Cold testing of Chinese SMR completed
Cold functional tests are carried out to confirm whether components and systems important to safety are properly installed and ready to operate in a cold condition. The main purpose of…
Argentine Proton Therapy Centre gets start-up licence
The facility is the first of its kind in South America and will use proton therapy, which is a more precise radiotherapy technique than conventional radiotherapy, to treat tumours. It…
Gauss Fusion releases blueprint for development of its GIGA fusion plant
The company has released its Conceptual Design Report (CDR) – a comprehensive conceptual blueprint for the development of its fusion power plant, named GIGA, and setting out how fusion can move…
First container ship arrives in UK from China using Northern Sea Route
The Istanbul Bridge, carrying 25,000 tonnes of cargo containers, left China’s Ningbo port on 23 September, entering the Northern Sea Route on 1 October. The complete journey took 20 days,…
Tunnelling industry expands cooperation on waste repositories
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) met in Vienna on 26 September. The delegation from IAEA led by Olena Mykolaichuk, Director…
Fusion entering implementation phase, says Grossi
The agency’s Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, says in his foreword to the third edition of the yearly report that these devices range from “pilot plants aiming for demonstration in…
Radiant to locate microreactor factory in Tennessee
The land for Radiant’s new factory, which encompasses portions of the historic K-27 and K-29 Manhattan Project sites, has been purchased from the Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board. Originally constructed…
Nuclear energy included in JPMorganChase USD1.5 trillion initiative
The USA-based financial services firm’s newly announced Security and Resiliency Initiative is a 10-year plan to facilitate, finance and invest in industries critical to national economic security and resiliency. The…
