Newcleo submits SMR design for UK assessment
Monday, 2 December 2024 (Image: Newcleo) Generic Design Assessment (GDA) is a process carried out by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the Environment Agency (EA) – and where…
Go-ahead for expansion of Swedish repository
Friday, 29 November 2024 The blue area shows where SKB plans to extend the existing SFR repository (Image: SKB) The SFR repository is situated 60 metres below the bottom of…
IAEA warns of impact on nuclear safety of attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Friday, 29 November 2024 The IAEA’s Grossi, pictured in September (Image: Dean Calma/IAEA) In the agency’s latest update it said that the nuclear power plants – Khmelnitsky, Rivne and South…
Denison collaborates on uranium exploration as Wheeler River environmental approval progresses
Friday, 29 November 2024 Examining core samples at Wheeler River (Image: Denison) Wheeler River is the largest undeveloped uranium project in the eastern portion of the Athabasca Basin, in northern…
LANL researchers complete HALEU criticality experiment
Friday, 29 November 2024 A graphite fuel ‘cup’ containing fuel pellets ready for insertion into a Deimos graphite monolith (Image: DOE) Criticality benchmarks are essential to nuclear design and safety…
Canada selects location for used nuclear fuel repository
Thursday, 28 November 2024 (Image: NWMO) “This is a historic moment,” Nuclear Waste Management Organization President and CEO Laurie Swami said. “This project will solve an environmental issue and supports Canada’s…
First Zhangzhou unit begins supplying power
Thursday, 28 November 2024 (Image: CNNC) The reactor began supplying electricity to grid at 7.46am on Thursday, CNNC said, marking “major progress in the mass production of Hualong One by…
Slovenia’s GEN to intensify study of SMR options
Thursday, 28 November 2024 Roadshows have been held to explain the plans (Image: GEN energija) Speaking at the Slovenian Association for Energy Economics conference at the University of Ljubljana, Paravan…
Korean waste agency to cooperate with Finland, Spain
Thursday, 28 November 2024 The signing of the MoU with Posiva (Image: Korad) On 25 November, the Korea Radioactive Waste Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Posiva and its…
GLE acquires land for laser enrichment facility
Thursday, 28 November 2024 A conceptual rendering of the PLEF facility (Image: Silex Ltd) The 665-acre (2.7 square kilometres) parcel of land was previously owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky…
