Pre-feasibility study launched for Estonian SMR plant
The study will analyse the technical, financial, legal, and market aspects of deploying advanced small modular reactor (SMR) technology in Estonia, supporting Fermi Energia’s ongoing national designated spatial planning process.…
Ethiopia and Russia hold talks over potential nuclear power project
According to Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, “the parties discussed a comprehensive range of issues related to the construction of a large-scale nuclear power plant in Ethiopia featuring Russian design”.…
India’s Lok Sabha passes SHANTI atomic energy bill
The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025 – or SHANTI, for short – was tabled before the Lok Sabha on 15 December and approved…
Newcleo submits SMR design for Euratom safeguards review
A mandatory requirement under the new Commission Regulation (Euratom) 2025/974, which came into effect on 6 July this year, safeguards-by-design refers to the process where operators of new or modified…
Urenco USA produces first LEU+ fuel
It completed the initial production run of the low-enriched uranium plus (LEU+) on 11 December. LEU+ is uranium enriched to between 5% and 10% U-235. The company was given US…
UK achieves early milestone in plutonium disposal programme
In January this year, the UK government took the decision that the country’s stockpile of civil plutonium would be disposed of, rather than used to produce mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel for…
Modified fuel supplied to Uzbekistan research reactor
The higher uranium concentration allows for a proportional increase in the fuel’s life in the WWR-SM reactor, Rosatom said. The reactor is used for research in the fields of nuclear physics, radiation…
EDF estimates EPR2 programme cost at EUR72.8 billion
The figure was presented to its board of directors on Thursday. The board approved a EUR2.7 billion budget allocation to the programme for 2026, the company said. The cost estimate…
Three Illinois reactors receive licence extensions
In the USA, commercial nuclear power plants are initially licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to operate for up to 40 years. A first licence renewal covers an additional…
Holtec signs MoU for SMRs in Hungary
US-based Holtec posted on social media channels that “building on the US-Hungary Nuclear Energy MoU signed in Washington on 7 November 2025, this agreement creates a pathway to deployment of…
