Energy in spotlight as Australian election campaigns begin
Tuesday, 1 April 2025 (Image: Australian Electoral Commission) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese formally announced on Friday that the 2025 federal election will take place on 3 May. Albanese’s Australian Labor…
Paks II says excavation work complete, awaiting permission for first concrete
Tuesday, 1 April 2025 (Image: ASE Rosatom) In December excavation of soil to a depth of 23 metres was under way with more than half of the 75,000 required piles drilled…
Application lodged for construction of Texas SMR plant
Monday, 31 March 2025 (Image: X-energy) Dow’s proposed advanced small modular reactor (SMR) project – announced in May 2023 – is being developed by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Long Mott Energy…
Transfer of Halden licence completed
Monday, 31 March 2025 (Image: NND) Established as an agency under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries in February 2018, Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND) is responsible for decommissioning the…
Siting and technical feasibility studies under way for new nuclear in Slovenia
Monday, 31 March 2025 How JEK2 could look (Image: GEN energija) In the latest update on the project to the municipal council, GEN energija’s Chief Operating Officer Bruno Glaser set out the status…
First main pump for Chinese SMR shipped
Monday, 31 March 2025 The main pump (Image: CNNC) The shielded main pump of the ACP100 – also referred to as the Linglong One – is a single-speed vertical fully-sealed…
CNNC seeks finance for innovative nuclear project
Friday, 28 March 2025 A rendering of the Xuwei plant (Image: CNNC) At the 26 March meeting, participants were given a development overview and project status report by CNNC Suneng…
Second-last high level waste shipment departs UK for Germany
Friday, 28 March 2025 (Image: Sellafield Ltd) Seven flasks containing the vitrified residues – the radioactive waste has been transformed into a stable glass-like form – travelled by rail to the port of…
Germany’s Marvel Fusion raises further EUR113 million
Friday, 28 March 2025 (Image: Marvel Fusion GmbH) The company announced the extension of its Series B funding round by EUR50 million (USD54 million) to EUR113 million, with funding from…
BWXT opens Innovation Campus in Virginia
Friday, 28 March 2025 The ribbon-cutting ceremony (Image: @GovernorVA/X) BWXT’s Advanced Technologies team designs, builds and tests new nuclear solutions. The labs and workshops at the new campus will be…
