Arizona utilities team up to explore new nuclear sites
Friday, 7 February 2025 Palo Verde (Image: APS) Both small modular reactors (SMRs) and potential large reactor projects will be considered in the siting work. The trio has applied for…
Naarea opens test facility for microreactor development
Friday, 7 February 2025 3D model of a molten salt test loop within the I-Lab (Image: Naarea) Located in Cormeilles-en-Parisis in northern France, the 2400 square-metre facility will host a…
Spain has successfully enhanced regulatory framework, says IAEA
Friday, 7 February 2025 (Image: @mitecogob/X) Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) missions are conducted at the request of IAEA member states to review and suggest enhancements to the regulatory infrastructure…
UK announces planning reforms to speed up nuclear projects
Thursday, 6 February 2025 The Rolls-Royce SMR is one of four designs under consideration for the UK’s SMR programme (Image: Rolls-Royce SMR) “More nuclear power plants will be approved across…
Vietnam looks to accelerate construction of nuclear power plants
Thursday, 6 February 2025 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaking at the steering committee meeting (Image: VGP/Nhat Bac) The prime minister – who is head of the steering committee for…
Dismantling of water tanks to start at Fukushima Daiichi
Thursday, 6 February 2025 Water storage tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi plant site (Image: Tepco) At the site, contaminated water – in part used to cool melted nuclear fuel –…
US Energy Secretary unleashes ‘Golden Era’
Thursday, 6 February 2025 Chris Wright signs his first secretarial order (Image: US DOE/X) “President Trump has outlined a bold and ambitious agenda to unleash American energy at home and…
IAEA working on safety case for Belene components at Khmelnitsky 3 and 4
Thursday, 6 February 2025 Ukraine’s President and the IAEA team discussed the issue during talks (Image: Ukraine’s President’s Office) Khmelnitsky’s first reactor was connected to the grid in 1987, but…
Four SMR developers aim to build reactors at Texas A&M University site
Wednesday, 5 February 2025 (Image: Texas A&M University System) Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp said land has been offered to the four companies to build their small modular…
Dismantling of Swedish reactors reaches milestone
Wednesday, 5 February 2025 Units 1 and 2 of the Oskarshamn plant (Image: OKG) Since July 2020, the UNNU Consortium – comprising Germany’s NUKEM Technologies Engineering Services GmbH and Uniper…
Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz Again and Says its Negotiating Team With U.S. is Heading to Switzerland
