Fortum to help develop Finnish SMR for district heating
Monday, 3 March 2025 A multiple LDR-50 unit plant (Image: Steady Energy) Apros, the result of decades of development work by Fortum and Finland’s state-owned VTT Technical Research Centre, is…
Grossi: Safety concerns led to Zaporizhzhia route change for IAEA experts
Monday, 3 March 2025 (Image: Secreengrab from IAEA livestream) Grossi, speaking at a press conference as the IAEA Board of Governors met in Vienna, was asked whether he was concerned…
First Light Fusion switches strategy, drops plans to develop power plant
Monday, 3 March 2025 (Image: First Light Fusion) The Oxfordshire-based company says it is seeking to commercialise the pioneering technology it has developed during its work towards creating a fusion power…
Reactor vessel installed at first Lianjiang unit
Friday, 28 February 2025 (Image: SNERDI) The vessel – which will house the nuclear reactor and is the core of a nuclear power plant – was manufactured by Shanghai Electric…
Chernobyl shelter fire still smouldering two weeks after drone strike
Friday, 28 February 2025 (Image: ChNPP) IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, in his latest update on the situation, said that since the strike on 14 February Ukrainian experts had…
Three Mile Island restart project ‘ahead of schedule’
Friday, 28 February 2025 Plant inspections are in progress at the Crane Clean Energy Center (Image: Constellation) Last September, Constellation signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft to restart…
Bruce 4 defuelled in record time
Friday, 28 February 2025 (Image: Bruce Power) Bruce unit 4 began its Major Component Replacement – or MCR – outage earlier this month. It is the third of six units…
Siemens Energy to supply turbines for Rolls-Royce SMR
Friday, 28 February 2025 The signing of the agreement (Image: Rolls-Royce SMR) Siemens Energy said the partnership agreement is expected to lead to the exclusive supply of conventional technology for…
Seaborg ‘ready to start licensing activities in South Korea’
Friday, 28 February 2025 (Image: Seaborg) The company said the funds raised would be used to “accelerate our development” and expand its team in Denmark and Korea “as well as…
UK’s SMR selection process ‘into final stage’
Friday, 28 February 2025 (Image: Composite of the bidders’ proposed SMRs) There were initially six companies shortlisted by Great British Nuclear (GBN) – the arms-length body set up to oversee…
