Regulatory milestone for US laser enrichment plant
Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) submitted its Environmental Report for the Kentucky facility – also known as PLEF – to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in December 2024. The Final…
Studsvik’s waste treatment technology heads to Fukushima
Under an agreement signed on 21 October, ReNu will design a pilot plant – to be built in Fukushima Prefecture – adapted to Japan’s seismic and regulatory requirements and to…
First reactor unit launched on Chukotka icebreaker
The icebreaker, part of the Project 22220 fleet, features two RITM-200 reactors, which produce 175 MW of thermal power each, and have a service life of 40 years, with refuelling…
Preparations for advanced nuclear at ports should begin now, study concludes
“Advanced nuclear technologies are shifting from the theoretical into practical consideration for ports and the maritime sector,” the paper says. “Advanced nuclear technology could reshape port environments, maritime operations and…
Posiva given go-ahead to operate Finnish used fuel repository
Posiva submitted its application, together with related information, to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on 30 December 2021 for an operating licence for the used fuel encapsulation plant…
Viewpoint: Four million workers won’t be enough without the right leaders
Somewhere in the nuclear industry today is the engineer who will bring a country’s first reactor online, the regulator who will license it, and the financier who will make it…
FID sees Etango enter full-scale construction
The Etango project is in the Erongo Region of Namibia, 30 kilometres south-east of Swakopmund, with an estimated mineral resource base of 207 million pounds U3O8 (79,622 tU) at a…
Rosatom eyes 2027 for Uzbek large reactor construction
Two small modular reactors (SMRs) are already under construction at the site in the Jizzakh region, where the first concrete for the foundation slab was poured in May. The slab…
Slovenia’s deep borehole disposal options studied
The study suggested that a standalone deep borehole repository for used nuclear fuel from the TRIGA II research reactor would cost about EUR65.6 million (USD73.5 million), excluding contingencies and VAT.…
The challenge of securing uranium from seawater – podcast
There’s enough uranium in the world’s oceans to power humans’ current energy needs for hundreds of thousands of years. The challenge is finding a way to extract it at a…
