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February 19, 2025
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India PM Modi ends foreign tour with nuclear deals in pipeline



New Delhi (AFP) Feb 14, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a whistle-stop diplomatic tour Friday having secured significant pledges of support from Washington and Paris to help step up his country's nuclear energy programme. New Delhi has vowed to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2070 partly by increasing the number of nuclear plants in the country from eight, which currently account for around three percent of power generation in India. Modi's White House meeting with President Donald Trump resulted in ... read more

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UN watchdog chief visits Fukushima as Japan returns to nuclear power
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan (AFP) Feb 19, 2025
The UN nuclear watchdog chief visited Japan's stricken Fukushima plant on Wednesday, the day after Tokyo approved an energy plan that marks a return to nuclear power. ... more
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Zelensky: Russian drone strike damages Chernobyl power plant
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 14, 2025
A Russian attack drone struck the shelter surrounding the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said early Friday. ... more
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TEPCO takes on challenge of making space for Fukushima nuclear debris
Fukushima, Japan (AFP) Feb 15, 2025
Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tonnes of nuclear debris, 14 years after the facility was hit by a devastating tsunami. ... more
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French nuclear giant Orano triples profits
Paris (AFP) Feb 19, 2025
French nuclear giant Orano said Wednesday it had nearly tripled its profits in 2024 thanks to contracts with Japanese utilities and a rise in the price of uranium. ... more
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France sets new plasma record in hunt for nuclear fusion
Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2025
French scientists on Tuesday announced that they had reached a "crucial milestone" in the long road towards nuclear fusion by managing to maintain raging-hot plasma for a record 22 minutes. ... more
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UN nuclear chief to view soil removed from Fukushima
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 18, 2025
The UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Japan on Tuesday for a trip that will include his first visit to storage facilities for vast quantities of soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster. ... more
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Kazakhstan inks first deal to supply uranium to Switzerland
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Feb 17, 2025
Switzerland struck a deal with Kazakhstan to buy uranium directly from the world's largest producer for the first time as Bern seeks to relaunch its nuclear power industry, Kazakhstan's national uranium mining firm said on Monday. ... more
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GE Vernova advances UK SMR development with new supplier agreements
London, UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2025
GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has taken a significant step forward in its efforts to deploy Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in the UK. The company has signed new Memo ... more

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Russia, Ukraine trade blame for IAEA disruptions at Zaporizhzhia NPP; Russia jails men who tried to cut power to nuclear plants
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 12, 2025
Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday accused each other of blocking the rotation of staff from the International Atomic Energy Agency at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. ... more
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Error shuts down Swiss nuclear power reactor: operator
Geneva (AFP) Feb 10, 2025
A routine inspection at Europe's oldest nuclear power plant Monday inadvertently triggered an emergency shutdown of one of the reactors, its Swiss operator said, stressing there had never been any danger. ... more
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UK to quicken rollout of mini-nuclear reactors
London (AFP) Feb 6, 2025
Britain's Labour government on Thursday said changes to planning laws will speed up the country's rollout of mini-nuclear reactors aimed at providing cheaper and cleaner energy. ... more
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Fukushima nuclear plant operator to dismantle water tanks next week
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 5, 2025
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Wednesday it will start dismantling treated water tanks next week to clear space needed to store nuclear fuel debris to be extracted from the reactors. ... more
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Stable thermal fusion gains momentum via isotropic neutron findings
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
In physics, isotropy refers to a scenario where a system's properties remain uniform regardless of direction. For fusion, assessing the uniformity of neutron energy is vital. Isotropic neutron emiss ... more
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New Belgian government ditches nuclear power exit plan
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
Belgium's new conservative-led government on Tuesday made a U-turn on a two-decades-old pledge to exit from nuclear power, announcing plans to invest in two new reactors. ... more
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Aging reactors require a concrete solution
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 03, 2025
The structural integrity of concrete in nuclear reactors has long been understood to be affected by radiation exposure, but the specifics remained unclear until now. Researchers from the University ... more
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GE Hitachi selects BWXT to manufacture reactor pressure vessel for BWRX-300
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2025
GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has awarded a contract to BWX Technologies, Inc. (BWXT) for the manufacturing of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the first BWRX- ... more
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Chinese artificial sun achieves record-setting milestone towards fusion power generation
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 27, 2025
The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), often referred to as China's "artificial sun," has achieved a significant scientific achievement by maintaining high-confinement plasma oper ... more
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US utilities collaborate to accelerate GE Vernova's BWRX-300 deployment
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2025
GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), announced a partnership with a coalition of utility companies and supply chain partners aimed at ex ... more
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SMRs and Advanced Nuclear Reactors in 2025: Adapting to New Energy Demands
London, UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2025
As 2025 unfolds, the nuclear energy sector finds itself at a crossroads, driven by a mix of exciting developments and critical challenges. Small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced nuclear technolo ... more
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US Department of Energy invests $107 million in fusion energy innovation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated $107 million to support six projects under its Fusion Innovative Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives. This initiative, alongside progress in the M ... more
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UT secures $20 million grant for fusion materials research
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2025
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Tickle College of Engineering has received a $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance materials development for nuclear fusion systems ... more
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Mongolia signs landmark mining deal with French nuclear giant
Ulaanbaatar (AFP) Jan 17, 2025
Mongolia on Friday signed a $1.6 billion investment deal with French nuclear giant Orano allowing it to exploit a vast uranium deposit in its southwest, a move Paris says will enhance its energy independence. ... more
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IEA forecasts record nuclear electricity production in 2025
Paris (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
Nuclear-powered electricity generation is set to hit a record level in 2025, accounting for nearly 10 percent of global production, the International Energy Agency forecast on Thursday. ... more
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Fresh, direct evidence for tiny drops of quark-gluon plasma
Upton NY (SPX) Jan 16, 2025
A new analysis of data from the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) reveals fresh evidence that collisions of even very small nuclei with large ones might create tiny spe ... more
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AI powers modeling of safer sustainable nuclear reactors
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 15, 2025
Researchers from Skoltech and the Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of UB RAS have developed a machine learning-based model that predicts the properties of molten salts. These substance ... more
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Argonne's research drives innovation in Gen-IV reactor safety and efficiency
Lemont IL (SPX) Jan 15, 2025
All U.S. nuclear reactors, which currently provide more than half of the nation's carbon-free power, are first- or second-generation light water reactors. This means they use water as both a coolant ... more
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Raw materials from nuclear waste
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 14, 2025
Is permanent storage the only strategy for dealing with nuclear waste? According to Prof. Kristina Kvashnina of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), there is another option. With support ... more
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U.S., Thailand agree to peaceful use of nuclear energy
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 14, 2025
Officials for the United States and Thailand on Tuesday signed an Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the two nations. ... more
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Russia, Vietnam sign nuclear energy deal
Hanoi (AFP) Jan 14, 2025
Russia and Vietnam signed an agreement on nuclear energy on Tuesday during a visit by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin aimed at deepening ties between the two long-standing allies. ... more
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Nuclear fusion could one day be viable - but major challenges remain
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
The way scientists think about fusion changed forever in 2022, when what some called the experiment of the century demonstrated for the first time that fusion can be a viable source of clean energy. ... more
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Method can detect harmful salts forming in nuclear waste melters
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world ... more
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