Category Archives: Nuclear

American Nuclear Society publishes a special issue of Nuclear Science and Engineering on Versatile Test Reactor The Idaho National Lab’s VTR project will accelerate U.S. advanced nuclear R&D  LA GRANGE PARK, IL, October 17, 2022 Idaho National Laboratory’s crucial Versatile … Continue reading →

DOE Wants to Fund Fusion to Get Up a Head of Steam X-Energy to Build $300M Nuclear Fuel Plant in Oak Ridge Sweden Announces Plans To Build Nuclear Power Plants Poland’s Synthos Green Energy in MOU with Canada’s Laurentis To … Continue reading →

Two Canadian Firms Ink $7.9B Deal to Buy Westinghouse Months after giant Canadian private equity firm Brookfield put Westinghouse up for sale in May 2022, a deal has finally appeared. In an all Canadian line up, uranium miner Cameco has … Continue reading →

France Plans New EPR Starts; First of Six Set for 2027 UK PM Truss and French President Macron Confirm Support for Sizewell C Romania’s Nuclearelectrica in Joint Venture for NuScale SMRs Reuter-Stokes and Paragon Energy Solutions to Deliver Nuclear Detection … Continue reading →

Q&A with International Bank for Nuclear Infrastructure How Will it Make a Difference? The International Bank for Nuclear Infrastructure (IBNI) is a conceptual new multilateral International Financing Institution (IFI) that will be solely focused on supporting its member countries in … Continue reading →

Westinghouse Files for Vendor Design Review of eVinci Mini Reactor with CNSC USAF Issues RFP for Micro Reactor at Alaskan AFB MoltexFLEX Launches Flexible Molten Salt Reactor Mitsubishi Heavy to Develop New 1200 MWe PWR Saudi Arabia Begins Process to … Continue reading →

Oklo Continues Its Pursuit of an NRC License SaskPower Chooses Two SMR Sites to Build on in 2030s Czech Republic Targets Temelin Site for 1st SMR by 2032 China and Argentina Dispute Over Fuel Delays $8B Nuclear Deal Third Barakah … Continue reading →

Estonia’s Fermi-Energia Releases Tender for SMRs China Approves Four New Nuclear Reactors for $$11.5B Japan to Draft  Nuclear Fusion Strategy to Keep Pace with Global Developments Japan Joins with UK Partners to Develop HTGR Design Japan’s Nuclear Regulator Throws Cold … Continue reading →

* Holtec in Pursuit of Re-Starting Palisades Nuclear Plant * Westinghouse Submits Bid to Poland to Build Three AP1000s * Ghana Takes Next Steps Toward Nuclear Energy * MOUs are Hot for Nuclear Deals Across Europe ** GE Hitachi Nuclear … Continue reading →

Diablo Canyon Saved For Now Swiss Politicians Form Lobby Group To Call End Nuclear Plant Phaseout Boris Johnson Writes $809M Check for Sizewell C UK Government Grants $4M in Funding For Advanced Reactor Development Hyundai, Ultra Safe Nuclear Sign Micro … Continue reading →