Zhangzhou 3’s steam generators lifted into place
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued construction licences for Zhangzhou units 1 and 2 on 9 October 2019 to CNNC-Guodian Zhangzhou Energy Company, the owner of the Zhangzhou nuclear…
Mott MacDonald to advise UK government on Sizewell C
Under the contract – valued at between GBP3.64 and GBP4.84 million (USD5-6.7 million) – Mott MacDonald will provide expert advice, guidance and support to enable government to effectively fulfil its…
Indian government releases draft energy policy
The Draft National Electricity Policy 2026, once finalised, will replace India’s first National Electricity Policy (NEP) which dates back to 2005. That policy addressed fundamental challenges for the power sector, including…
Oak Ridge at heart of US enrichment supply chain developments
Centrus’s plans for a major expansion of its facility at Oak Ridge to a “high-rate manufacturing plant” were announced by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Deputy Governor Stuart McWhorter and Centrus…
Drone test flights prove possibilities for use in fusion
Due to the Joint European Torus’s (JET’s) complex, crowded, and highly sensitive environments, the use of drones had been highly restricted, despite the value of remote inspection. However, in late 2025,…
UK-US partnership for HALEU transport packages
Pegasus, , is aimed at being “the world-leading transport package” for high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel (HALEU), Nuclear Transport Solutions said. In December 2024, Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) was awarded funding by the UK…
Plans for two new reactors confirmed by South Korea
The Basic Power Supply and Demand Plan contains domestic power generation facility plans for the next 15 years. It is updated by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy every…
Argentina planning to reactivate heavy water plant
The National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) said that the work would involve modernisation, technological upgrades and refurbishment – and its maintenance role was designed to “preserve the plant’s critical assets…
Kairos secures HALEU for Hermes’ first fuel load
Kairos is building the Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor – known as Hermes 1 – in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It was one of the first round of companies conditionally selected by…
Reactor internals delivered for Xudabao unit 1
The main functions of the reactor internals are to provide support for fuel assemblies and other components in the reactor pressure vessel, and to guide the control rod drive mechanism.…
