US DOE re-issues SMR funding solicitation
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 Chris Wright (Image: DOE) The funding to de-risk the deployment of Generation III+ light-water small modular reactors (SMRs) is offered through two tiers. Tier 1 –…
NANO reactor core block ready for testing
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 The fuel element being prepared for testing (Image: NANO Nuclear) The 1:2 scale block has been precisely engineered to be representative of a fuel element of…
Rooppur unit 1 turbine installation completed
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 (Image: Rosatom) Alexey Deriy, Atomstroyexport JSC Vice President for Projects in Bangladesh, said: “Installation of the turbine at Rooppur nuclear power plant unit 1 has been…
Namibian parliament makes uranium exploration recommendation
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 The Wings project: Headspring says it is in the pre-feasibility stage and needs regulatory approval to begin a pilot test (Image: Headspring Investments) According to The…
Uprated Chinese reactor returns to grid
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 Workers mark the completion of the outage (Image: CNNC) According to Qinshan Nuclear Power – a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation – a total of…
SMR developers engage with US regulators
Monday, 24 March 2025 Oklo’s rendering of an Aurora powerhouse (Image: Oklo) The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) policy on regulating advanced nuclear reactors encourages would-be applicants to engage with…
Hot hydro testing begins at Mochovce 4
Monday, 24 March 2025 The Mochovce nuclear power plant (Image: Slovenské elektrárne) The purpose of the testing is to perform pressure and leak checks of the primary circuit and reactor,…
Containment dome installed at third Haiyang unit
Monday, 24 March 2025 (Image: SPIC) The dome – measuring about 41 metres in diameter, 11 metres in height and weighing almost 1000 tonnes – was lifted into place on…
Fortum continues preparations for nuclear new-build
Monday, 24 March 2025 (Image: Fortum) Fortum launched the feasibility study in October 2022 to explore the commercial, technological, and societal prerequisites for new nuclear in the two Nordic countries.…
Germany proposes accelerating search for repository site
Friday, 21 March 2025 The three host rocks for the search for a final repository: clay, salt and crystalline (Image: BGE) Last year, the Federal Office for the Safety of…
