As the UK government announces multibillion‑pound investments in new nuclear projects in England, Scotland continues to follow its own course: it sees the future of energy exclusively in renewable sources. This position was confirmed by acting Scottish Energy Secretary Gillian…
Westinghouse has completed the design of the AP1000 reactor for Poland’s first nuclear power plant, confirmed Lou Martinez Sancho, the company’s Vice President for Technology Development. This means that the technical documentation, including all safety‑related systems, is now “frozen” and…
Czech Republic’s Nuclear Ambitions Face EU Hurdles over Dukovany Expansion The Czech Republic plans to expand the Dukovany nuclear power plant, but the €6 billion project has hit a roadblock at the European level. The European Commission has raised objections…
GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) announced it has obtained approval from the province of Ontario and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to deploy the first small modular reactor (SMR) in the Western world at the Darlington Nuclear Power Plant in…
Sounds like science fiction? Maybe. But it really happened:Scientists from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) have developed a working prototype of a battery that uses depleted uranium – a material traditionally regarded as a problematic byproduct of nuclear fuel…
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has long been considered one of the most important potential partners for the development of nuclear energy in Europe. Until recently, there were discussions about several projects that could support the energy transition on…
Scott Nolan, a former SpaceX engineer and now CEO of startup General Matter, has set an ambitious goal: to end Russia’s monopoly on high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production and launch its commercial production in the United States. The company also…
Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) and Laurentis Energy Partners Sign Agreement to Develop the First Preliminary Safety Report (PSAR) for a Small Modular Reactor in the European Union Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) and Canadian company Laurentis Energy Partners have…
Bulgaria has launched a key nuclear energy project aimed at bolstering energy security not only for the country but for the entire Southeast European region. Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., U.S.-based Westinghouse Electric Co., and Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP – New…
Finnish energy companies Steady Energy and Keravan Energia have signed a cooperation agreement to build a small nuclear power plant for district heating production. The city of Kerava is joining Kuopio and Helsinki, which are also interested in the project…