The Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan has voted “yes” in a referendum on whether or not to build a nuclear power plant, the Kazinform news agency reports. Kazakhs went to…

Uzbekistan’s atomic energy agency has concluded a deal with Rosatom’s export division to begin work on a power station containing six small modular reactors. The project, one of the first…

The US Air Force’s Research Laboratory (AFRL) has broken ground on an $8.7m facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that will research and test “re-entry vehicles” that operate in space before…

Russia’s main energy utility has published a draft plan for investment in energy over the next 18 years. This proposes the construction of 34 reactors, a figure that includes small…

Webuild has signed a memorandum of understanding with engineer Ansaldo Nucleare to develop small modular reactors (SMRs). The two Italian companies are planning to work together over the next five…

China has given the green light to 11 reactors on five sites with a combined investment value of $31bn. The decision was made at a State Council meeting on Monday…

AtkinsRéalis subsidiary Candu Energy has won the contract to extend the operational life of the two Candu reactors at China’s Qinshan Nuclear Generating Station, Phase III, in Zhejiang province. They…

Construction has begun on the first of two new reactors, numbers 5 and 6, at the Ningde Nuclear Power Plant in Fujian Province, news website CGTN reports. The first concrete…

Thirty-five years after shutting down its last nuclear power station, Italy is planning to restart its nuclear industry with small modular reactors (SMRs), the Financial Times reports. Energy minister Gilberto…

Five Serbian ministries and 20 companies and universities have signed a memorandum of understanding to begin work on a civil nuclear power programme. Prime Minister Milos Vucevic said at a…

Canadian construction company AtkinsRéalis has been appointed by Tennessee-based fusion power developer Type One Energy to work on the concept design of its pilot plant. Teams from the UK and…

Russia’s state-owned nuclear engineer Rosatom has taken advantage of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Moscow to propose building six reactors in India, Newsweek reports. While in Moscow,…

Colorado-based contractor Hensel Phelps has been selected as construction manager and general contractor for a Department of Energy project at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, part of America’s…

The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre has started building a €1.6bn research reactor to replace its ageing BR2 reactor in Mol, near Antwerp. Called “Myrrha”, it’ll be used for research into…

Candu Energy, an AtkinsRéalis company, has signed a framework agreement to help Poland install small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) as an alternative to coal-fired power stations. Canada-headquarted AtkinsRéalis, formerly known…

Uzbekistan will start work in September on a nuclear plant for six small modular reactors (SMRs), local media report. UzAtom, the country’s nuclear energy agency, signed a protocol with Russian…

Slovenia’s state-owned power company GEN Energija has revealed its preparations for a new nuclear power plant in the town of Krsko, near the Croatian border. The move comes ahead of…

Russia and the West African state of Guinea have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on building floating nuclear power stations. Russian nuclear engineer Rosatom said the two sides…