Application submitted for Swedish SMR plant
The application – submitted by project company ReFirm Målma AB – covers a planned small modular reactor (SMR) campus in Valdemarsvik, and was formally submitted to Johan Britz, Minister for…
Kazatomprom preparing Akdala deposit’s next steps
The existing subsoil use agreement (SUA) for the Akdala deposit in Kazakhstan is with joint venture company JV SMCC LLP, which is 30% owned by Kazatomprom and 70% by Uranium…
UEC expands output at Wyoming mine, initiates conversion facility licensing process
Texas-headquartered Uranium Energy Corp (UEC) said it secured approval from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and commenced operating three additional header houses in wellfield 11 at Christensen Ranch. It…
The Nuclear Company launches nuclear services subsidiary
The Nuclear Company (TNC), which emerged from “stealth mode” in July 2024, says its mission is “to address surging energy demand driven by AI (artificial intelligence) data computing, onshoring manufacturing,…
Vietnam, Russia sign agreement on new nuclear plant
The signing of the agreement took place on Monday during the official visit of Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to Moscow. It was signed by Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and…
X-energy, Talen to assess deployment of multiple SMR plants
The companies will explore opportunities to deploy three or more four-unit XE-100 plants “to add clean baseload capacity to help support reliability and meet growing energy demand from onshoring of…
Framatome to supply low-enriched fuel for Belgium’s BR2 research reactor
The French-based fuel specialist will supply high-density silicide low-enriched uranium (HD LEU) fuel elements for the 100 MWt reactor, which is a key global producer of medical radioisotopes. Framatome delivered three Lead…
Early construction landmarks for Chinese units
The construction of Phase I (units 1 and 2) of the Bailong plant in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was among approvals for 11 new reactors granted by China’s State Council…
IAEA warning of risks of losing off-site power
In its latest update on the situation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that the six-unit Zaporizhzhia plant, which has been under Russian military control since early March 2022,…
Aalo completes assembly of experimental reactor
Austin, Texas-based Aalo was named in August last year by the US Department of Energy (DOE) as one of 11 advanced reactor projects initially selected for support through its Nuclear…
