Emergency repairs for Chernobyl shelter ‘might top EUR100 million’
Thursday, 3 July 2025 (Image: EBRD) The European Union will contribute EUR25 million, the United Kingdom will contribute EUR6.7 million and France EUR10.6 million. The pledges came during a meeting…
Betatron X-Ray machine built for radioactive waste containers
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 (Image: TVEL) The university’s technology uses a betatron as an X-ray source and includes a proprietary software package. TVEL says it works on a similar principle…
GLE submits full application for laser enrichment facility licence
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 (Image: GLE) GLE is seeking a licence for the Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (PLEF) to re-enrich depleted uranium tails from legacy Department of Energy (DOE) gaseous…
Four 600 MW units planned for Kola II
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 (Image: Rosatom) During a visit to the Kola nuclear power plant in the Murmansk region, Likhachev said that Kola II would be the first to feature the…
Korean accident-resistant fuel begins in-reactor testing
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 (Image: KHNP) A ceremony was held on 1 July to commemorate the loading of the accident-resistant nuclear fuel demonstration assembly, which comprises 236 fuel rods. It…
Westinghouse, Radiant to perform first US microreactor tests
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 A rendering of the Kaleidos microreactor arriving at the DOME facility (Image: Ryan Seper/Radiant) The test bed – Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) – will repurpose…
Westinghouse contracted to assemble ITER torus
Tuesday, 1 July 2025 The ITER Tokamak pit with the two vacuum vessel sector modules installed (Image: Westinghouse) Under the contract, Westinghouse will be responsible for completing the vacuum vessel…
Changjiang 3 containment building completed
Tuesday, 1 July 2025 (Image: CNNC) “This marks the completion of the main structure of the reactor building of the nuclear island of unit 3 and the entry of the…
Google signs up for power from future fusion plant
Tuesday, 1 July 2025 CFS is building its SPARC prototype plant in Massachusetts (Image: CFS) As well as what Google describes as the largest direct corporate purchase agreement for fusion…
Early works agreement for BWRX-300 SMRs in Finland and Sweden
Tuesday, 1 July 2025 (Image: GE Vernova) Finnish energy company Fortum, which is 51.26% state-owned, launched a feasibility study in October 2022 to explore the commercial, technological, and societal prerequisites for new…
