Fortum continues preparations for nuclear new-build
Monday, 24 March 2025 (Image: Fortum) Fortum launched the feasibility study in October 2022 to explore the commercial, technological, and societal prerequisites for new nuclear in the two Nordic countries.…
Germany proposes accelerating search for repository site
Friday, 21 March 2025 The three host rocks for the search for a final repository: clay, salt and crystalline (Image: BGE) Last year, the Federal Office for the Safety of…
Economic impact of UK’s STEP plant assessed
Friday, 21 March 2025 A cutaway of the STEP fusion plant (Image: UKAEA) In October 2022, the West Burton coal-fired power plant site in Nottinghamshire, England, was selected to host…
NRG-Pallas to test fuel and materials for Kairos SMR
Friday, 21 March 2025 A rendering of the Hermes demonstration reactor plant (Image: Kairos Power) Under the contract, NRG-Pallas will conduct fuel irradiation tests in the High Flux Reactor (HFR)…
Reactor vessel assembled for El Dabaa’s first unit
Friday, 21 March 2025 (Image: Rosatom) According to Rosatom, there was continuous heating of the weld and workers used about two tonnes of flux and more than 1.5 tonnes of special…
IAEA will support Zaporizhzhia, whatever agreement is reached
Friday, 21 March 2025 IAEA staff have been at the plant since September 2022 (Image: IAEA) The six-unit Zaporizhzhia plant – Ukraine and Europe’s largest nuclear power site – has…
Costain chosen to upgrade UK enrichment plant
Thursday, 20 March 2025 The Capenhurst site (Image: Urenco) The framework is expected to see contracts awarded to Costain over a minimum of three years. Costain will lead and deliver…
Finnish university to test safety of SMR designs
Thursday, 20 March 2025 A multiple LDR-50 unit plant (Image: Steady Energy) One of the facilities – to be built over the next two years – will model passive decay…
Can a guide to Sweden’s repository last 100,000 years?
Thursday, 20 March 2025 (Image: Linköping University) Sweden’s radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) submitted applications to build Sweden’s first nuclear fuel repository and an encapsulation plant to…
Kazatomprom updates national president on performance and plans
Thursday, 20 March 2025 Yussupov briefed President Tokayev on Kazatomprom’s results and plans (Image: Akorda) Announcing Kazatomprom’s 2024 full-year financial results on Wednesday, CEO Meirzhan Yussupov said the company’s Board…
