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Poland’s state nuclear project company Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) has submitted an application for a construction licence for the country’s first nuclear power station, marking what the company described as one of the most important milestones ...read more

Bulgaria’s national repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste has been issued with a certificate confirming it is ready for commissioning, the State Enterprise for Radioactive Waste (SERAW) has said. According to SERAW, which is ...read more

Russian state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom said it has completed a pilot operation programme for accident tolerant fuel (ATF) at Unit 2 of the four-unit Rostov nuclear power station in southern Russia. The company said three test fuel assemblies ...read more

Belgium’s nuclear regulator has shown a strong commitment and professionalism in carrying out its mandate to ensure nuclear and radiation safety, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) review concluded. The Integrated Regulatory Review Service ...read more

India says it has achieved the highest monthly concreting rate for a pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) unit project, placing 26,700 cubic meters in a single month at the Kaiga nuclear power station in Karnataka state, west India. State-owned nuclear ...read more

Russia has completed a pilot operation programme for its Remix uranium-plutonium nuclear fuel at Unit 1 of the Balakovo nuclear power station in the south of the country, a statement by Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said. The statement ...read more

US-based advanced reactor developer Aalo Atomics has completed construction of its critical test reactor at Idaho National Laboratory, the company announced at an onsite ceremony. The company said the 10-MW sodium-cooled experimental reactor, known ...read more

More than half of all thefts of nuclear and other radioactive material reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB) since 1993 occurred during authorised transport, with the share rising to nearly 70% in ...read more

Rolls‑Royce SMR and Swedish nuclear technology company Studsvik have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore further collaboration across Studsvik’s full range of services to support the rollout of small modular reactors (SMRs). The agreement ...read more

The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has moved Hartlepool nuclear power station in northeast England into significantly-enhanced regulatory attention. The ONR said in a statement it had made the decision based on evidence gained from “targeted ...read more

Russia and Vietnam have signed an intergovernmental agreement to cooperate on the construction of the Southeast Asian country’s first nuclear power station, Russian state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom said. Rosatom said that the intergovernmental ...read more

US-based advanced reactor developer X-energy and energy company Talen Energy have signed a letter of intent to assess the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Pennsylvania and across the 13-state PJM electricity market, said a statement. ...read more

Marta Ugalde Martínez has been appointed president of the Madrid-based industry group Foro Nuclear. Martínez, who until now has been director of nuclear oversight and international coordination at Almaraz-Trillo Nuclear Power Plants and has also worked ...read more

Access to electricity will determine “economic success or failure” as global demand for electric power is expected to rise sharply, the head of the Paris-based OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) said. William Magwood, director-general of the NEA, told ...read more

The second tier of the inner steel containment has been installed for Unit 3 of the Leningrad 2 nuclear power station on the Gulf of Finland in Russia, state nuclear corporation Rosatom said. The inner containment is part of the plant’s safety systems ...read more

Sweden-based nuclear reactor company Blykalla has said it will proceed with the next phase of planning for a small modular reactor (SMR) park in Norrsundet, Gävle, about 200 km north of Stockholm in southeast Sweden. The company said it aims to begin ...read more

Energy company Arizona Public Service (APS) has officially notified the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of its intent to renew the operating licences for all three units at Palo Verde nuclear power station, which could extend operations from the ...read more

France-based nuclear company Framatome and Slovak engineering firm Vuje have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation in nuclear engineering, plant modernisation and advanced reactor technologies, a statement said. The agreement was ...read more

The International Atomic Energy Agency said it has been informed by Iran that a projectile hit the premises of the Bushehr nuclear power station on Tuesday evening. The agency said there was no damage to the facility or injuries to staff reported. ...read more

Poland is making progress in safely managing its radioactive waste and spent fuel management activities, an essential part of its plans to develop nuclear energy, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team has found. The team highlighted Poland ...read more

Thorizon, the Dutch-French nuclear technology company developing molten salt reactors, and South Korea-based Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly advance the development and ...read more

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said that five of the country’s 95 operational reactors came in the second-of-five performance safety and security categories in 2025, meaning they would require additional inspection and follow-up corrective ...read more

Britain’s government is pushing ahead with ambitious nuclear planning and regulatory reforms, aiming to overhaul regulations in a bid to deliver a “golden age” of nuclear and boost UK energy sovereignty. The government said it intends to act on recommendations ...read more

The UK government has approved the nuclear justification for the small modular reactor (SMR) design developed by Rolls-Royce SMR, marking an important regulatory step for the deployment of the technology. The decision, announced by environment secretary ...read more

Building a fleet of ten AP1000 nuclear reactors in the US could generate $92.8bn (€85bn) in gross domestic product (GDP) and support an average workforce of more than 44,000 jobs annually during a 13-year construction phase, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers ...read more