Nuclear vendors from France, the US, Russia, South Korea, and China are competing to build Ghana’s first nuclear power plant. Nuclear energy minister Robert Sogbadji told Reuters that his government…

President Xi Jinping’s visit to Hungary last week resulted in commitments to cooperate on rail, nuclear, and other infrastructure, Reuters reports. Hungary’s foreign minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook that…

Thai power company Global Power Synergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies to explore the possibility of a nuclear “power barge” for Thailand. Seaborg has developed…

The fourth reactor of the Vogtle nuclear power plant in the US state of Georgia started commercial operations this week, marking the end of a difficult, 15-year project. Combined with…

Poland first nuclear power plant could cost as much as $37bn, according to Jan Chadam, the acting head of Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ), the agency set up by the government…

Drones attacked Ukraine’s Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant yesterday and hit one of its six reactor buildings, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports. The IAEA said the attack didn’t…

People attending the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston this week were treated to the site of a small nuclear reactor hanging from a crane outside. The publicity stunt by nuclear-power…

Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has again floated the idea of putting a nuclear reactor on the Moon. Its director general Yuri Borisov said it could be attempted between 2033 and…

South Korean contractor Hyundai Engineering & Construction has been chosen from a shortlist of five bidders to install and commission two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant…

Italy’s Ansaldo Energia Group and financier Sace have signed a memorandum of understanding to extend the life of Unit 1 of Romania’s Cernavoda nuclear power plant and to develop two…

Swedish energy company Vattenfall has hired Vinci subsidiary Nuvia to decommission two reactors at its Ringhals nuclear power plant. Nuvia will take down unit 1, a boiling water reactor shut…

Rosatom aims to build the world’s largest fast neutron reactor at its Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant near Yekaterinburg, website Nuclear Engineering International reports. Plant director Ivan Sidorov said work on…

Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel al-Sisi attended a virtual ceremony to mark the beginning of construction at the fourth and final reactor for the $25bn El…

London-based nuclear power start-up Newcleo is in talks with investors to raise up to €1bn to develop its generation IV small modular reactor powered by nuclear waste.  It would use…

The French government says it wants to build eight more nuclear reactors on top of the six previously announced. Energy transition minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher told La Tribune Dimanche that more…

China’s State Council has given the green light for work to begin on two Hualong One reactors at the Taipingling nuclear power plant in Guangdong, and two more at the…

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (Kaeri) and Hyundai Engineering have signed a memorandum of agreement aimed at winning export markets for its small modular reactor (SMR) technology. The agreement…

Germany’s centre-right parties have called for a reversal of the country’s anti-nuclear policy. Leading members of the CDU/CSU alliance and the liberal FDP want to restart decommissioned reactors and build…