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Cold hydraulic tests under way at Turkey's Akkuyu 1

Alexei Likhachev, director general of Russia's state nuclear corporation, visited the site on Monday (see picture above) to review the progress of com...

Every gram is recorded: the IAEA has launched a global interactive map of spent nuclear fuel.

Every gram is recorded: the IAEA has launched a global interactive map of spent nuclear fuel.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published its first interactive di...

23.06.2026
Smolensk II's new concrete mixing unit commissioned

Smolensk II's new concrete mixing unit commissioned

Ivan Sidorov, Director of the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant, told a task force me...

22.06.2026
Elementl Power plans BWRX-300 SMRs in Ohio

Elementl Power plans BWRX-300 SMRs in Ohio

Elementl has already agreed to purchase the 700-acre site 100 miles southeast of...

19.06.2026
Concrete poured for reactor shaft at Leningrad's eighth unit

Concrete poured for reactor shaft at Leningrad's eighth unit

Over the next three months the first five tiers will be completed, up to nine me...

19.06.2026
Sites selected for Korean nuclear new build

Sites selected for Korean nuclear new build

South Korea's 11th Basic Plan - which covers 2024 to 2038 - calls for two new la...

18.06.2026
Heavy water delivered for Argentina's RA-10 multipurpose reactor

Heavy water delivered for Argentina's RA-10 multipurpose reactor

The RA-10 is currently undergoing pre-commissioning testing which is designed to...

18.06.2026
TerraPower’s Natrium reactor begins UK GDA process

TerraPower’s Natrium reactor begins UK GDA process

The Bill Gates-chaired company has also announced the creation of TerraPower UK,...

17.06.2026
What changes are needed to help rollout of advanced nuclear technologies in UK?

What changes are needed to help rollout of advanced nuclear technologies in UK?

In January 2024, the British government launched a roadmap for reaching its ambi...

18.06.2026

Core Power to assess BWXT SMRs for floating nuclear power plants

The mPower small modular reactor (SMR) is an integral pressurised light-water design with 195 MWe or 575 MWt capacity. The feasibility study "will cov...

Fourth application for Swedish state support for new nuclear

Fourth application for Swedish state support for new nuclear

The Ministry of Finance said the application states that the project involves tw...

16.06.2026
Chinese tempo: A dome has been installed on the Ningde 5 reactor.

Chinese tempo: A dome has been installed on the Ningde 5 reactor.

The external dome of the reactor containment building, weighing 270 tons, has be...

17.06.2026
Rolls-Royce, the United Kingdom, and Japan are developing high-temperature gas reactors (HTGRs).

Rolls-Royce, the United Kingdom, and Japan are developing high-temperature gas reactors (HTGRs).

During the official visit of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takachi to the United...

17.06.2026
Reactor pressure vessel installed at Indian nuclear plant

Reactor pressure vessel installed at Indian nuclear plant

The pressure vessel, which was manufactured at the Atommash plant of Rosatom's M...

16.06.2026