Niger awards Arlit uranium mining permit to state-owned company
The Council of Ministers adopted the draft decree awarding “a Permit for Large Uranium Mining located in the Commune of Arlit, Department of Arlit, Region of Agadez” to the Teloua…
Second EPR site authorised for site preparations
Decree No. 2026-807 “granting environmental authorisation for the work needed to set up a pair of EPR2 nuclear production units in the towns of Gravelines, Craywick, Loon Plage, and Bourbourg”,…
Pacific Fusion breaks ground on New Mexico facility
The campus at Mesa del Sol will house the company’s Demonstration System, designed to achieve net facility gain by 2030, producing more energy from fusion than the total energy initially…
Xudabao control room simulator commissioned
A commissioning ceremony for the full-scope simulator was held on Wednesday in the simulator’s main control room. Gao Shunlong, chairman of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) subsidiary CNNC Wuhan Nuclear…
Blykalla submits second SMR plant application
The application follows an earlier one, submitted in May, for a six-unit project in Norrsundet in the Gävle municipality, which is also in the same region of east central Sweden.…
Core Power teams up with US Administration on maritime nuclear
The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) and Core Power (US) Inc announced their signature of a non-exclusive Memorandum of Cooperation to collaborate on maritime nuclear frameworks in Washington DC on…
Criticality testing milestone for Westinghouse’s eVinci reactor
The test was completed at the Nevada National Security Site in the US, on Monday at 10:39 local time. It was carried out in partnership with the Los Alamos and…
Myanmar SMR site work ‘could start in 2027’
In-house publication Strana Rosatom said the progress update had come from Director General Alexei Likhachev, who is also quoted as adding “the pace of progress is determined not only by…
Atomic Eagle reaches agreement on Niger uranium project
“Re-establishing our interest in Madaouela represents a transformational outcome for Atomic Eagle significantly increasing our resource base and adding a second advanced uranium project to our project portfolio,” Atomic Eagle…
‘New realities’ for Kazatomprom as demand accelerates
Citing the pledge signed by 38 countries across the world – together making up more than 70% of global GDP – to triple nuclear power by 2050, CEO Meirzhan Yussupov…
