Microsoft, Nvidia team up for AI for nuclear
“The world is racing to meet a historic surge in power demand with an infrastructure pipeline built for the analogue age,” Darryl Willis, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Energy and Resources…
Study outlines Finnish options for new nuclear capacity
AFRY was commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment in November to examine the use of nuclear energy in both electricity and heat production. The analysis covers traditional…
Excavation work approved for India’s Mahi Banswara units
The permission, announced on Thursday, has been issued to Anushakti Vidyut Nigam Limited (Ashvini) for the 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors planned at the plant, in the Banswara district of…
Kentucky incentives support laser enrichment plant
North Carolina-based Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) completed its full licence application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (PLEF) in July last year. It intends…
Taipower applies to restart Maanshan plant
In May last year, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed an amendment to the Nuclear Reactor Facilities Regulation Act that allows nuclear power plant operators to apply for a 20-year licence renewal…
Assessment completed of Chernobyl shelter repair works
The New Safe Confinement (NSC) is the largest moveable land-based structure built – with a span of 257 metres, a length of 162 metres, a height of 108 metres and…
NASA aims for nuclear-powered Mars mission in 2028
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, speaking at the agency’s ‘Ignition’ event earlier this week, said: “If we concentrate NASA’s extraordinary resources on the objectives of the National Space Policy, clear away needless…
Brazil’s NBEPar and Rosatom create joint venture
The signing ceremony for the new company, to be called Nadina Minerals, took place at the Nuclear Summit 2026 international forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rosatom said: “As part of…
Singapore to bolster nuclear safety capabilities
The three studies will examine different aspects of nuclear safety: safety standards adopted by international organisations and national regulators, including how to design and operate the reactor safely, what safety…
NRC seeks public comments on Project Matador environmental review
Fermi America is working with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on a pilot programme to develop applicant-prepared Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) documentation, an approach the NRC says will help to…
