Brookfield and The Nuclear Company target VC Summer project

The partnership will specialise in the development of Westinghouse nuclear reactor technology, with the ambition of establishing a world-leading nuclear project execution company, the partners said. It will offer execution…

Norwegian municipalities initiate investigation work

Nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft submitted a proposal to the ministry in November 2023 for an assessment of the construction of a small modular reactor (SMR) power plant in the…

US companies come together for ‘gas-plus-nuclear’ solution

Bringing together Blue Energy’s project financing and nuclear construction techniques with GE Vernova’s reactor technology and turbines, the companies plan to design and develop a nuclear power plant using GE…

Ship modified for transport of used MOX fuel

French nuclear fuel company Orano’s TN Eagle flask design – 5 metres long, 3 metres in diameter, weighing 150 tonnes – was approved by the French Nuclear Safety Authority in…

Second Indian fuel cycle complex gets operating licence

The Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) is an industrial unit of India’s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) which manufactures fuel for India’s pressurised heavy water reactors in its safeguarded facilities at…

Fusion industry leaders call for EU long-term plan

“For too long, Europe has relied on external dependencies for energy, critical technologies, and strategic raw materials,” they say in to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Energy…

Fuel loading begins at Changjiang 3

The first of 177 nuclear fuel assemblies was loaded into the reactor on 30 April, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. “This marks the official entry of unit 3 of…

Tangerine peel’s radiation health benefits researched

Sang-Hyun Park’s team at the institute’s Advanced Radiation Research Institute identified the efficacy of the antioxidant – hesperidin – in restoring liver, heart and kidney tissues damaged by radiation. Korea Atomic Energy…

Darlington SMR project’s foundation module milestone

Weighing in at close to 953 tonnes (2.1 million pounds) – more than the weight of three Airbus A380 aircraft – and with a diameter of 37 metres, the Basemat is the foundation…

Grid connection requested for US fusion power plant

An interconnection application is the formal process of requesting to “plug in” a new power plant to one of the USA’s regional transmission organisations – it kicks off a series…