2023-06-21
Holtec's HI-LIFT speeds Indian Point decommissioning
The heavy load handling technology allows modern casks and canisters to be safely loaded, even when they are beyond the limits of the plant's installed cranes, saving time and money over conventional methods, the company said.
2023-06-20
Nuclear-powered 'flashlight' to be developed for lunar studies
An X-ray "flashlight" which would use an energy source based on USNC's EmberCore nuclear chargeable ceramic technology to map the lunar surface has been selected for early-stage funding in the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts programme.
2023-06-19
Russian export push for floating nuclear power plants
State nuclear power company Rosatom has signed an agreement with TSS Group to create a joint venture for the construction of a series of floating power units.
2023-06-16
Completion of German waste repository delayed
Work to convert the former Konrad iron ore mine into Germany's first repository for low and intermediate-level radioactive waste (LLW/ILW) is running about two years behind schedule.
2023-06-15
USNC delivers TRISO particle fuel to NASA
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has delivered uranium nitride coated uranium oxycarbide tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel to NASA's Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion programme.
2023-06-14
UK-US partnership for nuclear fusion rockets
UK company Pulsar Fusion has formed a partnership with USA-based Princeton Satellite Systems to use artificial intelligence (AI) to design a hyper-fast space rocket capable of reaching Mars in only 30 days.
2023-06-13
Support agreement for Cernavoda 3 and 4 signed
The signing of the support agreement between the Romanian government and Nuclearelectrica allows the start of the next phase of the project to construct units 3 and 4 of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant.
2023-06-12
Kyrgyzstan and Rosatom agree nuclear healthcare cooperation
Russia's Rosatom has signed a fresh memorandum of cooperation (MoC) with Kyrgyzstan, on non-energy application of nuclear technologies in healthcare.
2023-06-08
Fortum, Westinghouse study new build opportunities
Finnish utility Fortum and Westinghouse Electric Company of the USA have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore prerequisites for the development and deployment of new nuclear in Finland and Sweden.
2023-06-07
IAEA: 'No immediate risk' to Zaporizhzhia from dam damage
The IAEA says the impact of the damage to the dam on cooling water supplies to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is being monitored