Regulator approves safety case for French repository
Andra submitted its application for the planned Centre Industriel de Stockage Géologique (Cigéo) repository to the Ministry for Energy Transition in January 2023. In March 2023, the ministry asked the…
First projects selected for INL reactor experiments
MARVEL is a sodium-potassium-cooled microreactor being developed by the US Department of Energy (DOE). It will generate 85 kilowatts of thermal energy and up to 20 kilowatts of electricity. It…
India and Russia discuss new nuclear power plant options
A joint statement issued by the Indian Prime Minister’s Office after talks between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin said the two sides: “Confirmed their intention to broaden…
UK’s new nuclear ambitions ‘have only just begun’
“The work we are doing to drive forward Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C and our SMR programme will together bring more nuclear capacity onto the grid than in the last…
Further delay in Finnish repository licence review
Radioactive waste management company 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…
Kansas site selected for underground reactor demo
The company said it intends to break ground for the demonstration project on 9 December, and – subject to authorisation from the US Department of Energy (DOE) – achieve criticality…
First nuclear fuel delivered for Kudankulam unit 3
The fuel assemblies, manufactured in Russia at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant, for the VVER-1000 reactor, were flown by cargo plane. In total seven flights will be required to deliver…
Brazilian development bank gauges consultancy interest in uranium expansion
State-owned Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) launched the Pró-Urânio programme in 2024 “with the aim of expanding and accelerating the exploration of new deposits, and which will involve BNDES (Brazilian…
TAE, UKAEA create joint venture
At the centre of the partnership is the new joint venture TAE Beam UK – a collaborative entity that will harness the partners’ collective scientific leadership, commercialisation experience and market innovation…
Bilibino’s units being shut down for decommissioning
The first of the three 12 MWe EGP-6 light water graphite-moderated reactors to be taken offline was Bilibino Unit 2. Unit 3 is scheduled to be shut down on 11 December,…
