IAEA highlights Uzbekistan’s nuclear infrastructure progress
Uzbekistan has embarked on its first nuclear power plant with Russia, which will feature two RITM-200N small modular reactors and two VVER-1000 large reactors. Concrete was poured for the first…
Supply chain challenges prompt Cigar Lake suspension
“Orano’s McClean Lake mill has encountered operational challenges with its sulphuric acid plant that caused it to shut down in order to repair the issue. Orano is currently working to…
Action needed to achieve tripling of global nuclear capacity target, says NEA
The report – – assesses the current status and future trajectory of nuclear generating capacity worldwide. The goal of at least tripling global nuclear capacity – currently almost 400 GWe – by…
Criticality for third US reactor ahead of 4 July deadline
Antares Nuclear’s Mark-0 reactor became the first to do this, reaching initial criticality in early June, closely followed by Valar Atomics’ Ward 250 reactor. Antares’ and Valar’s reactors achieved their…
In pictures: Final module installed at Haiyang 4
The CB-20 module will store more than 3,000 tonnes of water, which can be used to help cool the reactor in an emergency. The water can also be directed into…
SGE-led team targets 14 BWRX-300 SMRs in UK
SGE (formerly Synthos Green Energy) submitted the application under the UK’s Advanced Nuclear Framework for reactors which could provide 4.2 GW of capacity, equivalent to 11% of current UK power…
State support needed to make new Swiss reactors viable, report says
investigated under which conditions the construction of new nuclear power plants may make financial sense for Switzerland’s future energy system. The findings of the study are based on four different…
Scottish sites suitable for nuclear new build, study says
The Energy Secretary commissioned Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) in late 2025 to conduct a technical study into potential suitable areas in Scotland for possible new nuclear developments in…
Commonwealth Fusion Systems joins UKAEA’s tritium blanket testing programme
Future fusion power plants will rely on two hydrogen isotopes – deuterium and tritium – to produce energy. Deuterium can be readily extracted from seawater. Tritium, however, is scarce in…
Russia and Rwanda hold first nuclear energy joint committee meeting
The meeting, co-chaired by Rosatom Deputy Director General Kirill Komarov and Lassina Zerbo, Chairman of the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board and advisor to Rwanda’s president, pictured above signing the agreement,…
