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…
US funding for Thai SMR feasibility study
The agreement was signed in Bangkok on 14 September by Thomas Hardy, Deputy Director and Acting Director of the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), and Narin Phoawanich, Governor of…
UK, USA enhance cooperation on fusion energy
Firstly, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have signed a joint declaration of intent to explore linking their…
China launches Global Network for SMR Innovation
In an event to promote the launch of the initiative at the 70th IAEA General Conference in Vienna, the message was that small modular reactors (SMRs) “are expected to play…
UK regulators to begin Xe-100 design assessment
The decision was announced exactly a year after British multinational energy and services company Centrica and X-energy Reactor – a subsidiary of X-energy LLC of the USA – signed a…
First SMR funding agreed by European Investment Bank
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is owned by the 27 European Union member states, who are split in their opinions on nuclear energy. In the past it has generally avoided new nuclear…
