Lloyd’s Register to help with deployment of Prodigy microreactors

Tuesday, 11 March 2025 Conceptual illustration of a Prodigy Microreactor Power Station TNPP (Image: Prodigy Clean Energy) Partially funded by a CAD2.75 million (USD1.9 million) Government of Canada award to…

Second tier of El Dabaa unit 2’s inner containment shell installed

Monday, 10 March 2025 (Image: Rosatom) The second tier of the cylindrical building, which houses the reactor and primary circuit equipment, consists of 12 segments, each 12 metres long and…

UK-Japan collaboration in robotics research

Monday, 10 March 2025 The signing of the memorandum (Image: UKAEA) The memorandum was signed by Fukushima Institute for Research, Education and Innovation (F-REI) President Koetsu Yamazaki and UKAEA Executive…

Human error leads to water spill at Finnish EPR

Monday, 10 March 2025 Olkiluoto 3 (Image: TVO) Operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said that on 7 March “a significant operating event occurred during the maintenance work when radioactive coolant…

Dukovany’s capacity now 300 MWe above launch level

Monday, 10 March 2025 (Image: CEZ) Operator CEZ says that, together, the four units are now capable of supplying 2048 MWe to the grid under nominal conditions “almost 300 MWe…

Jordan sees uranium as key for sustainable growth

Monday, 10 March 2025 JUMCO’s pilot processing plant pictured in 2022 (Image: Jordan Atomic Energy Commission) In , Mohammad Shannag, general manager of the Jordan Uranium Mining Company (JUMCO), said…

EU funding for French enrichment plant expansion

Monday, 10 March 2025 The Georges Besse II plant (Image: Orano) The Georges Besse II centrifuge enrichment plant – which superseded the Georges Besse I gaseous diffusion enrichment plant that…

KHNP to collaborate with Kazakhstan on uranium research

Friday, 7 March 2025 The MoU with Al-Farabi University was signed on 3 March (Image: KHNP) The company signed memorandums of understanding with Al-Farabi National University on 3 March, and…

WANO looks to build on achievements as nuclear capacity grows

Friday, 7 March 2025 Mitchell, centre, Gago, right, with CEO Naoki Chigusa (Image: WANO) The association, best known as WANO, is a not-for-profit international organisation established in 1989 by the world’s…

Commissioning milestone for WIPP ventilation facility

Friday, 7 March 2025 The exterior of the SSCVS facility (Image: DOE EM) The Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) is part of the US Department of Energy Office of…