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
Stockholm (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 The Swedish government wants to lift a ban on uranium mining to reduce its reliance on imports as it pursues its first nuclear power expansion in half a century, the environment minister said Wednesday. The previous social democrat government banned uranium mining in 2018 due to concerns of water contamination and high operating costs, but the current right-wing administration is buildin| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Moscow (AFP) Aug 24, 2025 A fire broke out Sunday at a Russian nuclear power plant after the country's military downed a Ukrainian drone, the facility said after the blaze was put out. The "device detonated" upon impact at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in western Russia, sparking a blaze which the facility said "was extinguished by fire crews". There were no casualties from the drone smashing down at the site| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Taipei (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 A Taiwanese referendum on whether to restart a nuclear power plant failed on Saturday after the number of votes in favour fell short of the legally required threshold. Ma'anshan Nuclear Power Plant closed in May, ending atomic energy in Taiwan and increasing concerns about the island's almost total reliance on fossil fuel imports to power its homes, factories and chip industry. Presi| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Stockholm (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Sweden said Thursday that it had selected so-called small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) for its first nuclear power expansion in a half-century. The government said three or five of the next-generation reactors would be built at the Ringhals plant in southwestern Sweden, providing around 1,500 megawatts - the equivalent of two classic reactors. "For the first time in 50 years, ne| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
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
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025 Graphite is a key structural component in some of the world's oldest nuclear reactors and many of the next-generation designs being built today. But it also condenses and swells in response to radiation - and the mechanism behind those changes has proven difficult to study. Now, MIT researchers and collaborators have uncovered a link between properties of graphite and how the material beha| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 High burnup fuel rods manufactured by Global Nuclear Fuel, a GE Vernova-led joint venture with Hitachi, Ltd., have arrived at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for post-irradiation examination following commercial operation to gather data on extended burnup performance. The shipment comprised rods from GNF2 assemblies first loaded for two operating cycle| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
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
Lille, France (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 A nuclear plant in northern France was temporarily shut down on Monday after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the reactors, energy group EDF said. The automatic shutdowns of four units "had no impact on the safety of the facilities, the safety of personnel, or the environment", EDF said on its website. "These shutdowns are the result of the massive and unpredictable presen| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
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 also found in the south. Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), collaborating with French scientists, have clarified how uranium chemically interacts with diatoms, a key phytopla| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
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