Tepco halts restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor
The company said that control rods had been withdrawn at 19:02 local time on 21 January and the reactor restarted. “However, at 12:28 on 22 January, an alarm was triggered in…
Amentum-led consortium contracted for Dutch new-build programme
The consortium will work on the development of up to two new gigawatt-scale nuclear power plants to support the country’s strategies for decarbonisation and energy security and will support the…
First VVER-1200 fuel delivered to China for Tianwan 7
The fuel was manufactured at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant and is part of the contract for units 7 and 8 at the plant in China’s Jiangsu province which are…
EDF seeking maximum use of existing UK reactors
EDF Energy manages the UK’s eight nuclear power plant sites, five that are operating (Sizewell B, Torness, Heysham 2, Heysham 1 and Hartlepool) and three that have entered decommissioning (Hunterston…
Laramide pulls out of Kazakh project citing law change
Canada-based uranium exploration and development company Laramide said it has terminated its option agreement with Kazakhstan-registered Aral Resources for the Chu-Sarysu Project with immediate effect. The three-year agreement, signed in…
EnergySolutions sets date for Kewaunee licence application
In May 2025, EnergySolutions and WEC Energy Group announced their plans to explore new nuclear energy generation at Kewaunee, where a 566 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor operated from 1974…
Tepco restarts Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor
“Today, we received approval from the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) to begin test operation of the reactor to confirm the integrity of the equipment, including a pre-operational operator inspection to…
KHNP takes stake in TerraPower
In May 2022, SK Group signed a memorandum of understanding with TerraPower to jointly develop “next-generational technologies” needed for small modular reactors (SMRs). In the August of that year, SK…
Bruce C project ‘would boost GDP by CAD238 billion’
The figures come in the summary of findings of the study by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce for Bruce Power and the Nuclear Innovation Institute. It says that during the proposed plant’s 80-year…
International safety assessments of Finnish, French SMRs
The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) conducted a preliminary safety assessment of the LDR-50 last year. In June, STUK said the draft concept assessment for Steady Energy’s LDR-50…
