Holtec International announced that over recent weeks, the Palisades restart project reached a watershed moment as the last of the major projects were successfully closed out and the site transitioned ...

US start-up Deployable Energy’s demonstration reactor, Unity, has achieved a zero-power fuelled criticality demonstration at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). It is the third Department of Energy (DOE) ...

The world’s biggest superconducting magnet for a nuclear fusion reactor has passed final tests as part of China’s CRAFT (Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology) project, overcoming one ...

A drone strike has hit the cooling tower designated for unit 2 of the Kursk-II NPP in Kurchatov. The regional governor, Alexander Khinshtein, reported the strike on his Max channel, noting that ...

A full-scale simulator has begun operation for the BREST-OD-300 (lead-cooled fast neutron reactor being built at the Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK – Sibirskovo Khimicheskovo Kombinata) in Seversk, ...

As legacy equipment ages, spare parts grow scarce, manufacturers discontinue product lines, and specialised knowledge of vintage systems retires (Source: Shutterstock) The global debate about nuclear ...

The governments of Russia and Laos have signed an agreement on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The agreement was signed after talks between Russian Prime Minister ...

US nuclear start-up Zeno Power is establishing a nuclear battery manufacturing facility at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center in Sunol, California. Zeno is leasing legacy specialised hot cell ...

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC) has celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of 20 Emirati students from its Diploma in Nuclear Technology programme. This marks a key advancement in ...

US-based NuScale Power Corporation has awarded a contract to Paragon, a Mirion Technologies company, to complete the final design development of Paragon’s Highly Integrated Protection System (HIPS) ...