Fourth unit at Kursk II gets Rostekhnadzor go-ahead
Tuesday, 18 March 2025 Kursk II will more than replace Kursk NPP’s output (Image: Rosatom) The licence approval comes two weeks after a similar licence was issued for the proposed…
India welcomes newest Rajasthan unit to the grid
Monday, 17 March 2025 The site is home to two 700 MWe PHWRs (Image: screengrab from NPCIL video) The unit – which is also known as RAPP-7 – reached first…
UK government-funded project milestone for borehole disposal
Monday, 17 March 2025 The prototype canister (Image: Deep Isolation) The project, under the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s (DESNZ) Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, began in December 2022.…
Deal finalised for Belgian reactor restarts in November
Monday, 17 March 2025 The Doel nuclear power plant (Image: Electrabel) Under a plan announced by Belgium’s coalition government in December 2021, Doel 3 was shut down in September 2022,…
Lukashenko wants second Russian nuclear power plant in Belarus
Monday, 17 March 2025 (Image: The Kremlin) Lukashenko, who held talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at which the two countries’ closening economic integration and a second nuclear power plant…
Czech infrastructure plan to prepare for new nuclear
Monday, 17 March 2025 (Image: Czech Ministry of Trade and Industry) Vlček presented the expected socio-economic impacts on the region’s life, based on a Ministry of Industry and Trade study,…
Dismantling of Hamaoka 2 reactor starts
Monday, 17 March 2025 The opening of the reactor pressure vessel of Hamaoka 2 (Image: Chubu) Hamaoka 1 and 2 are both boiling water reactors, starting up in 1973 and…
Laser-based fusion plant planned for Biblis site
Friday, 14 March 2025 (Image: Hessian State Chancellery) The MoU was signed on 13 March by the Hessian state government under the leadership of Minister-President Boris Rhein, Minister of Economic…
Posiva completes backfilling trial run at repository
Friday, 14 March 2025 The tunnel filling installation system (Image: Posiva) At the repository, used fuel will be placed in the bedrock, at a depth of about 430 metres. The…
Ukraine’s president signs law to facilitate the purchase of Belene equipment
Friday, 14 March 2025 The Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant. Only units 1 and 2 (left) are completed and in operation (Image: Energoatom) Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, backed the plan last…
