News Small nuclear reactor hung up in Houston 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…
News Russia claims it’s planning to put a reactor on the Moon with China 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…
News Italian team signed up to expand Romania’s nuclear 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…
News Rosatom plans world’s biggest fast reactor to close the nuclear fuel loop 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…
News Macron woos UK nuclear start-up to build first factory in France 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…
News France now wants 14 new reactors 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…
News China approves four reactors with six more to come this year 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…
News Korean team to study new reactor for the Netherlands Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) will carry out a feasibility study on building a new nuclear reactor in the Netherlands. There is currently only one nuclear power plant in…
News Korean team to push their SMR design with eyes on Canada 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…
News EDF to build up to 1.5 reactors a year in the 2030s French nuclear operator EDF aims to build nuclear reactors at a rate of up to 1.5 a year over the 2030s, its chief executive said. Luc Rémont made the comment…
Innovation Meet the start-up developing microreactors Nuclear reactors come in three forms. The largest are the 700MW-plus units that power entire countries and are produced by a handful of national champions, the largest three being Areva,…
News Pakistan to start work on $4.8bn China-funded reactor “without delay” China has signed a preliminary agreement with Pakistan to finance and build a 1.2GW nuclear reactor there worth $4.8bn, CNN reports. The deal was signed last week between Pakistan’s Atomic…
News Westinghouse’s small reactor would fit four to a football pitch North American nuclear engineer Westinghouse yesterday unveiled plans to manufacture a small modular reactor (SMR) by the end of this decade. Called the AP300, it would be an ultra-compact version…
News China mulls putting a reactor on the Moon China’s Moon base, to be built at the satellite’s south pole by 2028, could be powered by nuclear energy, reports South China Morning Post. The project was revealed by Wu…