Regulator requested to report on Almaraz licence extension
On 30 October, the board of Centrales Nucleares Almaraz-Trillo (CNAT) officially requested a three-year extension to the operating licence for Almaraz plant’s units I and II. The decision, taken at…
Constellation secures USD1 billion loan for reactor restart
“This marks the first time the DOE Loan Programs Office has concurrently finalised a conditional loan commitment and financial close, made possible by Constellation’s strong balance sheet and credit worthiness,”…
Nucleoelectrica, Candu Energy MoU on global nuclear services
The aim of the MoU is to build on the two companies’ existing collaboration by “agreeing to jointly support life extension projects, unit outages, and future nuclear developments in Canada…
Third San’ao unit under construction
The construction of two Hualong Ones as units 3 and 4 of the San’ao plant was among plans for 11 reactors approved by China’s State Council in August 2024. Following…
NPCIL in strategic partnership to advance nuclear development in Maharashtra
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited and the Maharashtra Institution for Transformation will proactively facilitate and extend cooperation,…
Presidents launch El Dabaa reactor pressure vessel installation
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, who like Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi joined the event remotely, said the installation of the reactor pressure vessel in its design position in El Dabaa’s…
Building work starts at US SMR fuel plant
The plant is expected to be the first facility in the USA to exclusively manufacture fuel for advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) and will fabricate X-energy’s proprietary tristructural-isotropic (TRISO) fuel…
Aalo Atomics and Microsoft collaborate on AI tools for new nuclear
Their initial project won awards for impact and technology advancement at Microsoft’s annual Hackathon. Yasir Arafat, CTO of Aalo Atomics, said: “So far, we have tackled three of the most…
First of Russian test rigs delivered to ITER construction site
The test rig is designed for vacuum, thermal, and functional testing of port plugs, which are a key diagnostic element of the giant multinational fusion facility. It was manufactured in Bryansk in…
