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Sizewell C gets extra government funding
Outgoing UK prime minister Boris Johnson has said the UK government will provide £700 million in funding for the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power plant.
California to delay retirement of Diablo Canyon NPP
California’s legislators have approved a bill to extend the life of the state’s last operating nuclear plant by up to five years. The bill authorises a $1.4 billion government loan...
UN mission heads to stricken Ukrainian NPP
A team of UN atomic energy experts set out on 29 August for Zaporizhzya nuclear power station in Ukraine, after months of rising tensions between Ukrainian and Russian forces, who...
UK to extend life of coal plants as ‘last resort’ facility
At the request of the UK’s Business and Energy ministry, BEIS, National Grid ESO has agreed contracts with Drax and EDF to extend the life of coal fired power plants this winter. The...
Rolls-Royce and ULC-Energy to collaborate on SMR for The Netherlands
Rolls-Royce SMR has signed an exclusive agreement with the Dutch development company ULC-Energy to collaborate on deploying Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor power stations in...
IAEA update 92 – the situation in Ukraine
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, on 19 August renewed his urgent appeal for maximum military restraint in the area of...
Shelling of Zaporizhzhia NPP
International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Mariano Grossi told the UN Security Council on 11 August that the IAEA’s presence at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear PP in Ukraine,...
EDF cuts output from nuclear generation
State owned French energy major EDF is reducing output at nuclear power stations on the Rhône and Garonne rivers as heatwaves push up river temperatures, restricting its ability to...
Extending life of German NPPs ‘might make sense’
Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz has hinted that the life of the country's nuclear power plants might be extended as reduced gas flows from Russia increase the likelihood of winter...
IAEA Ukraine Update 86 – vital equipment arrives
Ukraine has received a large batch of crucial radiation protection and monitoring equipment offered by Australia and France and delivered by the International Atomic Energy...
EUROfusion starts design of demonstration fusion power plant
Following its record-breaking results earlier this year*, Europe's research consortium for fusion energy EUROfusion has announced the start of conceptual design activities for...
Zaporizhzhia data link restored
The International Atomic Energy Agency and the Ukrainian operator of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have restored the remote transmission of crucial safeguards data from...
Westinghouse and Bloom Energy to accelerate zero-carbon H2 production in the nuclear industry
Westinghouse Electric and Bloom Energy Corp have entered into a Letter of Intent to pursue clean hydrogen production in the commercial nuclear power market. The companies are teaming...
Jacobs builds robot to clean up Fukushima
US firm Jacobs has designed and built a robotic tool to obtain crucial information about the state of a damaged nuclear power reactor at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan. The remotely...
Hinkley Point C delayed and will overrun by £3bn
Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant developer EDF has announced that the plant is expected to begin operating a year later than planned in June 2027, at an estimated cost of £25 – 26bn.
Chornobyl safeguards resumed – IAEA Update
On 9 May the International Atomic Energy Agency issued the following statement, Update 75, from the director general, Rafael Mariano Grossi.
US DoE seeks bids for $6 bn nuclear credit programme
The US Department of Energy has announced plans to seek applications and sealed bid submissions under the $6 billion Civil Nuclear Credit Programme to support the continued operation...
Four Canadian provinces publish strategic plan for SMR
The governments of four Canadian provinces – Ontario, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, and Alberta—have published a plan outlining the path forward for the advancement of small modular reactors.
IAEA statement on the Ukraine situation
In its Update published on 7 April the International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Mariano Grossi states that it is aware of recent drone footage said to be...
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