Headlines

Takahama units cleared for extended operation

29 May 2024

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has approved the operation of units 3 and 4 at Kansai Electric Power Company's Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture for a further 20 years. Both reactors are currently in operation and will reach their 40th anniversaries in January and June of 2025, respectively.

Perspectives

Q&A: The prospects for floating nuclear power plants

Deputy CEO for Shipbuilding, Floating Power Units and Marine Engineering at Rosatom’s Machine Engineering Division, Vladimir Aptekarev, on the potential for floating power units.

SMR developers enlist French nuclear expertise

Thorizon of the Netherlands has signed a cooperation agreement with France's EDF R&D to advance the Thorizon One molten salt reactor design. Meanwhile, Blue Capsule has signed a partnership agreement with the French Alternative Energies & Atomic Energy Commission, from which it was spun off, for the development of its small modular reactor.

New Nuclear 29 May 2024

First Westinghouse fuel loaded at Bulgaria's Kozloduy

Bulgarian Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev was among those marking the loading of Westinghouse VVER fuel into the country's Kozloduy nuclear power plant's unit 5, part of its supply diversification process.

Uranium & Fuel 29 May 2024

Bruce Power and partners to expand isotope capacity

A second isotope production line is being installed at Bruce 7 to double its production capacity to meet forecast increases in demand. Bruce Power and Saugeen Ojibway Nation have also announced an expansion of their partnership for the production of and marketing of medical radioisotopes.

Corporate 29 May 2024

Perspectives

Q&A: The prospects for floating nuclear power plants

Deputy CEO for Shipbuilding, Floating Power Units and Marine Engineering at Rosatom’s Machine Engineering Division, Vladimir Aptekarev, on the potential for floating power units.

Hungary and Belarus sign roadmap for nuclear energy cooperation

Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto have held talks and agreed on the next steps in cooperation over their nuclear energy plants.

Nuclear Policies 29 May 2024