OPG says goodbye to Pickering 4
Thursday, 2 January 2025 Pickering (Image: OPG) “As the year comes to a close and Pickering Unit 4 is removed from service, we extend our gratitude to the thousands of…
Work starts on Taiwanese fuel storage facility
Thursday, 2 January 2025 The groundbreaking ceremony (Image: Taipower) In November 2010, Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) signed a contract with US firm NAC International Inc for the supply of its…
Cold hydro testing under way at Slovakia’s Mochovce 4
Thursday, 2 January 2025 Mochovce 3 and 4 will each produce 13% of Slovakia’s electricity needs (Image: Slovenské elektrárne) The cold hydro-testing of unit 4 began in early December, Slovenské…
Westinghouse signs agreement to diversify fuel supply for Bulgarian plant
Monday, 23 December 2024 Westinghouse President of Nuclear Fuel Tarik Choho (seated, left) and Kozloduy NPP CEO Ivan Andreev (seated, right), sign the new contract watched by Malinov (standing, left)…
Viewpoint: International collaboration is key for geological disposal programmes
Monday, 23 December 2024 Neil Hyatt, on a recent visit to a repository in France (Image: Nuclear Waste Services) Why is there a need to collaborate internationally? We’ve been…
Podcast: Nuclear energy’s key moments in 2024
Monday, 23 December 2024 January The start of the year was dominated by nuclear energy developments in the UK, with the then government , representing about 25% of the country’s…
Argentina aims to be nuclear pioneer, President Milei says
Monday, 23 December 2024 The president, centre, IAEA director general, right and Demian Reidel, left (Image: Argentina’s presidential office) The president, standing between his chief adviser Demian Reidel, who will…
IAEA commends Ghana on nuclear power programme progress
Monday, 23 December 2024 Ghana has been considering both gigawatt and small modular reactors (Image: Nuclear Power Ghana) This was the first Integrated Regulatory Review Service mission to Ghana, and…
Government inquiry recommends lifting Swedish uranium ban
Monday, 23 December 2024 (Image: Pixabay) Uranium exploration and mining has been prohibited in Sweden since 2018, but in February this year Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari announced that…
France’s Flamanville EPR starts supplying power
Saturday, 21 December 2024 The Flamanville EPR (Image: EDF) The utility said the 1630 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor was connected to the grid for the first time at 11:48…
