Former managers call for restart of German nuclear power plants
“Reactivated nuclear power plants offer an opportunity to return to competitive industrial electricity prices, including grid fees, in Germany in the medium term and to secure Germany’s energy supply through…
US uranium production up again
US mines produced 1,388,000 pounds U3O8 (534 tU) in 2025, up from 677,000 pounds U3O8 in 2024. The 2025 figure was the highest since 2016’s production of 2,545,000 pounds, according…
Sogin begins re-encapsulation of uranium-thorium fuel
Between 1968 and 1970, 84 elements of irradiated fuel from the uranium-thorium cycle from the Elk River experimental reactor in Minnesota, USA, were shipped to the Rotondella plant for reprocessing…
UK completes return of high-level waste to Germany
“This shipment represents the culmination of decades of UK expertise, investment and commitment to safely return high-level waste to its country of origin,” Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) said. “It reflects…
Substation damage delaying operation of repaired Zaporizhzhia power line, says IAEA
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said: “Of the six temporary ceasefires that we have negotiated since late last year to help protect nuclear safety … this was the most…
Second Taipingling unit starts up
On 30 April, China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) issued a 40-year operating licence for Taipingling 2. The first nuclear fuel loading operation – which involved inserting a total of…
Canadian repository put forward for federal support
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson, Minister of Transport Steven MacKinnon and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Rebecca Alty, announced the nomination of three major projects for which the…
Swedish state taking majority stake in Videberg Kraft
In the spring amended budget for 2026, the government sought authorisation from the parliament – the Riksdag – to acquire 60% of the shares in Videberg Kraft for a maximum…
First Lightbridge fuel samples removed from INL’s Advanced Test Reactor
The fuel material samples were being tested under the Fission Accelerated Steady-State Testing method developed at Idaho National Laboratory, which is described as “an accelerated irradiation technique that uses Highly…
In pictures: Work on Paks II’s new units
In a recent update from the project company for the deployment of two new Russian VVER-1200 reactor units, Paks II said: “Soil milling machines, crawler excavators, bulldozers and trucks are…
