Global momentum for nuclear power continued to build as world leaders from more than 30 countries and the European Union (EU) met at the inaugural Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels. The landmark Summit, the world's first high-level meeting focused entirely on nuclear energy, comes on the heels of nu
The IAEA Director General and his team of experts were in Kyiv February 6 to meet with President Zelenskyy, before travelling south to visit Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.Rafael Mariano Grossi informed the president of the main goals of the mission, which will be to assess the status of current p
A "clean area" has been arranged in the reactor compartment of Akkuyu NPP Unit No. 1. This term means a prepared working space for controlled assembly of a reactor, namely installation of equipment components into the design position and loading of the dummy core before cold-and-hot run-in of the re
In line with our mission to power the UAE’s sustainable growth, ENEC is working to explore avenues that enable the delivery of even greater clean energy security for our nation.Over the past 18 months, we have been conducting an extensive review into the needs of the UAE Peaceful Nuclear Energy Prog
A ceremony dedicated to the “first concrete” pouring into the foundation slab of Power Unit 4 took place in the Arab Republic of Egypt, at El-Dabaa construction site (General Designer and General Contractor is ROSATOM Engineering Division). This historic event signifies the beginning of the main sta
Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced executive appointments.Kristin Fallon joins Bentley as Chief Marketing Officer, based in Annapolis, Maryland. Most recently, Fallon was Global Head of Brand and Digital Marketing at GE Healt
Westinghouse Electric Company announced today an agreement with Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd to support the development and the design of the nuclear fuel for Rolls-Royce’s Small Modular Reactor program.Westinghouse is a leading supplier of nuclear fuel, providing a uniquely diversified portfolio in the indu
Papua New Guinea has taken important steps to increase access to cancer services since the IAEA carried out its first imPACT Review in 2013 together with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). In response to the mission’s assessment and recomm
Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced how infrastructure organizations across industries and around the globe are leveraging the power of LumenRT for NVIDIA Omniverse, powered by iTwin, a solution enabling infrastructure organiz
The expansion of the nuclear power sector at the speed and scale required to meet net-zero, energy security and sustainable development targets will necessitate sustained and coordinated investment in the global nuclear supply chain.This is one of the lead conclusions of The World Nuclear Supply Cha
ⓒvideo courtesy=Westinghouse / Georgia Power ※Prohibits unauthorized reproduction and redistributionWestinghouse Electric Company congratulates Georgia Power, Southern Nuclear, and other Vogtle project partners, on fuel load for the new Plant Vogtle Unit 4 AP1000® reactor near Waynesboro, GA. Vogtle
Rosenergoatom, a Joint-Stock Company, obtained a license issued by the Federal Service for the Supervision of Environment, Technology and Nuclear Management (Rostekhnadzor) to construct the Yakutsk land-based SMR in the Ust-Yansky District of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).The design of land-based
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission said that Sweden has a comprehensive, robust and well-functioning system for safely managing radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants and commended the country’s development of a concept for spent fuel disposal. The missi
Westinghouse Electric Company today launched its newest nuclear technology, the AP300™ small modular reactor (SMR), a 300-MWe single-loop pressurized water reactor. The AP300 SMR design is scaled from the advanced, proven AP1000® reactor and is the only SMR truly based on an Nth-of-a-kind operating
Stakeholder and communications experts met representatives from academia, government and industry at the IAEA to explore creative and innovative ways to engage stakeholders and “reimagine” nuclear energy, which provides a quarter of all low-carbon electricity yet still struggles for public acceptanc
Westinghouse Electric Company today congratulates Southern Nuclear Company, Georgia Power and other project partners for completing hot functional testing at Plant Vogtle Unit 4. The testing was completed in significantly less time than it took for Unit 3, demonstrating the benefits of the AP1000® r
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), responsible for delivering the UAE Peaceful Nuclear Energy Program and its flagship Barakah Plant in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), USA, one of the world’s largest and mo
NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR), the industry-leading provider of proprietary and innovative advanced nuclear small modular reactor (SMR) technology, announced that Orion Register Inc., a leading International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and industry-specific certification body, iss
In August 2021, China announced the completion of its first experimental thorium-based nuclear reactor. Built in the middle of the Gobi Desert in the country’s north, the reactor over the next few years will undergo testing. If the experiment proves successful, Beijing plans to construct another rea
Westinghouse Electric Company has received approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to use its Advanced Doped Pellet Technology (ADOPT™) fuel pellets in United States pressurized water reactors (PWRs). Westinghouse ADOPT™ fuel significantly enhances the safety and reliability of pr