Advanced fuel material samples ready for irradiation testing
The material samples, which were manufactured at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), are now ready to be inserted into the lab’s Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) for irradiation testing, which is expected…
Microreactor to be tested in Space Ocean satellite
Under the terms of the Letter of Intent, Texas-based Space Ocean intends to test Space Nuclear Power’s (SpaceNukes’) 10-kilowatt nuclear reactor aboard its ALV-N satellite. If performance criteria are met,…
2024 US figures show increase in domestic U purchases
A total of 55.9 million pounds U3O8e (21,502 tU) of deliveries from US and foreign suppliers was purchased during 2024, at a weighted-average price of USD52.71 per pound, according to…
Largest load transported along ITER itinerary
The cryostat – into which some of the D-shaped toroidal field coils as well as PF1, the smallest of the ring-shaped poloidal field coils, will be inserted – is shaped “like…
IAEA reviews Romanian research reactor ahead of potential extension
The six-person Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactors (INSARR) mission took place in the first week of October. It was requested by Romania’s National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control and the Institute for…
Technology licensing is landmark for US uranium remediation
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted Disa’s application for a licence to use its technology to remediate abandoned mine waste at inactive mine sites in April, when the regulator…
IAEA completes modernisation of its laboratories
The IAEA Seibersdorf facility, which opened in 1962, houses eight nuclear applications laboratories working in food and agriculture, human health, environmental monitoring and assessment, as well as two safeguards analytical…
Paks II equipment supply approved, Rosatom says
Rosatom said that the issued document following the “routine supervisory audit” means “the company can supply nuclear power plant equipment as part of the Paks II NPP project, which is manufactured…
Deadline extended to allow wider participation in Indian small reactor RFP
Bharat Small Reactors – or BSRs – are described as compact 220 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors that are tailored for “captive use”. Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman announced in…
Construction set to start at Velvet-Wood project
The project is the first to be approved under a new accelerated review process launched as part of a strategic response to the national energy emergency declared by President Donald…
