Tehran (AFP) Sept 26, 2025 Iran and Russia signed a $25 billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic, Iranian state media reported Friday, just hours ahead of the likely return of sweeping UN sanctions on Iran. "A deal for the construction of four nuclear power plants with a value of $25 billion in Sirik, Hormozgan was signed between the Iran Hormoz company and Rosatom," state television said.| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Richland WA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 Framatome and Standard Nuclear Inc. have launched a new joint venture to produce Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) nuclear fuel at commercial scale, reinforcing U.S. and Western supply chains for advanced reactor technologies. The venture, Standard Nuclear-Framatome (SNF), will be overseen by a joint board of directors and combine Framatome's established fuel cycle infrastructure with Stand| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 30, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been off the grid for seven straight days, warning of the potential threat of a "critical" situation. He said one of the backup diesel generators used to maintain operations had "malfunctioned" and the blackout posed "a threat to everyone". It is the longest outage at Zaporizhzhia s| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 A research group at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), led by Professor Seongkyun Kim from the Department of Physics and Chemistry, has developed a solar-powered artificial plant capable of rapidly removing radioactive cesium from soil. The device mimics plant transpiration to extract contaminated water, capturing cesium in its artificial leaves and releasing purifi| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Tehran (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rejected any compromise over his country's nuclear programme this week, vowing not to yield to pressure to give up uranium enrichment. The issue has long been at the centre of disputes with Western powers, especially the United States, which accuse Tehran of seeking a nuclear weapon - a claim Khamenei again denied. Below are key questions:| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 22, 2025 Framatome formally opened its new operations hub in Navi Mumbai on September 17, joined by dignitaries from the French Embassy, Consulate, EDF, and company leadership. The move signals Framatome's long-term commitment to India's ambitious target of 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047. Framatome has worked in India for years through subsidiaries Jeumont Electric and Corys. "We are deli| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Mandres-En-Barrois, France (AFP) Sept 20, 2025 A project to build a facility to store highly radioactive nuclear waste in the French countryside drew a protest by hundreds of people on Saturday, with police firing tear gas to break up rowdy demonstrators. The project, known as CIGEO, is meant to build an underground storage centre outside the northeastern village of Bure to bury the most dangerous waste from nuclear power plants and hold| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025 Framatome has signed a new contract to maintain and modernize the electrical systems of the two VVER-1000 reactors at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant. The work will be carried out by Framatome EOOD, the company's Bulgarian subsidiary. Framatome previously renovated the plant's no break power supply systems during a modernization program in the 2000s. Under the new agreement, these| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Vienna (AFP) Sept 10, 2025 The EU's top court on Wednesday upheld the European Commission's decision to give a sustainable finance label to investments in natural gas and nuclear power, dismissing a complaint by Austria. The European Commission in 2022 defied protests from green campaigners and dissent in its own ranks to give a sustainable finance label to investments in both gas and nuclear power. The EU argued| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 08, 2025 - Deep Fission Inc, a nuclear technology company developing small modular pressurized water reactors deployed in boreholes one mile underground, has raised $30 million in a private placement at $3.00 per share and completed a reverse merger with Surfside Acquisition| Nuclear Power Daily
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025 Nuclearn has raised $10.5 million in Series A financing to accelerate development and global deployment of its AI-powered platform for nuclear operations. The round, led by Blue Bear Capital with participation from SJF Ventures, AZ-VC, and Nucleation Capital, will support expansion of the company's domain-specific tools for operations, engineering, and regulatory compliance. The announceme| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Budapest (AFP) Sept 11, 2025 The EU's top court on Thursday annulled a European Commission decision to approve the expansion of a nuclear plant in Hungary with Russian aid, upholding a complaint from neighbouring Austria. Russia's state-owned Rosatom was due to install two new reactors at the Paks plant south of Budapest, Hungary's sole nuclear facility, which fulfils half of its electricity needs. Hungary struck a| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2025 NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR) has endorsed ENTRA1 Energy's landmark agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to install up to 6 gigawatts of NuScale small modular reactor (SMR) capacity across TVA's seven-state region. The initiative represents the largest SMR deployment program in U.S. history.| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025 - MIT researchers have developed a technique that enables real-time, 3D monitoring of corrosion, cracking, and other material failure processes inside a nuclear reactor environment. This could a| Nuclear Power Daily
Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 - The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) have signed a cooperation agreement to enhance collaborative efforts in nuclear safety, security| Nuclear Power Daily
Manchester UK (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 - A consortium of UK universities has been awarded a major grant to lead a new programme that will transform the lifecycle of graphite in nuclear energy - an essential material for the future deployme| Nuclear Power Daily
Lille, France (AFP) Aug 13, 2025 - /> A nuclear power plant in northern France hit by a jellyfish invasion was getting back online on Wednesday, operator EDF said, with service restored at the first of four closed reactors. The| Nuclear Power Daily
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 08, 2025 - Uranium, a toxic heavy metal, is present in soils, dissolves in mining water, and can enter farmland via phosphate fertilizers. In Germany, it is especially prevalent in Saxony and Thuringia, though| Nuclear Power Daily
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 - Russia on Friday launched work to build the first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, the world's biggest uranium producer and vast Central Asian state where Moscow, Beijing and Europe are all vying for influence.| Nuclear Power Daily
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025 - The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has entered into a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to harness cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for advancing nuclear energy solu| Nuclear Power Daily
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 02, 2025 - GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) and Fortum have signed an early works agreement to support potential deployment of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) in Finland and Sweden. The m| Nuclear Power Daily
London, UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2025 - Framatome has secured two major contracts from Electrabel to support the modernization and extended operation of Belgium's Tihange 3 and Doel 4 nuclear reactors. The agreements follow a 2023 deal be| Nuclear Power Daily
Washington (AFP) July 16, 2025 - The United States and Bahrain signed a civilian nuclear energy accord Wednesday as US President Donald Trump met with the Gulf nation's crown prince.| Nuclear Power Daily
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Niamey, Niger (AFP) July 29, 2025 - Russia wishes to mine uranium in Niger, a top source of the radioactive metal ruled by a military junta friendly to the Kremlin, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev has said.| Nuclear Power Daily
