Brazil aiming to develop national microreactor
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 (Image: Adobe Stock) The vision is for the microreactor to fit within a 40-foot container and be operated remotely for more than 10 years without any…
EBRD representatives inspect Chernobyl shelter damage
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 (Image: ChNPP) During the visit they inspected the shelter – the New Safe Confinement (NSC) – and held meetings with Chernobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP) leaders. The…
Urenco to supply fuel for Westinghouse microreactor
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 From left to right: Tarik Choho, Westinghouse President of Nuclear Fuel, Laurent Odeh, Urenco Chief Commercial Officer and Kallie Metzger, eVinci Fuel Director (Image: Westinghouse) “This…
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…
