metres and weighing more than 200…
In pictures: Akkuyu 3 conventional island equipment delivered
Monday, 7 April 2025 (Image: Akkuyu Nuclear) The feedwater reserve tank is a thick-walled vessel weighing 259 tonnes and measuring more than 40 metres in length. A supply of water…
Deep Fission, Deep Isolation ink MoU
Monday, 7 April 2025 Deep Isolation CEO Baltzer (left) and Deep Fission CEO Muller (Image: Deep Isolation) The partnership aims to enable Deep Fission to offer an end-to-end solution that includes…
A guide: Uranium and the nuclear fuel cycle
Monday, 7 April 2025 Yellowcake (Image: Dean Calma/IAEA) The nuclear fuel cycle starts with the mining of uranium ore and ends with the disposal of nuclear waste. (Ore is simply…
