Australian reactor marks 20 years of operations
OPAL – for Open Pool Australian Lightwater reactor – reached first criticality on 12 August 2006. Since then, it has supported the production of more than 10 million lifesaving nuclear…
Construction of Bailong 2 conventional island begins
The basement slab of the conventional island – also called the turbine island – of unit 2 adopts an integral raft foundation, which is divided into nine construction zones and…
First fuel loaded into Tianwan unit 7
The first of 163 nuclear fuel assemblies was loaded into the reactor on 12 August, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom supplied fuel for the…
MIT develops framework for assessing economics of fusion
The goal of the paper, according to co-author and MIT professor of nuclear science and engineering Dennis Whyte, is to create “this framework, where are all the economics are clear,…
US, EU bodies report on nuclear fuel market situation
Owners and operators of US civilian nuclear power reactors purchased a total of 46.9 million pounds U3O8e (18,040 tU) of deliveries from US and foreign suppliers during 2025, 16% less…
Containment of first Egyptian unit takes shape
The Authority said concreting work continued non-stop for 30 hours, using five concrete pump trucks with boom distributors. About 80 specialists participated in the work during the day shift, another 80…
Latest MAST Upgrade experiments achieve milestones
The fifth series of experiments conducted on the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) Upgrade tokamak, at UKAEA’s Culham Campus in Oxfordshire, began in 2025 and produced more than 1,100 fusion…
Upgrading of Loviisa turbine island begins
Loviisa – comprising two VVER-440 type pressurised water reactors – was the first nuclear power plant in Finland and currently provides more than 10% of the country’s electricity. Loviisa unit…
Changjiang 4 control room commissioned
A ceremony was held on 31 July to launch the operation of the control room, which China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said “marked a new stage in the commissioning and…
ORNL, Type One partner to advance fusion fuel cycle
The agreement outlines the use of four ORNL inventions supporting the design and operation of cryogenic pellet fuelling systems. Cryogenic pellet fuelling forms solid pellets of hydrogen at temperatures just…
