Oklo Inc and Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla have announced a strategic partnership focused on technology collaboration, supply-chain coordination, and regulatory knowledge-sharing. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tra...

An international tribunal has ruled in favour of Orano in its dispute over the sale of uranium produced from the Somaïr mine. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tri...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed for a second time the operating licences of Point Beach units 1 and 2, clearing the way for an 80-year operating life for the two pressurised water reactors. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/wis...

Oklo carried out full-scale flow testing of a prototypical fuel assembly at Argonne National Laboratory, generating experimental data to validate computer models, demonstrate manufacturing parameters & advance Oklo’s fuel assembly design towards production. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/okl...

Excavation work has started for the foundation of the nuclear island of the second of two CAP1000 pressurised water reactors planned as Phase I of the Bailong nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/gro...

Cavendish Nuclear, together with its delivery partner USA-based engineering company Amentum, has been awarded the next phase of work by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency to support decommissioning of the Monju Prototype Fast Reactor in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/cav...

An agreement to expand the proposed new nuclear plant in Uzbekistan to include two gigawatt units and two RITM-200N small modular reactors was signed at the World Atomic Week International Forum held in Moscow. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/uzb...

California headquartered pulsed magnetic fusion system developer Pacific Fusion has selected Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the site for its first Research and Manufacturing Campus. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/pac...

France's Framatome and the Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development, ENEA, are to explore advanced technological solutions for nuclear reactors to power future settlements on the Moon. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fra...

A study by X-energy Canada has confirmed the feasibility and benefits of repurposing an existing thermal generation site in Alberta with X-energy's small modular reactors, and establishes a foundation for further planning and regulatory engagement www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/stu...

Romania's Nuclearelectrica has signed a EUR540 million (USD634 million) financing contract with a banking syndicate led by JP Morgan for the refurbishment of Cernavoda Unit 1 & EUR80 million for the next stage of the Cernavoda unit 3 & 4 project. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/nuc...

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov are considering the potential installation of small modular reactors in the country as part of its aim to be a regional energy leader. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bul...

Nuclear battery developer Zeno Power is to make a "multi-million dollar" investment to get priority access to americium-241 supplies from Orano's la Hague recycling site in France. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/ora...

The proposed four-unit Mahi Banswara nuclear power plant is one of a host of central and state governmental projects ceremonially inaugurated by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajasthan. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/pm-...

Centrus announces plans for Piketon expansion - the major expansion of the uranium enrichment plant in Ohio is expected to boost production of both low-enriched and high-assay low-enriched uranium. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/cen...

🎙️Podcast: Special reports from World Nuclear Symposium, including coverage of World Nuclear Fuel Report, and the day-long sessions focused on end energy users and on financing nuclear. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/pod...

Brazil's National Nuclear Energy Commission has signed an MoU with Invap relating to the execution of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction agreement for the Brazilian Multipurpose Reactor. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/cne...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is collaborating with fusion company Type One Energy on the potential deployment of fusion technology at the former Bull Run fossil plant site. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tva...

The French nuclear company Framatome inaugurated a new operations base in India days ahead of the second meeting of a bilateral nuclear energy task force which saw the two countries reaffirm their continuing engagement in emerging technologies such as SMRs. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fra...

Russia's Rosatom and Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation have signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the building of small modular reactors in Iran. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/rus...

TerraPower, Evergy and the Kansas Department of Commerce are to explore siting TerraPower's Natrium reactor and energy storage system within Evergy's service territory in Kansas. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/kan...

Radioactive materials are vital for medicine, agriculture and for nuclear energy - but the challenge is to ensure that the 20 million packages sent each year can be transported safely and speedily to where they need to go. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/mul...

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has warned of the "fragile nuclear safety" situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant as it was forced to again rely on back-up diesel generators for power. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/zap...

Ontario Power Generation's Darlington New Nuclear project has been named as one of the first projects to be reviewed by a new office set up by the federal government to help fast-track major projects. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/can...

The CA01 'super module' has been installed at unit 1 of the Lufeng nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute announced. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/sup...

US microreactor developer NANO Nuclear Energy has signed a letter of intent for the proposed sale of its ODIN low-pressure coolant microreactor design and all associated intellectual property to Cambridge AtomWorks of the UK. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bri...

Belgium's Prime Minister Bart De Wever has laid a foundation stone, marking the start of construction of a surface disposal facility for low- and intermediate-level, short-lived waste at the Dessel site in Belgium. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/con...

The main structure of the world's first nuclear power ultra-large high-level seawater cooling tower has been completed at unit 1 of the Lianjiang plant in China's Guangdong province, State Power Investment Corp announced. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/meg...

Nine industry associations participating in the Roadmaps to New Nuclear high-level conference in Paris, have called on governments to take action to bolster energy security and address the rising global need for reliable, clean electricity. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/ind...

A pre-licensing assessment of the EAGLES-300 lead-cooled small modular reactor has been launched by the Belgian, Italian and Romanian nuclear regulators. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/reg...

The large-scale enrichment technology testing campaign at Global Laser Enrichment's Test Loop facility in Wilmington, North Carolina, has demonstrated the commercial viability of laser enrichment. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/gle...

The European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors has adopted its first Strategic Action Plan, outlining ten specific and targeted actions to deliver over the next five years. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/eur...

The production of the first dried yellowcake from the expanded Lance Central Processing Plant in Wyoming sees Peninsula Energy Limited become a fully independent, end-to-end producer of uranium. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fir...

The International Atomic Energy Agency has revised upwards its forecast for new nuclear capacity, with its high case scenario suggesting a 2.6-times increase from 377 GW of capacity in 2024 to 992 GW by 2050. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/iae...

Making the most of existing nuclear plants will be vital if the challenge of tripling nuclear capacity by 2050 is to be met - and innovative approaches, including artificial intelligence tools, can help, according to panelists at World Nuclear Symposium. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/inn...

Germany's Nukem Technologies Engineering Services GmbH is to provide consulting services on decommissioning and radioactive waste management to Kazakhstan under a memorandum of understanding signed with the Kazakh Atomic Energy Agency. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/kaz...

Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla and global engineering company ABB have signed a memorandum of understanding to accelerate the deployment of such reactors for the maritime market. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bly...

A contract's been awarded for construction of the conventional islands of the 3 reactors for the first phase of the Xuwei nuclear power project which'll supply industrial heating & electricity by coupling a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor with two PWRs. www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/con...

The European Court of Justice has backed Austria's appeal against Hungary's state aid for the Paks II nuclear power plant project and said the EC "should have ascertained" whether the direct award of a contract "complies with EU public procurement rules". www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/eur...