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Newcleo to scale back UK operations

2025-07-31 13:31:33

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#^Newcleo to scale back UK operations

France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo announced it is suspending its programme to develop lead-cooled fast reactors in the UK and will substantially wind down its UK activities.

India opens first private test facility for heavy water upgradation

2025-07-31 10:31:11

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#^India opens first private test facility for heavy water upgradation

Mumbai-based TEMA India has inaugurated its test facility, designed under technology transfer from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and contracted by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited. It is described as a "significant advancement for India’s nuclear self-reliance".

Podcast: The nuclear energy lawyer's perspective

2025-07-31 09:54:03

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#^Podcast: The nuclear energy lawyer's perspective

Vince Zabielski explains the role of a nuclear energy lawyer, and in a wide-ranging discussion on nuclear's prospects also outlines why he welcomes the UK's switch to the Regulated Asset Base model for financing projects.

Korean SMRs to be considered for Norwegian project

2025-07-30 16:35:14

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#^Korean SMRs to be considered for Norwegian project

Norway's Trondheimsleia Kjernekraft AS and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power are to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of a power plant based on multiple Korean-designed i-SMR reactors in the municipalities of Aure and Heim.

ENEC and Samsung C&T to collaborate on global nuclear projects

2025-07-30 15:50:13

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#^ENEC and Samsung C&T to collaborate on global nuclear projects

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Company and Samsung C&T Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore projects ranging from restarts in the USA, to small modular reactors in the UAE, to potential nuclear-powered hydrogen production in South Korea.

Tomari 3 meets safety requirements, regulator concludes

2025-07-30 13:52:46

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#^Tomari 3 meets safety requirements, regulator concludes

Unit 3 of Hokkaido Electric Power Company's Tomari nuclear power plant - Japan's newest power reactor - has moved a step closer to restarting after the country's Nuclear Regulation Authority concluded the unit meets revised safety standards.

Regulator approves South African waste facility licence transfer

2025-07-30 09:16:43

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#^Regulator approves South African waste facility licence transfer

South Africa's National Nuclear Regulator has granted a nuclear licence to the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute for the management and operation of South Africa's disposal facility for low-level radioactive wastes.

Fuel debris removal from Fukushima reactors delayed

2025-07-29 16:19:40

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#^Fuel debris removal from Fukushima reactors delayed

The start of full-scale fuel debris removal from the damaged reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is now expected to begin in 2037 at the earliest, instead of the early 2030s.

Russia-Niger MoU on nuclear energy cooperation

2025-07-29 15:28:24

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#^Russia-Niger MoU on nuclear energy cooperation

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Russia's Rosatom and the Ministry of Energy in Niger to cooperate on using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Regulatory progress for Last Energy's UK project

2025-07-29 13:18:12

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#^Regulatory progress for Last Energy's UK project

US microreactor developer Last Energy said it remains on track to obtain a site licence decision by December 2027 for its South Wales project after successfully completing a Preliminary Design Review for its PWR-20 power plant design by UK nuclear regulators.