Defueling of Hunterston B plant completed
Thursday, 24 April 2025 Hunterston B (Image: EDF Energy) Defueling of Hunterston B in North Ayrshire, Scotland, was completed on time and on budget, operator EDF Energy announced. Formal confirmation…
Initiative to facilitate safe transport of radioactive material by Italy
Thursday, 24 April 2025 (Image: ISIN) Denial of shipments (DoS) can lead to longer and more complicated transport routes and a lack of flexibility in route selection. There are also…
US companies reapply for USD800 million SMR fund
Thursday, 24 April 2025 An illustration of how a Clinch River SMR could look (Image: TVA) The US Department of Energy’s Generation III+ SMR programme aims to spur the first…
EPC contract awarded for Indian reactors
Thursday, 24 April 2025 The order was formally handed over to MEIL at NPCIL’s Mumbai headquarters (Image: MEIL) The INR12,800 crore (about USD1.5 billion) engineering, procurement and construction contract for…
EDF appeal dismissed over Czech new nuclear tender process
Thursday, 24 April 2025 Dukovany’s four units started up in the 1980s (Image: CEZ) The chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, Petr Misna, confirmed the initial ruling…
US uranium enrichment startup emerges from stealth
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 (Image: mar lidia/Pixabay) General Matter was one of four companies selected in October 2024 by the US Department of Energy to provide enrichment services to help…
Belarus nuclear plant could switch to longer fuel cycle
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 Belarus nuclear power plant has two VVER-1200 units (Image: Belarus energy Ministry) The Belarus nuclear power plant is located in Ostrovets in the Grodno region. A…
Podcast: World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2025
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 The goal of tripling nuclear energy capacity by 2050 is shared by many governments, businesses and financial institutions. If that is to happen there is going…
US regulator approves microreactor fuel qualification methodology
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 Composition of an FCM fuel particle (Image: NANO Nuclear) The approved Fuel Qualification Methodology (FQM) defines the regulatory framework and testing approach for the qualification of…
Owner’s engineer sought for UK SMR projects
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 (Image: Composite of the bidders’ proposed SMRs) “The Owner’s Engineer (OE) will provide essential independent assurance to the Intelligent Customer and Intelligent Client for the relevant…
