Date set for Taiwan referendum on nuclear restart

Friday, 23 May 2025 Maanshan (Image: Taipower) The commission, which is an independent agency established to handle referendum issues, considered two referendum proposals, rejecting one relating to the the judicial death…

Westinghouse fuel arrives at Temelin nuclear power plant

Friday, 23 May 2025 (Image: CEZ) The country’s nuclear power plant operator ČEZ began work to diversify its nuclear fuel suppliers in 2018, signing a contract for the supply of fuel…

Canada’s first SMR project: How is CAD20.9 billion cost calculated?

Friday, 23 May 2025 The Darlington New Nuclear Project site is alongside the existing Darlington Nuclear Generating Station (Image: OPG) Firstly, what is the project? The Province of Ontario on…

Sweden passes bill on state aid for new reactors

Friday, 23 May 2025 The Riksdag’s East Wing (Image: Swedish Parliament) In October 2022, Sweden’s incoming centre-right coalition government adopted a positive stance towards nuclear energy. In November 2023, it…

Russia ‘ready to keep supplying enriched uranium to USA’

Friday, 23 May 2025 The Rosatom director general speaking at the Federation Council (Image: Rosatom) The comments to media, reported in multiple news outlets in Russia including the official Tass…

Westinghouse, First Nations sign MoU to look at SMR opportunities

Thursday, 22 May 2025 L-R: Councilor Karen Narvie of Eel River Bar, John Gorman and Chief Terry Richardson mark the signature of the MoU (Image: Westinghouse) The Memorandum of Understanding…

Estonia starts planning process for SMR plant

Thursday, 22 May 2025 The announcement was made from a high school in Narva, where the Estonian government is meeting today (Image: Government of Estonia) The company submitted its application…

IAEA warning over drones near nuclear sites

Thursday, 22 May 2025 The Zaporizhzhia plant (Image: IAEA) The comments came after International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) reported hearing bursts of…

Polish supply chain gears up for country’s first nuclear project

Thursday, 22 May 2025 (Image: World Nuclear Association) In November 2022, the then Polish government selected Westinghouse AP1000 reactor technology for construction at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in the Choczewo municipality…

Czech-EU agreement ‘to act quickly’ to clarify nuclear tender issues

Wednesday, 21 May 2025 (Image: CEZ) The Czech Republic is planning new nuclear capacity and in July last year announced Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) was the preferred bidder,…