Fuel loading under way at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa unit 6
Wednesday, 11 June 2025 Fuel loading at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 6 (Image: Tepco) A total of 872 fuel assemblies will be transported from the used fuel storage pool to the core of…
KHNP and Thailand’s EGAT to explore SMR options
Wednesday, 11 June 2025 (Image: EGAT) The agreement will see the two companies exchange SMR-related technical information, hold a joint review of options for introducing a small modular reactor (SMR)…
Official proposal lodged for Halden SMR plant
Wednesday, 11 June 2025 (Image: Halden Kjernekraft) Halden Kjernekraft – 20% owned by Halden municipality with Norsk Kjernekraft and Østfold Energi owning 40% each – was set up in November…
Communications plays pivotal role in power plant performance, WANO gathering hears
Wednesday, 11 June 2025 (Image: WANO) He added: “We’re seeing communications play a pivotal role in driving performance at operating plants and facilities worldwide. Communications also plays a vital role…
UK government announces GBP14.2 billion for Sizewell C
Tuesday, 10 June 2025 The planned Sizewell C plant (Image: EDF Energy) In its announcement of the funding – which is seen as a prelude to a Final Investment Decision…
Newcleo reactor design accepted for UK assessment
Tuesday, 10 June 2025 A cutaway of Newcleo’s reactor design (Image: Newcleo) Generic Design Assessment (GDA) is a process carried out by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the Environment…
Pilot operation begins for TVS-5 nuclear fuel
Tuesday, 10 June 2025 (Image: Novovoronezh NPP) The TVS-5 is designed to enable fully automated fabrication of VVER-1200 fuel bundles, which Rosatom’s fuel division TVEL says ” is necessary for development…
Rolls-Royce SMR named as UK’s selected technology
Tuesday, 10 June 2025 A rendering of a Rolls-Royce SMR power plant (Image: Rolls-Royce SMR) The UK aims to grow nuclear energy capacity to 24 GW by 2050, with a…
Zaporizhzhia security, restart and US fuel discussed in IAEA-Russian talks
Monday, 9 June 2025 The talks were held in Kaliningrad (Image: Alexander Podgorchuk/Strana Rosatom) Grossi, who visited Russia following talks in Ukraine, described the talks on social media platform X…
Emergency core cooling system tank shipped for Xudabao 4
Monday, 9 June 2025 (Image: Rosatom) The emergency core cooling system tank is a thick-walled high-pressure vessel about three metres in diameter and will be filled with an aqueous solution…
