Power was successfully restored to the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) through the Ferosplavnaya-1 330 kV power line, bringing an end to a loss of offsite power after approximately 90 minutes. The plant’s ...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued two final rules under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) aimed at streamlining environmental reviews while maintaining environmental ...

The global fleet of nuclear power plants is ageing. Many reactors built in the 1970s and 1980s are now operating well past their original design lives, while ongoing decarbonisation goals drive ...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a proposed rule to establish a pathway for leveraging design information from proven Department of Energy (DOE) or Department of War (DOW) reactor ...

The Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency (KAEA), a year after it was established, has set out its strategy to 2050 noting that the institutional framework for the development of the nuclear industry is ...

US-based Aalo Atomics has unveiled its completed Critical Test Reactor (CTR) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The event was attended by representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE), INL ...

Copper Mountain was first systematically explored for uranium in the 1950s (Source: Wyoming Outdoor Council) For much of the nuclear industry’s history, uranium exploration has followed a familiar ...

The European Commission (EC) has adopted the Work Programme for the 2026 and 2027 Euratom Research & Training Programme. By covering nuclear research and innovation, the Programme offers complementary ...

The Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station in North East England (Credit: ONR) The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has moved Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station into significantly-enhanced regulatory ...

US-based X-energy Reactor Company and power utility Talen Energy Corporation have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to assess deploying X-energy’s XE-100 small modular reactors (SMRs) in Pennsylvania ...

Trawsfynydd in Wales is one of the sites that might benefit under the UK’s Advanced Nuclear Framework (Source: Costain) The UK Government has published a first-of-its-kind framework intended to ...

The new data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB) underlines the need for continued vigilance in transport security. More than half of all thefts ...