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October 08, 2025
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New AI enhances the view inside fusion energy systems



Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
Imagine watching a favorite movie when suddenly the sound stops. The data representing the audio is missing. All that's left are images. What if artificial intelligence (AI) could analyze each frame of the video and provide the audio automatically based on the pictures, reading lips and noting each time a foot hits the ground? That's the general concept behind a new AI that fills in missing data about plasma, the fuel of fusion, according to Azarakhsh Jalalvand of Princeton University. Jalalvand i ... read more

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CIVIL NUCLEAR
IAEA says no danger after drone hits Russian nuclear plant
Vienna (AFP) Oct 7, 2025
The UN nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday that there was "no impact on nuclear safety" after a drone hit the cooling tower of a Russian nuclear plant. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Lightning Strikes 12 Times a Minute Inside Zap Energy Fusion Platform
Seattle WA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
Zap Energy has advanced its Century test platform to sustain more than 100 plasma shots at a frequency of 0.2 Hz, equivalent to one discharge every five seconds. Each pulse generated currents up to ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Next generation GNF4 fuel unveiled for enhanced reactor performance
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), the GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi, Ltd., has announced GNF4, a next generation fuel product designed to improve safety, efficiency, and reliability for boiling wate ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Artificial plant device cleans radioactive soil using only sunlight
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
A research group at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), led by Professor Seongkyun Kim from the Department of Physics and Chemistry, has developed a solar-powered artifi ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
US Joint Venture Formed to Scale TRISO Fuel for Advanced Reactors
Richland WA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025
Framatome and Standard Nuclear Inc. have launched a new joint venture to produce Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) nuclear fuel at commercial scale, reinforcing U.S. and Western supply chains for adv ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Zelensky warns situation 'critical' as nuclear plant off grid for a week
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 30, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been off the grid for seven straight days, warning of the potential threat of a "critical" situation. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Tehran, Moscow sign $25 bn deal to build nuclear plants in Iran
Tehran (AFP) Sept 26, 2025
Iran and Russia signed a $25 billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic, Iranian state media reported Friday, just hours ahead of the likely return of sweeping UN sanctions on Iran. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Durham scientists validate superconducting wires for ITER fusion project
London, UK (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Durham University researchers have completed one of the largest verification campaigns on superconducting materials ever undertaken, supporting the success of ITER, the world's largest fusion experi ... more

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CIVIL NUCLEAR
Uranium enrichment: Why Iran refuses to step back
Tehran (AFP) Sept 24, 2025
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rejected any compromise over his country's nuclear programme this week, vowing not to yield to pressure to give up uranium enrichment. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Framatome expands nuclear footprint with new India operations base
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 22, 2025
Framatome formally opened its new operations hub in Navi Mumbai on September 17, joined by dignitaries from the French Embassy, Consulate, EDF, and company leadership. The move signals Framatome's l ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
French nuclear waste project sparks protest
Mandres-En-Barrois, France (AFP) Sept 20, 2025
A project to build a facility to store highly radioactive nuclear waste in the French countryside drew a protest by hundreds of people on Saturday, with police firing tear gas to break up rowdy demonstrators. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Framatome to upgrade Kozloduy nuclear plant electrical systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Framatome has signed a new contract to maintain and modernize the electrical systems of the two VVER-1000 reactors at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant. The work will be carried out by Framato ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Nuclearn secures $10.5 million to expand AI platform for nuclear operations
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025
Nuclearn has raised $10.5 million in Series A financing to accelerate development and global deployment of its AI-powered platform for nuclear operations. The round, led by Blue Bear Capital with pa ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
EU top court annuls decision approving Hungary nuclear plant expansion
Budapest (AFP) Sept 11, 2025
The EU's top court on Thursday annulled a European Commission decision to approve the expansion of a nuclear plant in Hungary with Russian aid, upholding a complaint from neighbouring Austria. ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR
Top EU court upholds nuclear green label
Vienna (AFP) Sept 10, 2025
The EU's top court on Wednesday upheld the European Commission's decision to give a sustainable finance label to investments in natural gas and nuclear power, dismissing a complaint by Austria. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Deep Fission secures $30M to advance underground nuclear reactors
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 08, 2025
Deep Fission Inc, a nuclear technology company developing small modular pressurized water reactors deployed in boreholes one mile underground, has raised $30 million in a private placement at $3.00 per share and completed a reverse merger with Surfside Acquisition ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
NuScale to support ENTRA1 TVA deal to deploy 6 GW of small modular reactors
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2025
NuScale has endorsed ENTRA1 Energy's landmark agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to install up to 6 gigawatts of NuScale small modular reactor (SMR) capacity across TVA's seven-state region. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Ageing UK nuclear plants to run longer: operators
London (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
Two British nuclear power plants nearing the end of their lifespan will run for an extra year, its operators announced Tuesday, helping with UK energy security and net zero targets. ... more
ENERGY TECH
AI systems developed to improve fusion reactor safety and performance
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
A research team led by Prof. Sun Youwen at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled two artificial intelligence systems designed to enhance the stabil ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
New method could monitor corrosion and cracking in a nuclear reactor
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
MIT researchers have developed a technique that enables real-time, 3D monitoring of corrosion, cracking, and other material failure processes inside a nuclear reactor environment. This could a ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Sweden seeks to lift ban on uranium mining in nuclear energy push
Stockholm (AFP) Aug 27, 2025
The Swedish government wants to lift a ban on uranium mining to reduce its reliance on imports as it pursues its first nuclear power expansion in half a century, the environment minister said We ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Taiwan vote on restarting nuclear plant fails
Taipei (AFP) Aug 23, 2025
A Taiwanese referendum on whether to restart a nuclear power plant failed on Saturday after the number of votes in favour fell short of the legally required threshold. Ma'anshan Nuclear Powe ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Fire at nuclear plant after Russia downs Ukrainian drone
Moscow (AFP) Aug 24, 2025
A fire broke out Sunday at a Russian nuclear power plant after the country's military downed a Ukrainian drone, the facility said after the blaze was put out. The "device detonated" upon imp ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Sweden picks mini-reactors for first nuclear expansion in 50 years
Stockholm (AFP) Aug 22, 2025
Sweden said Thursday that it had selected so-called small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) for its first nuclear power expansion in a half-century. The government said three or five of the ne ... more
ENERGY TECH
Researchers use electrochemistry to boost nuclear fusion rates
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Aug 22, 2025
Using a small bench-top reactor, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have demonstrated that electrochemically loading a solid metal target with deuterium fuel can boost nuclear f ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
MIT study sheds light on graphite's lifespan in nuclear reactors
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025
Graphite is a key structural component in some of the world's oldest nuclear reactors and many of the next-generation designs being built today. But it also condenses and swells in response to radia ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Robots deployed for Fukushima radioactive debris removal
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 20, 2025
Japanese technicians at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have sent in remote-controlled robots to one of the damaged reactor buildings as part of preparations to remove radioactive debris. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Nuclear waste may provide new source of fuel for future fusion power
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025
From electric vehicles to artificial intelligence data centers, modern technology demands ever-increasing amounts of electricity. Nuclear fusion could potentially deliver vast supplies of low-emissi ... more
ENERGY TECH
Is Fusion Energy Becoming the Space Race of This Century
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025
Encouraged by the potential of clean, continuous, high-density power, commercial investment in fusion energy has grown to more than US$9.6 billion over the last five years, according to IDTechEx ana ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
PNNL to assess GNF high burnup fuel rods after reactor service
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
High burnup fuel rods manufactured by Global Nuclear Fuel, a GE Vernova-led joint venture with Hitachi, Ltd., have arrived at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory fo ... more
ENERGY TECH
Finding the shadows in a fusion system faster with AI
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
A public-private partnership between Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory has led to ... more
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