Heavy water delivered for Argentina’s RA-10 multipurpose reactor
The RA-10 is currently undergoing pre-commissioning testing which is designed to guarantee the safety and efficiency of all its integrated systems. The receipt of the reactor-grade heavy water, with an isotopic…
Fusion plant clears regulatory milestone
Washington State-based Helion says it is the first company in the world to have the regulatory approvals needed to build and operate a fusion power plant. The Radioactive Materials licence…
Shine, Newcleo join up to close nuclear fuel cycle
The MARIE (for Model for the Assessment of Reprocessing and Recycle with Innovative Execution) consortium is led by the independent non-profit EPRI research organisation and funded under the US Department…
Podcast: Urenco expansion plans to fuel nuclear growth
Uranium enrichment explained Urenco was established in 1970, and is one-third owned by the UK government, one-third by the Netherlands and one-third by the two German utilities RWE and Eon.…
TerraPower’s Natrium reactor begins UK GDA process
The Bill Gates-chaired company has also announced the creation of TerraPower UK, a UK subsidiary, its first office outside the USA. Chris Levesque, President and CEO of TerraPower, said: “TerraPower is entering…
Core Power to assess BWXT SMRs for floating nuclear power plants
The mPower small modular reactor (SMR) is an integral pressurised light-water design with 195 MWe or 575 MWt capacity. The feasibility study “will cover baseline information exchange, systems engineering, concept…
UK to guarantee enriched uranium supplies to Ukraine
The deal was agreed between the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their meeting in London last week. “The agreement also supports UK jobs and…
