First concrete poured for tritium removal facility
Tuesday, 3 June 2025 (Image: Nuclearelectrica) It will be the first such facility in Europe, and just the third in the world, with Romania hoping that it will help the…
New Mexico uranium projects selected for permitting fast-track
Tuesday, 3 June 2025 La Jara Mesa (Image:X/Laramide Resources) The designation is part of the federal infrastructure permitting initiative established under Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act…
Turbine hall demolished at Sizewell A
Tuesday, 3 June 2025 (Image: NRS) The football-pitch-sized turbine hall has now been razed to the ground using a series of “innovative and forward-thinking techniques” which meant the completed work…
Extension granted for Smolensk unit 2
Tuesday, 3 June 2025 (Image: Smolensk NPP) The RBMK-1000 light water graphite reactor entered commercial operation in 1985 and currently has permission to operate until 2030. The first Smolensk unit…
NRC says no environmental impact from Palisades restart
Monday, 2 June 2025 Work underway in the interior of the Palisades plant (Image: Holtec) The single-unit pressurised water reactor on the shores of Lake Michigan permanently ceased operations on…
IAEA completes siting review for El Salvador
Monday, 2 June 2025 The mission team visiting one of the candidate sites (Image: CEL) Designed to assist IAEA Member States at different stages in the development of a nuclear…
Ansaldo to cooperate with Uzbek atomic agency
Monday, 2 June 2025 (Image: Ansaldo Energia) The MoU was signed in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on 29 May by Ansaldo Energia Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and…
Collaboration aims to develop Swedish uranium deposits
Monday, 2 June 2025 The Häggån deposit, pictured in October 2013 (Image: Aura Energy) Aura Energy owns the Häggån vanadium, potash and uranium project in Sweden, which is claimed to…
IAEA assesses safety at Dutch and Slovenian plants
Friday, 30 May 2025 The Borssele plant (Image: EPZ) The 485 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor at Borssele – operated by EPZ – has been in operation since 1973 and…
Korea to evaluate proposed Ugandan nuclear power plant site
Friday, 30 May 2025 (Image: KHNP) Under the contract – signed in the Ugandan capital Entebbe on 27 May – as the main contractor KHNP will manage the entire project,…
