NANO announces flurry of microreactor MoUs
Tuesday, 10 December 2024 Robert Koffi Messan Eklo, Minister of Mines and Energy Resources of the Togolese Republic (left) and NANO Nuclear’s Ian Farnan signed the MoU to support the…
Agreements represent step forward for nuclear in Uzbekistan, says Uzatom
Tuesday, 10 December 2024 World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y Leon (on the left) was a signatory of the agreement between the Association and Uzatom (Image: Uzatom) Each…
Carbon-14 diamond battery is world first, say UK scientists
Tuesday, 10 December 2024 The thin battery on the left, should last for more than 5000 years (Image: UKAEA) The battery is based on the radioactive isotope carbon-14. It uses its…
Preliminary design completed on Russian prototype fusion reactor
Tuesday, 10 December 2024 (Image: Rosatom) The project, being carried out by specialists at JSC NIIEFA for Rosatom’s Department of Scientific and Technical Programmes and Projects, is part of the federal KP…
Canada considers financing for Polish nuclear power plant
Tuesday, 10 December 2024 How the plant in Pomerania could look (Image: PEJ) The letter of intent with Export Development Canada (EDC) – a Canadian Crown corporation – is in…
Argentine Neutron Beam Laboratory receives key kit
Monday, 9 December 2024 (Image: CNEA) The transfer of the instrument came within the framework of the 2021 equipment transfer and collaboration agreement between the institute and Argentina’s National Atomic…
Shimane 2 restarts after 13 years being offline
Monday, 9 December 2024 The Shimane plant (Image: Qurren/CreativeCommons) The 789 MWe boiling water reactor (BWR) had been offline since January 2012. In June 2021, Shimane 2 became the 17th…
US regulators approve eVinci microreactor I&C platform
Monday, 9 December 2024 eVinci (Image: Westinghouse) The company said the regulator had approved the state-of-the-art eVinci Advanced Logic System Version 2 – or ALS v2 – instrumentation and control…
IAEA reviews Philippines nuclear infrastructure development
Monday, 9 December 2024 INIR mission team leader Mehmet Ceyhan presents the draft report to Raphael Lotilla, Philippine Secretary of Energy (Image: Philippine Department of Energy) Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review…
Australian report questions nuclear’s cost competitiveness
Monday, 9 December 2024 The GenCost 2024-25 Draft Report is open for public comments unti 11 February (Image: CSIRO) GenCost is a report published by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and…
