Oklo cleared to start up test reactor
This authorisation, granted under department’s Reactor Pilot Program, completes the Department of Energy (DOE) authorisation process and clears the way for fuel loading, startup testing, and reactor operations. The authorisation followed…
Viewpoint: IAEA’s non-proliferation safeguards and industry’s role
What are nuclear safeguards? Nuclear safeguards are technical measures applied to verify that nuclear material in peaceful activities is not diverted to nuclear weapons. Implemented in 192 States, International Atomic Energy…
Approval for VVER fuel production in Germany
Framatome subsidiary Advanced Nuclear Fuels (ANF) applied in March 2022 under the Atomic Energy Act for permission to begin producing hexagonal pressurised water fuel elements under licence with TVEL, the…
Saudi Arabia, USA sign nuclear agreements
The agreement “aims to enhance cooperation between the two countries in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to facilitate the exchange of expertise, knowledge, and technologies, contributing to strengthening bilateral cooperation…
Landmark module installation at Lufeng 2
With a hoisting weight of more than 950 tonnes and measuring more than 26 metres long, 29 metres wide and 23 metres high, the concrete and steel CA01 module –…
EDF extends life of UK’s Heysham 1 and Hartlepool
The decision comes following a detailed review covering technical aspects like the condition of the boilers and the graphite cores as well as supply chain resilience and workforce planning. Decisions…
Nuclearelectrica’s proposal to review SMR options rejected by ministry
In a statement after the proposal was voted against by shareholders, including the majority shareholder, the Ministry of Energy, Nuclearelectrica (SNN) said: “The company’s intention was for our shareholders to…
In pictures: Demolition of Stade reactor building progresses
Stade was the first power plant in Germany to be decommissioned after the country announced a nuclear phase-out policy in 2003. The 640 MWe pressurised water reactor began operating in…
Wyoming uranium project ramp-up ‘slower than anticipated’
Production ramp-up at the project, which returned to operation as a low-pH in-situ recovery (ISR) operation in 2024 after a five-year hiatus, has progressed more slowly than originally anticipated, Peninsula said,…
INB carrying out new uranium-focused geological studies
The geological work is taking place in the Lagoa Real uranium province, in Bahia, where geological conditions which may indicate the presence of uranium have been identified since 1977, Indústria…
