Blue Energy, GE Vernova take gas-plus-nuclear collaboration to next stage
In May, Blue Energy – a vertically integrated deployment platform for financeable, turnkey nuclear power plants compatible with leading reactor technology – announced it was joining up with GE Vernova…
IAEA sees enhanced safety at Philippine research reactor
An IAEA Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactors (INSARR) mission is conducted at the request of an IAEA Member State. It is a peer review service that assesses and evaluates…
Hot tests completed at third Haiyang unit
Hot functional tests involve increasing the temperature of the reactor coolant system and carrying out comprehensive tests to ensure that coolant circuits and safety systems are operating as they should.…
Construction starts at Saskatchewan uranium mine
The groundbreaking ceremony comes after the company received the final regulatory approval for the project – described by NexGen as the largest development-stage uranium project in Canada – in March.…
Nuclea Energy to acquire Moltex Energy technology portfolio
Ontario-headquartered Nuclea is designing the Morpheus microreactor, a compact, transportable and factory-fabricated lead-cooled, graphite-moderated microreactor which is currently in the conceptual design stage. The Moltex asset acquisition would extend Nuclea’s…
TerraPower expands cooperation with Korean partners
TerraPower founder and Chairman Bill Gates, along with the company’s President and CEO Chris Levesque, met with South Korean Prime Minister Han Seong-sook and leaders from the Export-Import Bank of…
Government approves extended operation of Almaraz plant
In June 2020, the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) approved the operation of Almaraz until June 2030, as licence renewals are for 10 years. However, given the agreed-upon closure schedule as…
US poll finds support for deep geologic disposal
The research was commissioned by nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation Inc “to better understand how Americans think about nuclear energy, radioactive waste management, and permanent disposal solutions for…
Romanian plant taken offline as Hungary moves to keep Paks operating
Nuclearelectrica had shut down Cernavoda unit 1 and disconnected it from the National Energy System on 28 July “due to the unprecedentedly low level of the Danube, caused by severe…
CNNC to procure contract for high-temperature reactor
Xuwei Phase I was among 11 reactors approved by China’s State Council in August 2024. CNNC plans to build two 1208 MWe (net) Hualong One (HPR1000) pressurised water reactors (units…
