Substation damage delaying operation of repaired Zaporizhzhia power line, says IAEA
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said: “Of the six temporary ceasefires that we have negotiated since late last year to help protect nuclear safety … this was the most…
Second Taipingling unit starts up
On 30 April, China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) issued a 40-year operating licence for Taipingling 2. The first nuclear fuel loading operation – which involved inserting a total of…
Canadian repository put forward for federal support
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson, Minister of Transport Steven MacKinnon and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Rebecca Alty, announced the nomination of three major projects for which the…
Swedish state taking majority stake in Videberg Kraft
In the spring amended budget for 2026, the government sought authorisation from the parliament – the Riksdag – to acquire 60% of the shares in Videberg Kraft for a maximum…
First Lightbridge fuel samples removed from INL’s Advanced Test Reactor
The fuel material samples were being tested under the Fission Accelerated Steady-State Testing method developed at Idaho National Laboratory, which is described as “an accelerated irradiation technique that uses Highly…
In pictures: Work on Paks II’s new units
In a recent update from the project company for the deployment of two new Russian VVER-1200 reactor units, Paks II said: “Soil milling machines, crawler excavators, bulldozers and trucks are…
OSGE signs agreement with Włocławek for SMR plant
Włocławek was one of six locations shortlisted by Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) in 2023 for further geological surveys to host small modular reactor (SMR) plants based on GE Vernova…
UK fusion sector poised for industrial scale-up
Opening the session on fusion energy at the conference earlier this month, Tristram Denton, UK Director of the Washington, DC-headquartered Fusion Industry Association, said global private investment in fusion has…
US federal loan to jumpstart AP1000 reactor supply chain
The loans, through the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing, advance last year’s Executive Order on Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base by supporting the objective of having…
Holtec and EDF submit UK SMR project proposal
The two companies have also signed Heads of Terms to establish a joint venture to advance the project at the former coal power station site, which has existing grid infrastructure…
