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Companies from Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic have been awarded grants by the US-led Phoenix Project to finance feasibility studies for the conversion of coal-fired power plants to nuclear plants using small modular reactor (SMR) technologies ...read more

The operator of the two-unit Asco nuclear power station in Spain has implemented a method to identify components and structures that must be managed for safe long-term operation, but further work is needed in some areas, an International Atomic Energy ...read more

UK-based advanced nuclear energy developer MoltexFLEX announced it has “significantly refined” the design of its Flex molten salt reactor – delivering a 50% boost in power output, while maintaining previous targets for overnight capital cost and cost ...read more

Germany will invest more than €1bn ($1.07bn) in fusion research over the next five years as it sets out to “create a fusion ecosystem” so that a power plant can become “a reality in Germany as quickly as possible”. “Fusion is a huge opportunity to ...read more

Demand for uranium in nuclear reactors is expected to climb by 28% by 2030 and nearly double by 2040 as governments ramp up nuclear power capacity to meet zero-carbon targets, the World Nuclear Association (WNA) said in a report on Thursday (7 September ...read more

There are no easy options when it comes to the “unavoidably complex” task of managing the UK’s plutonium stockpile, but more research, development and innovation is needed to underpin any decision, a report says. The report, prepared by the Dalton ...read more

The Italian government has reaffirmed its commitment to reviving the Italian nuclear energy sector, with several ministers unveiling plans to reintroduce nuclear power generation within the next decade. Speaking at the European House-Ambrosetti economic ...read more

Poland has begun a transboundary consultation process on plans by Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) to build a small modular reactor plant at the Stawy Monowskie site in the south of the country, the company said. OSGE said on social media that the ...read more

India’s first indigenous 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactor unit (PHWR) has begun operation at full capacity, press reports said, quoting officials at state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). Kakrapar-3, in Gujarat state, western ...read more

Expected production shortfalls at Cameco’s facilities in Canada highlight the growing security of supply risk at a time when the demand outlook is stronger and more durable than ever – and where the risk has shifted from producers to utilities, the company ...read more

station in Ukraine, raising further concerns about the ability of the site to properly maintain the systems, structures and components important for nuclear safety and security, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. The agency said the number ...read more

Europe needs to show a firm commitment to the development of small modular reactors as the bloc seeks to meet its goal of climate neutrality by 2050, a draft European Parliament committee report says. The report, prepared for the committee on industry ...read more

The US National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a potential $116.5m (€107m) contract to produce more than two metric tonnes of high assay low enriched uranium (Haleu) feedstock for advanced reactors over the next five years ...read more

The Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) has granted permission for construction of the fourth and final unit of the El-Dabaa nuclear power station west of Alexandira in northern Egypt. “The safety of the fourth unit of the ...read more

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has cancelled a licence from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a 40-year nuclear waste storage facility in Texas. The panel determined that the NRC lacked the authority under federal ...read more

Westinghouse has established a “centre of excellence” for the manufacturing of low-enriched uranium plus (LEU+) fuel at its Columbia fuel fabrication facility (CFFF) in South Carolina. The centre will help to meet an expected increase in demand for ...read more

Russia’s state nuclear construction company Atomstroyexport has finished concreting the outer containment dome for the Kursk 2-1 nuclear power unit under construction in western Russia. Atomstroyexport said the move marks the final stage of building ...read more

The UK government has signalled its commitment to new nuclear power plants by setting up Great British Nuclear (GBN), an industry advisor told NucNet. When GBN was launched in July , its mandate was to accelerate the expansion of nuclear power capacity ...read more

A project to support research into deep borehole disposal for intermediate and high-level radioactive waste will help create the groundwork for a potential large-scale demonstration project, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. The project ...read more

Swedish small modular reactor project development company Kärnfull Next has announced plans for its first nuclear new build site in Nykoping, southeast Sweden – a site it wants to turn into an “SMR campus” by the mid-2030s. The company said it has ...read more

US-based Westinghouse has signed a long-term agreement with utility Slovenske Elektrarne to licence and supply VVER-440 fuel assemblies the Bohunice and Mochovce nuclear power plants in Slovakia. The agreement supports Slovakia’s efforts to move away ...read more

Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) on Thursday (24 August) started discharging treated water stored at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station into the sea, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at the site confirmed. The ...read more

A new groundwater well has become operational at Ukraine’s occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station as parts of efforts to secure sufficient cooling water for the six reactor units at the site after the destruction of the Kakhovka reservoir in early ...read more

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) has submitted an application to the government of the northern Pomerania province seeking a location decision for Poland's first nuclear power plant. The company said the move is “one of the most important steps ...read more

Japan is to begin releasing treated wastewater from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station from Thursday (24 August) with prime minister Fumio Kishida saying on Tuesday he had asked the facility’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), “to swiftly ...read more