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Fuel transfer work begins at Fukushima Daiichi unit 2
18+ hour, 24+ min ago (340+ words) A total of 615 fuel assemblies (587 used and 28 unused) are currently stored in unit 2's storage pool. Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) completed an initial survey of Fukushima Daiichi unit 2's fuel pool using a submersible remotely-operated vehicle in June 2020. It…...
UK to cooperate with Singapore on nuclear regulation
15+ hour, 6+ min ago (194+ words) The Mo U was signed at the Office for Nuclear Regulation's (ONR's) office in London by Paul Dicks, its Director of Regulation - New Reactors, and Li-Na Koh, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment Agency (NEA), and witnessed by…...
ABS introduces shipping's first nuclear-ready notation
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (248+ words) Readiness considerations evaluated under the notation may include space allocation, structural arrangements, system interfaces, safety-related features and other design elements needed to support a future nuclear conversion, ABS said. The notation signals that future nuclear conversion has been built into…...
In pictures: Second Hinkley Point C reactor vessel installed
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (516+ words) World Nuclear News...
IAEA says turbine building damage 'consistent with impact of a drone"
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (936+ words) IAEA says turbine building damage 'consistent with impact of a drone' World Nuclear News The agency (IAEA) has had experts stationed at the Zaporizhzhia plant since September 2022 The six-unit nuclear power station has been under Russian military control since March…...
ITER magnet test facility begins operation
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (195+ words) ITER's magnetic system consists of toroidal and poloidal magnetic field coils, correction coils, and the central solenoid. The first magnet coil to undergo testing in the Magnet Cold Test Facility is a 330-tonne ITER toroidal field coil, wound from niobium-tin…...
Floating nuclear power plants 'realistic' for Greece
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (250+ words) Greece has historically not deployed nuclear power, but in March this year, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced at the 2nd Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris that it would'examine the potential role of small modular reactors in its energy mix and establish…...
Tests confirm integrity of Deep Isolation disposal canister
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (493+ words) US nuclear waste disposal company Deep Isolation says that a two-year research project that subjected its Universal Canister System to the kinds of conditions found thousands of feet below the surface has shown materials used in its fabrication perform reliably…...
Deep Isolation completes three-year waste canister project
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (321+ words) Project UPWARDS has culminated in the manufacture, physical testing and validation of a disposal-ready Universal Canister System for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from advanced reactors. ; The project's name stands for Universal Performance Criteria and Canister for Advanced…...
TAE, UKAEA joint venture formally established
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (309+ words) World Nuclear News The joint venture was announced in December 2025 as part of a bilateral and reciprocal investment commitment to commercialise TAE's proprietary particle accelerator technology for the global market TAE Beam UK is a collaborative entity that will harness…...