Rosatom reactor exports
Rosatom's civil-nuclear export push now spans five countries: an agreement for floating plants to power an eastern Indonesian island, a plan to start building large reactors in Uzbekistan in 2027,…
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Korea–US nuclear framework: $120B for eight large US reactors
South Korea plans to invest $120 billion in US nuclear power for eight large reactors at federal sites, six AP1000 and two APR1400 reactors, as part of a $200 billion three-project package; it…
NRC overhaul watch: breakneck pace meets first pushback
The NRC is accelerating nuclear licensing on several fronts, and oversight is starting to push back. Democrats formally asked the agency for information in late September, a GAO report raised…
Antares–BWXT TRISO fuel deal
Antares has a multi-year agreement with BWX Technologies to fabricate advanced nuclear fuel, starting with an initial tonne of TRISO fuel for its microreactors, with volumes possibly rising as…
Germany's nuclear waste repository search narrows to under 5% of territory
Germany's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal has reduced the area under consideration for the country's planned high-level radioactive waste repository from 25% of German territory to…
TÜPRAŞ: USTDA-backed study weighs SMRs for Turkish refining heat and steam
TÜPRAŞ, Turkey's largest crude oil refiner, has signed an agreement with the US Trade and Development Agency to fund technical assistance assessing whether small modular reactors could supply…
Westinghouse: FEED study for a possible AP1000 at Bohunice, Slovakia
Westinghouse will carry out a front-end engineering and design study for a possible AP1000 reactor at the Bohunice nuclear plant in Slovakia. It is a study-stage step only, with no unit count, cost,…
IAEA ministerial nuclear conference lands in Korea: SMR acceleration pledge
The IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Energy is being held in South Korea for the first time. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon delivered the keynote, calling…
Clinch River: the country's first BWRX-300 construction permit
NRC has approved TVA's construction permit for a GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 at Clinch River, the first US construction permit for the design. The same reactor is being pursued in Europe through a…
DoD nuclear demos: Army leases, Aberdeen IMSR, Antares space reactor
The US military is advancing several nuclear demos: the Army conditionally awarded long-term installation-power leases to three companies, with Ameresco and Terrestrial Energy to deliver an IMSR at…