Reactors installed on nuclear-powered icebreaker Leningrad
Each of the reactors weighs more than 147 tonnes, is 7.3 metres tall and 3.3 metres in diameter. Specialist lifting equipment was used to move them to their designated locations.…
Hungary plans new climate law, as Paks ramps up
In an update on Saturday the plant operators Magyar Villamos Művek (MVM) said: “Due to the rise in the water level of the Danube in recent days, as well as…
Blue Ghost to carry nuclear power source to the Moon
Zeno Power Systems’ Survive-the-Night Package, including a 5 watts (thermal) americium-241 radioisotope heater unit (RHU), will be on board a Firefly mission scheduled to launch no earlier than 2028. The…
Russia plans to add 30 GW nuclear capacity, expand exports
In the Kremlin’s official report on a virtual meeting held to discuss the development of nuclear energy, he said Russia was “probably the only country in the world that possesses…
Doosan Enerbility contracted for Natrium components
In December 2024, US small modular reactor (SMR) developer TerraPower selected suppliers for the reactor’s enclosure system. Spanish engineering firm Equipos Nucleares SA will produce the reactor head, while Doosan…
IAEA project focuses on research reactor testing of fuels and materials
The International Atomic Energy Agency project description – Optimising the Design of Experiments for Fuels and Materials Testing in Research Reactors – says that “as global efforts intensify towards advanced…
Ur-Energy makes first shipment from Wyoming uranium project
Uranium mining operations began at Shirley Basin, an in-situ recovery operation which is being run as a satellite mine of Ur-Energy’s Lost Creek hub operation, in April. The State of…
Bruce Power gets go-ahead for isotope processing
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s approval to operate the hot cell facility – construction of which was completed in July – is a significant milestone in Bruce Power’s production of…
Atomic Canyon launches virtual assistant for US nuclear fleet
NIVA helps nuclear professionals find and apply knowledge buried in technical, regulatory, and operational records, Atomic Canyon said. The launch is based on two “assistants”: a Knowledge Assistant, which draws…
Further Chinese order for Doosan Enerbility forgings
Under the contract – signed with Dongfang Electric International and Dongfang Heavy Machinery, subsidiaries of Dongfang Electric Group – Doosan Enerbility will deliver eight forged components by 2029. The order…
