Kairos completes first phase of testing in ETU 3 reactor mockup
ETU 3 – for Engineering Test Unit 3 – at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is part of Kairos Power’s iterative approach for the development of its fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor (KP-FHR)…
Local ceasefire in place for Zaporizhzhia power line repairs
In a speech to the agency’s board of governors on Monday, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said “both sides have engaged constructively with the IAEA to help make this localised…
Fresh record set for nuclear generation in 2025
The includes an assessment of progress towards the widely-shared ambition – which 38 countries have signed up to – for a tripling of global nuclear energy capacity by 2050. It also…
Finland’s readiness for nuclear emergencies assessed by IAEA
The agency’s 10-day Emergency Preparedness Review, which concluded on Wednesday, identified strengths in Finland’s framework, “including the national mechanism bringing together public authorities, industry and non-governmental organisations to ensure the…
Saltfoss enlists Korean services for MSR development
Under a technology agreement, KAERI will apply its existing research infrastructure and technical expertise to support Saltfoss’s fuel development programme, including: pretreatment of fluoride molten salt for fuel-grade use; fabrication…
US Launch Pad supports reactor and fuel projects
The Nuclear Energy Launch Pad is an initiative of the US Department of Energy’s National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC), announced earlier this year, to promote the rapid development and implementation…
Siemens Energy to produce Rolls-Royce SMR turbines in the UK
The announcement was made on Thursday at Siemens Energy’s historic CA Parsons Works site in Newcastle in the presence of Miatta Fahnbulleh, UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and…
Viewpoint: Fusion’s lessons from fission, as commercial deployments approach
Fusion companies expect commercial plants to be online in the mid-2030s, and with this target unchanged in half a decade, confidence is holding firm. The pace of progress across the…
Consortium formed for Swedish SMR project
Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik, GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH), GE Vernova Financial Services, DS Investment Partners and Samsung C&T announced the signing of an agreement to advance…
Project to consider trans-Atlantic nuclear-powered cargo ships
The Pink Corridor project will focus on the security and safeguards considerations needed to inform future regulation and support the safe, secure and responsible adoption of nuclear power for commercial…
