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Consortium Wins Contract Extension For Crucial Sizewell Civil Design Works
Source: NucNetA consortium led by France-based construction engineering company Egis has secured a contract extension to support EDF Energy in advancing the Sizewell C nuclear power station…
Japan Court Backs Operation Of Two Reactors At Sendai Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetA court in Japan has upheld a lower court ruling rejecting a request to overturn the government’s approval of the restart of two reactors at Kyushu…
X-energy Signs Agreement To Advance Xenith Microreactor Development For Military
Source: NucNetUS-based reactor and fuel developer X-energy has signed an agreement with the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) defence innovation unit and the US Department of the…
Sweden To Restart Uranium Mining As Government Prepares For New Reactors
Source: NucNetSweden has confirmed plans to lift its ban on uranium mining from January 2026 with the aim of preparing for greater nuclear energy capacity and reducing…
Palisades Nuclear Plant Returns To Operational Status And Ready To Receive Fuel
Source: NucNetThe Palisades nuclear plant in the US state of Michigan has officially returned to operational status after being in decommissioning for three years – marking the…
Centrus Signs Agreement To Explore South Korean Investment In Ohio Uranium Enrichment Plant
Source: NucNetUS nuclear fuel company Centrus Energy has signed an agreement with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Posco International to explore potential South Korean investment…
US DOE Announces ‘Significant Step’ In Strengthening Nuclear Fuel Supply Chains
Source: NucNetThe US Department of Energy (DOE) said it has taken a major step in strengthening domestic nuclear fuel cycle supply chains by establishing a consortium that…
Majority Vote For Restart Of Taiwan Reactor, But Referendum Fails To Meet Threshold
Source: NucNetA referendum to push for the restart of Taiwan’s last commercial nuclear plant has failed to reach the legal threshold to be valid, leaving the island…
KHNP And Westinghouse ‘Holding Talks’ Over Nuclear JV For US And Europe
Source: NucNetKorea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Westinghouse are holding talks to set up a joint venture for US and European projects as they try to…
Sweden’s Vattenfall Shortlists GE Vernova And Rolls Royce To Build SMR Nuclear Plants
Source: NucNetVattenfall will proceed with US-based GE Vernova (GEV) and British company Rolls-Royce SMR as it looks to choose a potential supplier for new nuclear power plants…
Sweden’s Blykalla Signs Long-Term Partnership To Speed Up Development Of Advanced Reactors
Source: NucNetSwedish advanced reactor developer Blykalla and the state-owned body Research Institutes of Sweden (Rise) have signed a memorandum of understanding for a long-term partnership to accelerate…
First Steam Generator Hoisted Into Place At China’s Haiyang-4
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetThe first of two steam generators has been hoisted into place at Unit 4 of the Haiyang nuclear power station in Shandong province, northeastern China, paving…
New System At Canada’s Bruce Nuclear Station Will Help Ensure Supply Of Lu-177
Source: NucNetA new isotope production system in Unit 6 of the Bruce nuclear power station in Ontario province, Canada, will increase production capacity of the cancer-fighting medical…
Nuclear Waste Could Provide Fuel For Fusion Energy, Says Los Alamos Physicist
Source: NucNetResearchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US state of New Mexico have unveiled simulations showing how radioactive nuclear waste could be repurposed to generate…
Google, Kairos And Tennessee Valley Authority Sign Landmark Nuclear Power Deal
Source: NucNetFederal energy provider Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has signed a nuclear power agreement with Google and Kairos Power, making it the first utility in the US…
Project Company Submits Planning Initiative For Nuclear Plant In Svalbard
Source: NucNetProject company Svalbard Kjernekraft has submitted a planning initiative for a Sealer small modular reactor (SMR) in Longyearbyen, a coal-mining town on Spitsbergen Island, in Norway’s…
Workers Complete Final Weld Of Main Pipeline At China’s Tianwan-8
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetThe final weld of the main pipeline for Unit 8 at the Tianwan nuclear power station in Jiangsu province, eastern China, has been completed, paving the…
Denver Airport To Carry Out Feasibility Study Into Using Small Modular Reactors
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetDenver International Airport in the US state of Colorado has announced that it will conduct a feasibility study to determine the viability of building a small…
DOE Releases Additional $83 Million For Palisades Restart
Source: NucNetThe US Department of Energy (DOE) has released an $83.2m (€71m) loan disbursement to Holtec International, bringing total federal funding to $335.1m as the company moves…
India Remains Bullish On Nuclear With Plans To Roll Out SMRs In Remote Areas
Source: NucNetIndia is targeting nuclear power capacity of 100 GW by 2047 with new nuclear plants to be planned across greenfield and brownfield sites and small modular…