US regulator accelerates review of Natrium permit
Thursday, 3 July 2025 A rendering of a Natrium plant (Image: TerraPower) Natrium technology features a 345 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor using high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel, with a molten salt-based…
UK study says Midlands sites suitable for nuclear new build
Thursday, 3 July 2025 (Image: Midlands Nuclear) The siting study was commissioned and funded by Midlands Net Zero Hub on behalf of Midlands Nuclear – a collaborative initiative established to…
Baltic Shipyard says robot welding to speed up construction
Thursday, 3 July 2025 (Image: Baltic Shipyard) Collaborative robots are controlled by welders alongside them who set the work task and monitor progress and are seen as being especially effective in welding in…
Emergency repairs for Chernobyl shelter ‘might top EUR100 million’
Thursday, 3 July 2025 (Image: EBRD) The European Union will contribute EUR25 million, the United Kingdom will contribute EUR6.7 million and France EUR10.6 million. The pledges came during a meeting…
Betatron X-Ray machine built for radioactive waste containers
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 (Image: TVEL) The university’s technology uses a betatron as an X-ray source and includes a proprietary software package. TVEL says it works on a similar principle…
GLE submits full application for laser enrichment facility licence
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 (Image: GLE) GLE is seeking a licence for the Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (PLEF) to re-enrich depleted uranium tails from legacy Department of Energy (DOE) gaseous…
Four 600 MW units planned for Kola II
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 (Image: Rosatom) During a visit to the Kola nuclear power plant in the Murmansk region, Likhachev said that Kola II would be the first to feature the…
Korean accident-resistant fuel begins in-reactor testing
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 (Image: KHNP) A ceremony was held on 1 July to commemorate the loading of the accident-resistant nuclear fuel demonstration assembly, which comprises 236 fuel rods. It…
Westinghouse, Radiant to perform first US microreactor tests
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 A rendering of the Kaleidos microreactor arriving at the DOME facility (Image: Ryan Seper/Radiant) The test bed – Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) – will repurpose…
Westinghouse contracted to assemble ITER torus
Tuesday, 1 July 2025 The ITER Tokamak pit with the two vacuum vessel sector modules installed (Image: Westinghouse) Under the contract, Westinghouse will be responsible for completing the vacuum vessel…
