Venice exhibition includes model of Newcleo reactor

Monday, 12 May 2025 (Image: Newcleo) The interactive exhibit is a joint project by Paris-headquartered Newcleo, leading Italian design company Pininfarina, and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. “Combining technological vision, industrial expertise,…

Vietnam and Russia ‘to expedite’ nuclear power plant talks

Monday, 12 May 2025 The agreement was signed during the presidential meetings (Image: Rosatom) During the meetings, an Interdepartmental Roadmap for Nuclear Technology Development to 2030 was signed which covers the construction…

Canadian partnership to support heavy water industry

Monday, 12 May 2025 CNL is considered to be a world leader in heavy water technology (Image: CNL) A new strategic partnership will see Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) leverage Atomic…

EU seeks to end all energy imports from Russia

Friday, 9 May 2025 The European Commission building in Brussels (Image: Dimitris Vetsikas/Pixabay) In May 2022, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine three months earlier, the European Commission (EC)…

Construction contract awarded for Darlington SMR

Friday, 9 May 2025 Aecon’s leadership and other project partners with Ontario Minister of Energy and Mines at the Darlington New Nuclear site on 8 May (Image: Aecon) The project…

ForoNuclear highlights role of nuclear in Spanish energy mix

Friday, 9 May 2025 The Ascó plant (Image: ANAV) In the latest edition of its annual report – titled – ForoNuclear says Spain’s nuclear power reactors generated almost 52.4 TWh net…

Chernobyl shelter’s drone damage includes 330 openings in outer cladding

Friday, 9 May 2025 Hundreds of openings were cut during efforts to extinguish fires (Image: ChNPP) The agency said that investigations continue to determine the extent of the damage sustained…

Foundation in place for new Dutch research reactor

Friday, 9 May 2025 (Image: NRG-Pallas) NRG-Pallas applied in June 2022 to the Dutch regulator, the Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, for a permit to construct and operate…

First concrete for US advanced reactor

Thursday, 8 May 2025 Concrete pouring begins in the first of Hermes’ 51 foundational piers (Image: Kairos) Kairos broke ground for the scaled demonstration of its KP-HFR fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature…

Metal cutting begins for nuclear icebreaker Stalingrad

Thursday, 8 May 2025 (Image: JSC Baltic Shipyard) There are currently a series of Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreakers operating – the Arktika, Sibir, Ural and the Yakutia – or under construction – the Chukotka and Leningrad. Work on…