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Manila (AFP) Oct 31, 2025 - More than 20 containers of radioactive zinc have been stranded off the Philippine coast for over than a week and a solution for their disposal is needed fast, a nuclear official said on Friday.| Nuclear Power Daily
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2025 Stanford researchers report an exact solution to a long-standing statistical model for heterogeneous materials, enabling precise predictions about where components appear within complex mixtures such as concrete and soils. The advance could inform sustainable design choices, groundwater management, and evaluation of underground storage sites for carbon dioxide or nuclear waste. The team sh| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Vienna (AFP) Oct 15, 2025 The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, said Wednesday that he expects repairs to begin "soon" to restore the power supply to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. The site, occupied by Russian forces since March 2022, lost its connection to the grid on September 23 for the tenth time - marking the longest outage of external power supply to the facility since Russia invaded U| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 15, 2025 Tiny variations in boron isotopes have provided scientists with a powerful new tool to understand how glass used for nuclear waste storage gradually breaks down over time. The discovery could lead to more accurate predictions of how radioactive materials are released from long-term repositories. Borosilicate glass is widely used to immobilize hazardous elements such as radionuclides and he| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Framatome and SN Nuclearelectrica SA (SNN) have signed a new agreement to advance the Medical Radioisotopes Project, a key initiative launched in 2024 under Nuclearelectrica's long-term strategy to expand the benefits of nuclear energy into the medical field. The project, known as IRIS (Innovative Romanian Isotope System), has now entered its implementation phase with the goal of starting commer| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) and Samsung C&T have announced a strategic alliance to accelerate the international deployment of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) across markets outside North America. The partnership will focus on developing supply chain and project delivery frameworks for the advanced reactor technology, with particular attention to the potential installation of| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Vienna (AFP) Oct 7, 2025 The UN nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday that there was "no impact on nuclear safety" after a drone hit the cooling tower of a Russian nuclear plant. Russia's nuclear power operator Rosenergoatom said on Telegram that a "Ukrainian armed forces combat drone attempted to attack a cooling tower at the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant" in central Russia in the night from Monday to Tuesday. Th| Nuclear Power Technology, Science And Industry News
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 - Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), the GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi, Ltd., has announced GNF4, a next generation fuel product designed to improve safety, efficiency, and reliability for boiling wate| Nuclear Power Daily
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
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
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
