24+ min ago   (598+ words) The UK government has published a first-of-its-kind framework that aims to stimulate private investment in innovative nuclear technologies " including advanced, small, and micro modular reactors " across the country, providing a clear route to market and support for credible projects to…...

54+ min ago   (426+ words) The Department of Energy has announced a "categorical exclusion for authorisation, siting, construction, operation, reauthorisation, and decommissioning of advanced nuclear reactors for inclusion in its National Environmental Policy Act implementing procedures"....

1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (200+ words) On 1 February, workers at the unit were given permission by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to start up the 1116 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor and work began to bring the reactor to first criticality. This was achieved on 3 February....

5+ hour, 9+ min ago   (435+ words) Structural components made of a carbon-carbon composite material designed for a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor have passed tests at temperatures of up to 1300 degrees Celsius, Rosatom says. "; Russia's state nuclear corporation said its experts "created full-size models of individual structural elements,…...

21+ hour, 16+ min ago   (179+ words) According to a resolution published on the Minister of Justice's website, a government decision was made on 26 January on the construction area, with the resolution entering into force on the day of its signing. The village of Ulken, also in…...

22+ hour, 54+ min ago   (461+ words) US nuclear waste disposal company Deep Isolation has announced the launch of its multi-year, full-scale, at-depth deep borehole demonstration programme to test its technology for safely and permanently disposing of nuclear waste deep underground....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (381+ words) The US Department of Energy and private Japanese fusion technology company Kyoto Fusioneering have established a landmark partnership to deliver critical fusion infrastructure and perform collaborative R&D to drive down technology and commercialisation risk. "; Anchoring the strategic partnership, Kyoto…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (395+ words) The full-scope simulator for Phase I of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant - comprising two CAP1000 reactors - in China's Guangdong province has passed acceptance tests after having been installed on-site. "; The simulator for Phase I (units 1 and 2) of the Lianjiang plant project…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (381+ words) Serbia's Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka "edovi" Handanovic has held talks with the Agence Fran'aise de D'veloppement about cooperation related to the energy transition "especially in the development of nuclear energy applications in Serbia". "; "edovi" Handanovic, pictured above, noted…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (363+ words) Uzbekistan's Atomic Energy Agency and Russia's TVEL have signed a memorandum of understanding relating to the development of a national radioactive waste management system. "; Having a radioactive waste management system is part of the development in Uzbekistan of a nuclear…...