First RITM-200 reactor unit manufactured for floating nuclear plant
The 58 MWe capacity reactor unit has been manufactured by Rosatom’s Machine-Building division at the ZiO-Podolsk plant near Moscow. Serial production of the floating power units (FPU-106) is under way…
Oklo selected for US surplus plutonium programme
The Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans in October last year for private companies to dispose of about 20 tonnes of surplus plutonium by making the materials available for advanced…
Vessel for Newcleo technology demonstrator installed
To support Newcleo’s advanced reactor R&D programme, SRS Servizi di Ricerche e Sviluppo Srl has recently completed the installation of OTHELLO, a 2 MW loop-type lead test facility for qualifying…
‘Largest ever shipment’ for a single nuclear plant
In addition to the 330-tonne reactor vessel for El Dabaa’s second unit, the other equipment – including the pressuriser for unit 1 – pushed the total cargo weight up to…
TAE, UKAEA joint venture formally established
The joint venture was announced in December 2025 as part of a bilateral and reciprocal investment commitment to commercialise TAE’s proprietary particle accelerator technology for the global market. TAE Beam…
Approval milestone for US microreactor project
The Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis establishes the preliminary safety basis for a criticality test of the reactor, documenting how the design meets the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) requirements for…
Third application lodged for Swedish SMR plant
The application was handed to Johan Britz, Minister for Employment and acting Minister for Climate and the Environment, by Studsvik’s President and CEO Karl Thedéen and Christian Sjölander, Head of…
Podcast: Sustainability and the UK’s Low Level Waste Repository
Nuclear Waste Services’ Director of Sites and Operations, Mike Pigott, and Head of Waste Services Howard Falconer, explain the history of the site, how its operations have changed and its…
Kazakhstan outlines localisation plans
The Comprehensive Plan for Developing Localisation in the Nuclear Industry for 2026–2030 was developed by Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency, jointly with Kazakhstan Nuclear Power Plants LLP, interested central government agencies,…
Kursk II’s first VVER-TOI ‘has generated 2 billion kWh’
The VVER-TOI is Russia’s most powerful nuclear power unit. It was commissioned and officially transferred to operational status and entered the energy and capacity market and began supplying Russia’s Unified Energy…
