ANSTO begins decommissioning Australia’s first reactor
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 HIFAR’s control room will be included in the first stage of decommissioning work (Image: ANSTO) The 10 MWt reactor’s full name is the High Flux Australian…
Dutch province provides funding for MSR development
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 (Image: DIFFER / Bart van Overbeeke) In January, Dutch technology companies Demcon, Thorizon and VDL Group signed a project agreement to develop and test technology for…
South Korea enacts legislation on high-level waste
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 The National Assembly building in Seoul (Image: frakorea / Wikipedia) The High-Level Radioactive Waste Special Act was passed by the National Assembly during a plenary session…
Hinkley Point C: EDF tests new acoustic fish deterrent system
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 (Image: EDF) The company building the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in southwest England had originally been given planning permission in 2013 for a scheme…
Pivotal moment for Moltex recycling process
Monday, 3 March 2025 Moltex’s vision features WATSS and SSR-W plants on the same site (Image: Moltex) The innovative process – short for Waste to Stable Salt – extracts valuable…
Cabinet moves to reverse Italy’s anti-nuclear stance
Monday, 3 March 2025 Pichetto Fratin speaking at a press conference following the cabinet meeting (Image: Ministry of Environment and Energy Security) On 28 February, on the proposal of President…
Fortum to help develop Finnish SMR for district heating
Monday, 3 March 2025 A multiple LDR-50 unit plant (Image: Steady Energy) Apros, the result of decades of development work by Fortum and Finland’s state-owned VTT Technical Research Centre, is…
Grossi: Safety concerns led to Zaporizhzhia route change for IAEA experts
Monday, 3 March 2025 (Image: Secreengrab from IAEA livestream) Grossi, speaking at a press conference as the IAEA Board of Governors met in Vienna, was asked whether he was concerned…
First Light Fusion switches strategy, drops plans to develop power plant
Monday, 3 March 2025 (Image: First Light Fusion) The Oxfordshire-based company says it is seeking to commercialise the pioneering technology it has developed during its work towards creating a fusion power…
Reactor vessel installed at first Lianjiang unit
Friday, 28 February 2025 (Image: SNERDI) The vessel – which will house the nuclear reactor and is the core of a nuclear power plant – was manufactured by Shanghai Electric…
