US and UK partner with Tokamak Energy on ST40 upgrade

Friday, 6 December 2024 (Image: Tokamak Energy) The US Department of Energy, the UK’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero and Tokamak Energy will equally share the funding of…

Samsung C&T teams up with Swedish SMR project developer

Friday, 6 December 2024 (Image: Kärnfull Next) The MoU was signed during the Korea-Sweden Strategic Industry Summit on 5 December in Seoul. It was attended by Kärnfull Next CEO Christian…

Explosives speed Sizewell A turbine hall decommissioning

Friday, 6 December 2024 (Image: Nuclear Restoration Services) Nuclear Restoration Services said it was the largest use of explosives on a nuclear site for conventional demolition purposes in decades. After…

Bruce Power signs long-term Master Services Agreement

Thursday, 5 December 2024 The Bruce nuclear power plant (Image: Bruce Power) The extension to the Master Service Agreement between Kinectrics and Bruce Power supports engineering project management, project controls,…

Tractebel to help develop Steady Energy’s heating SMR

Thursday, 5 December 2024 How the LDR-50, which will be built underground, could look (Image: Steady Energy) Steady Energy was spun out of Finland’s state-owned VTT Technical Research Centre in…

Uzbekistan signs agreements on nuclear cooperation

Thursday, 5 December 2024 Grossi and Mirziyoyev met on 4 December (Image: President of Uzbekistan) IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Mirziyoyev met ahead of the one-day Prospects for…

Serbia plans for future with nuclear energy

Thursday, 5 December 2024 A group of ministers, academics and other experts was formed earlier this year to examine a possible future nuclear energy programme (Image: Emilija Jovanovic/Serbia’s Ministry of…

Licensing of Finnish repository further delayed

Thursday, 5 December 2024 A rendering of the underground used fuel repository at Olkiluoto (Image: Posiva) Radioactive waste management company Posiva submitted its application, together with related information, to the…

EnergySolutions, Terrestrial sign MoU on IMSR deployment

Wednesday, 4 December 2024 Terrestrial Energy’s vision of its IMSR as a cogeneration plant (Image: Terrestrial Energy) EnergySolutions CEO Kenneth Roebuck said the IMSR is uniquely positioned to meet the…

In pictures: First reactor vessel in place at Hinkley Point C

Wednesday, 4 December 2024 (Image: EDF Energy) The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) – measuring 13 metres in height and weighing 500 tonnes – will hold nuclear fuel used to make…