Kazakhstan sets up nuclear energy agency
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 President Tokayev announced the new agency at the National Kurultai (Image: Ministry of Energy/Facebook) Separate decrees signed by Tokayev on 18 March as a state body…
Second part of Palisades loan guarantee released
Tuesday, 18 March 2025 Turbine inspections are part of the work being done as Palisades prepares to resume operations (Image: Holtec) “Unleashing American energy dominance will require leveraging all energy…
EDF may get state loan for six new reactors
Tuesday, 18 March 2025 The Penly site in Normandy, northern France, where the first pair of EPR2 reactors is planned (Image: EDF) In February 2022, Macron announced that the time…
Remotely operated robot deployed at Sellafield
Tuesday, 18 March 2025 Spot at Sellafield (Image: AtkinsRéalis) Canadian engineering firm AtkinsRéalis has been working at Sellafield to deploy a customised Boston Dynamics Spot quadrupedal robotic ‘dog’ on site,…
Fresh stage of tests for VVER-S and MOX fuel
Tuesday, 18 March 2025 (image: Rosatom) Based on the results of the research – using the BFS-1 critical test facility – “Rosatom scientists intend to justify the neutron-physical characteristics and…
Fourth unit at Kursk II gets Rostekhnadzor go-ahead
Tuesday, 18 March 2025 Kursk II will more than replace Kursk NPP’s output (Image: Rosatom) The licence approval comes two weeks after a similar licence was issued for the proposed…
India welcomes newest Rajasthan unit to the grid
Monday, 17 March 2025 The site is home to two 700 MWe PHWRs (Image: screengrab from NPCIL video) The unit – which is also known as RAPP-7 – reached first…
UK government-funded project milestone for borehole disposal
Monday, 17 March 2025 The prototype canister (Image: Deep Isolation) The project, under the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s (DESNZ) Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, began in December 2022.…
Deal finalised for Belgian reactor restarts in November
Monday, 17 March 2025 The Doel nuclear power plant (Image: Electrabel) Under a plan announced by Belgium’s coalition government in December 2021, Doel 3 was shut down in September 2022,…
Lukashenko wants second Russian nuclear power plant in Belarus
Monday, 17 March 2025 (Image: The Kremlin) Lukashenko, who held talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at which the two countries’ closening economic integration and a second nuclear power plant…
