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Polish Project Company Submits Construction Licence For Country’s First Nuclear Power Station

NucNet — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:33:11 GMT

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 Radwaste ‘Ready For Commissioning’

NucNet — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:53:42 GMT

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

Russia Completes Pilot Operation Of Accident Tolerant Fuel At Rostov Nuclear Station

NucNet — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:39:14 GMT

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

IAEA Praises Belgium’s Commitment To Nuclear And Radiation Safety

NucNet — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:24:36 GMT

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 Hails Concrete-Pouring Landmark At Kaiga PHWR Nuclear Plants

NucNet — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:14:35 GMT

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 Completes Pilot Programme For Remix Nuclear Fuel At Balakovo

NucNet — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:58:09 GMT

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

Aalo Atomics Completes Construction Of Critical Test Reactor In Idaho

NucNet — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:17:40 GMT

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

IAEA Says About 55% Of Nuclear And Radioactive Material Thefts Since 1993 Occurred During Transport

NucNet — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:18:29 GMT

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 Strengthens Global Nuclear Supply Chain with Studsvik Partnership

NucNet — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:28:00 GMT

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

UK Regulator Places Hartlepool Nuclear Station Under Extra Scrutiny

NucNet — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:19:40 GMT

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 Sign Agreement To Build Ninh Thuan 1 Nuclear Plant

NucNet — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:49:27 GMT

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

X-energy And Talen To Explore SMR Projects In US Power Market

NucNet — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:31:28 GMT

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

Spanish Nuclear Group Foro Nuclear Announces New President

NucNet — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:56:44 GMT

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, Says Magwood

NucNet — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:27:25 GMT

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

Second Tier Of Inner Steel Containment Installed At Russia’s Leningrad 2-3 Nuclear Plant

NucNet — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:19:05 GMT

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