Geneva (AFP) Dec 20, 2024 - Switzerland's government said Friday it wanted to change the law to get around a 2018 ban on building more nuclear power stations to help guarantee the country's energy needs.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 20, 2024 - Researchers from Xiangtan University and the China Institute of Atomic Energy have introduced an innovative type of plastic scintillator that promises to enhance radiation detection capabilities. Th
Paris (AFP) Dec 18, 2024 - France's flagship nuclear reactor at Flamanville in Normandy will finally enter service on Friday after a dozen years of delay, operator EDF said Wednesday.
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 17, 2024 - Russia's nuclear giant Rosatom is selling stakes in its uranium mining operations in Kazakhstan to Chinese companies, the main Kazakh uranium company said Tuesday, underscoring Beijing's growing clout in central Asia.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 - Teletrix has secured a commercial license for its cutting-edge augmented reality (AR) training platform, VIZRAD AR, which simulates ionizing radiation environments. The platform, originally develope
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 - GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has achieved a key milestone with the BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology advancing to Step 2 of the UK's Generic Design A
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 13, 2024 - Framatome, alongside the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), and Mitsubishi FBR Systems (MFBR), has formalized a key Design Cooperation Implementation Arrangement f
Sydney (AFP) Dec 13, 2024 - Australia's opposition said Friday its plan to launch nuclear power in the sun-baked country will be cheaper than a renewables-only strategy - a claim blasted by the government as fiction.
Vienna (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 - UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Thursday condemned a direct drone attack that destroyed a clearly marked agency car in Ukraine earlier this week, saying the strike had the intention to harm.
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 6, 2024 - Kazakhstan on Friday said that its energy minister had held talks with French officials and companies in the running to build the Central Asian country's first nuclear power station.
Geneva (AFP) Dec 5, 2024 - Switzerland's Beznau nuclear plant, one of the oldest in the world, will keep running until 2033, its operator announced on Thursday, as environmentalists argued it should be shut down immediately.
London (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - Four of Britain's five nuclear power plants still in operation will have their lifetime extended, their French operator EDF said Wednesday, as the UK aims to decarbonise its energy grid by 2030.
Paris (AFP) Dec 4, 2024 - French nuclear group Orano said Wednesday that authorities in Niger had taken operational control of its uranium mining unit, in an escalating spat between the company and the country's military junta.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 30, 2024 - Small Nuclear Plant (SNP) has announced its plans to mass-produce Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) for global distribution, aiming to transform energy markets with innovative and efficient solutions.
Belgrade (AFP) Nov 28, 2024 - Serbia has removed its decades-old moratorium on nuclear power, according to new legislation passed this week, as the country aims to decarbonise its energy sector in the next 25 years.
Middletown, United States (AFP) Nov 24, 2024 - The planned reopening of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant is praised as a boon for Pennsylvania and a boost for AI, but it is loathed by residents still haunted by a near-catastrophic meltdown there in 1979.
