EU funding for French enrichment plant expansion
Monday, 10 March 2025 The Georges Besse II plant (Image: Orano) The Georges Besse II centrifuge enrichment plant – which superseded the Georges Besse I gaseous diffusion enrichment plant that…
KHNP to collaborate with Kazakhstan on uranium research
Friday, 7 March 2025 The MoU with Al-Farabi University was signed on 3 March (Image: KHNP) The company signed memorandums of understanding with Al-Farabi National University on 3 March, and…
WANO looks to build on achievements as nuclear capacity grows
Friday, 7 March 2025 Mitchell, centre, Gago, right, with CEO Naoki Chigusa (Image: WANO) The association, best known as WANO, is a not-for-profit international organisation established in 1989 by the world’s…
Commissioning milestone for WIPP ventilation facility
Friday, 7 March 2025 The exterior of the SSCVS facility (Image: DOE EM) The Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) is part of the US Department of Energy Office of…
Chernobyl: Emergency work completed after drone strike on shelter
Friday, 7 March 2025 Workers on the roof of the New Safe Confinement two days after the February 14 drone strike (Image: State Emergency Service of Ukraine) According to the…
Orano and Energoatom sign enrichment services agreement
Friday, 7 March 2025 (Image: Orano) The agreement, which guarantees a diversified supply of enrichment services for fuel for Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, was signed by Nicolas Maes, CEO of Orano,…
UKAEA, Eni partner for tritium fuel cycle facility
Friday, 7 March 2025 A rendering of the H3AT Tritium Loop Facility (Image: UKAEA) Tritium recovery and re-use will play a fundamental role in the supply and generation of the…
Canadian government announces nuclear investments
Thursday, 6 March 2025 A rendering of the Monark concept (Image: AtkinsRéalis) Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson announced that the government had entered into a preliminary agreement with…
Europe completes manufacture of second ITER vessel sector
Thursday, 6 March 2025 (Image: Walter Tosto) The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor’s (ITER’s) plasma chamber, or vacuum vessel, houses the fusion reactions and acts as a first safety containment barrier.…
Lloyd’s Register to use AI to aid maritime nuclear licensing
Thursday, 6 March 2025 The projected future design of nuclear power barges (Image: Lucid Catalyst) Lloyd’s Register will become one of the first maritime organisations to use generative AI for…
