Lithuania assessing potential for BWRX-300 deployment
The MoU was signed in Washington in the US in the presence of Lithuania’s Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, US Department of Energy Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Reactors Rian Bahran and…
Amazon and Meta agreements boost Vistra nuclear plants
Speaking at Vistra’s fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results call, President and CEO Jim Burke said 2025 had been “truly a transformational year” for the company, with strategic milestones including…
Potential sites identified for SMRs in Chernobyl exclusion zone
The State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management (SAUEZM) gave the update as it reported on activities in 2025, which included taking more than 4,000 samples and conducting more than…
Agreement to build German nuclear fusion power plant
The memorandum of understanding outlines a roadmap to commercial fusion in Europe that begins with building demonstration stellarator Alpha near the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching.…
First concrete for Kaiga 5 & 6 in India approved
According to the of the consent, the present status of the project is that “Excavation activities for identified safety-related structures at Kaiga-5&6 have been completed. Post-excavation investigations for Nuclear Building,…
New heat-resistant steel developed for BR-1200
The Russian state nuclear corporation said the new type of heat-resistant steel was developed by specialists at the Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering Technology (TsNIITMASH), its mechanical engineering division. It…
Lloyd’s Register approves hybrid powered ship design
The design enables micro modular reactors (MMRs) to be combined with conventional diesel-electric systems for 73-metre and 90-metre amphibious stern landing vessel (SLV) designs. The approval in principle (AiP) follows…
Denison to proceed with Canada’s first ISR uranium mine
“Making a final investment decision and the upcoming initiation of construction activities at Phoenix mark the beginning of a new era in Denison’s history and the Canadian uranium mining sector,”…
NANO signs MoU exploring MMR deployment in UAE
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) will see NANO collaborate with EHC – a 35-year-old diversified investment holding company which is a subsidiary of International Holding Company – to “identify and evaluate…
Russian uranium mining hit targets in 2025, expansion planned
In a report of the annual meeting of Rosatom’s mining division Rosatom Nedra with stakeholders, it noted that licences have been obtained for the development of the Shirondukuyskoye deposit in eastern…
