Chernobyl at 40: The decommissioning challenge
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Uzbek uranium mine enters commercial production
“Pilot industrial operations at the deposit began in December 2024, and over two years of active work, the Company has reached the stage of commercial production,” said Djamal Sabakhonovich Fayzullayev,…
TerraPower starts construction of ‘first US utility-scale advanced nuclear plant’
The technology Terrapower’s Natrium 345 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor has a molten-salt-based energy storage system which allows it to temporarily boost output to 500 MWe when needed, enabling the plant…
Korean financing to be considered for Vietnam projects
“This memorandum of understanding was prepared to translate the commitment to nuclear power cooperation agreed upon at the Korea-Vietnam summit held last August into tangible results,” the Export-Import Bank of…
Chernobyl at 40: Wildlife and science in the exclusion zone
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Reactor vessel installed at third Zhangzhou unit
The vessel – weighing about 316 tonnes – is the high strength steel cylinder that will house the reactor core and all associated components, including the reactor vessel internals which…
Regulator extends Hermes 1 reactor construction deadline
Kairos Power was granted a construction permit by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in December 2023 for the Hermes 1 molten salt-cooled demonstration reactor at the Heritage Center Industrial Park…
Indiana pharma company explores nuclear energy options
Under the agreement, the parties will: 1. Explore and evaluate the technical, economic, regulatory, and environmental feasibility of nuclear energy solutions in Indiana. 2. Consider potential structures for future procurement…
JSC Dalur construction at new uranium deposit gets regulatory approval
JSC Dalur, part of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom’s mining division, has built Operation Unit U-14V at the deposit, which includes a mobile sorption unit which is described as “a…
Chernobyl at 40: The accident, its impact and how it changed the world’s nuclear energy industry
Chernobyl at 40: The accident, its impact and how it changed the world’s nuclear energy industry
