Industry groups call for governments commitment for nuclear growth
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the US Department of Energy co-hosted the 4th Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference in Paris, France, on 17-18 September. This annual event brings…
Holtec postpones planned stock market launch
“Holtec Nuclear Corporation today announced the postponement of its initial public offering due to market conditions. Holtec will continue to evaluate the timing of the offering in the future,” the…
First transfer from Chernobyl’s new waste processing facility
They have been transferred for disposal at the Specially Equipped Near-surface Disposal Facility for Solid Radioactive Waste (ENDSF). The Industrial Complex for Solid Radioactive Waste Management (ICSRM) began operations in…
Third unit at Changjiang site commissioned
First concrete was poured for the base slab of unit 3’s nuclear island in March 2021, with that of unit 4 being poured in the December of that year. Changjiang…
UK nuclear regulators set out plans to implement reforms
The Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce was announced by then Prime Minister Keir Starmer in February 2025. Led by John Fingleton, former CEO of the Office of Fair Trading, the taskforce’s objective…
Smolensk’s planned new units get environmental approval
The review included the environmental impact assessement for the VVER units at Smolensk NPP-2, which the state nuclear corporation Rosatom says will form the model for future projects in the…
Cameco in offtake agreement for US laser enrichment plant
Silex Systems Limited announced the execution of the agreement between Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) – the exclusive licensee of the SILEX laser enrichment technology – and Cameco. GLE was formed…
Blue Energy submits first construction application to NRC
The application relates to the first nuclear unit at the Port of Victoria site and includes a request to start “limited construction activities, including deep foundation and shaft works to…
Holtec SMR project gets regulatory nod for early site work
Palisades SMR, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holtec International, submitted the first part of a phased construction permit application for the dual-unit SMR-300 plant – Pioneer units 1 and 2…
China begins building hydrogen-boron fusion device
Officials from relevant departments of Hebei Province and Langfang City, as well as representatives from the project construction unit, design unit, construction unit, and supervision unit, attended the groundbreaking ceremony…
