White House launches mission to harness AI
Launched by President Donald Trump through an Executive Order dated 24 November, the White House says the mission is inspired by the legacy of the Apollo Programme “to unite America’s brightest…
Dutch support for molten salt reactor demonstrator facility
The announcement was made at the Made for Nuclear event, where Thorizon and a wide network of partners signed a joint Ambition Agreement to accelerate the project. The coalition brings…
International agreement signed for fusion materials research facility
The Multilateral International DONES Agreement (MIDA) was signed at Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation and University, in Madrid, by Marc Lachaise, Director of Fusion for Energy (F4E); Ángel Ibarra, Director…
Framatome makes first nuclear fuel assemblies for Barakah
The fuel assemblies were manufactured in the USA at Framatome’s facility in Richland, Washington, and will now be delivered for testing at the Barakah Plant, the companies said. The companies…
Haiyang district heating network expanded
The so-called Warm Core No 1 district heating project officially began supplying heat to the urban area of Rongcheng on 15 November, SPIC said. The cities of Haiyang and Rushan…
Brazil’s CNEN and China’s CNNC sign radioactive waste MoU
The agreement “establishes the institutions’ commitment to broad and continuous cooperation in the areas of waste treatment, transportation and disposal, radiological protection, and personnel training”. The National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN)…
Asian Development Bank to start investing in nuclear
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda said: “These changes further enhance ADB’s ability to support countries in Asia and the Pacific as they work to meet their rapidly growing…
Blast marks restart of mining operations at Kayelekera
Kayelekera first produced uranium in 2009, but when Australian-based Lotus Resources acquired the project from Paladin Energy in 2020 it had been under care-and-maintenance since 2014. Lotus announced plans for…
Rosatom to 3D-print equipment elements for SMR
The first item produced in this way by the Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering, part of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, is a terminal box. The RITM-200 reactors are…
Uvation considers SOLO microreactors for data centres
The company says it anticipates that its SOLO reactor design – which was conceptualised in 2018 and engineered over the last seven years – will be available globally within the…
