Recent announcements of early closures of nuclear power plants in the U.S., including Dominion Energy’s Kewaunee station in Wisconsin, and the stymied Progress Crystal River station in Florida, have ...

The challenges and opportunities arising from the goal of tripling nuclear energy capacity feature in a special report on discussions at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024 event in Kazakhstan. The ...

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Head of Innovative Products Development Department for Russia’s Tenex and former chairman of World Nuclear Association’s Used Nuclear Fuel working group, explains what a closed ...

As global nuclear ambitions surge, the industry’s fuel supply chain faces critical gaps. Can advanced fuels like HALEU (high-assay low-enriched uranium) and TRISO (TRi-structural ISOtropic particle ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Representatives from over 15 countries shared their ...

The discovery of nuclear fission in the 1930s brought with it first the threat of nuclear annihilation by nuclear weapons in the 1940s, followed by the promise of clean, plentiful power in the 1950s ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Using a graded approach when applying the IAEA safety ...

Outdone only by nuclear fusion, the process of nuclear fission releases enormous amounts of energy. The ‘spicy rocks’ that are at the core of both natural and artificial fission reactors are generally ...