Bratislava (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico will meet US President Donald Trump on Saturday, his office said, to sign a deal with Washington towards building a new nuclear reactor.
Manila (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 - More than 20 containers of radioactive zinc stranded in Manila Bay for months have been brought ashore to a safe place, the country's nuclear research director told AFP on Wednesday.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 - A research team led by Chun-Wang Ma has developed a Bayesian neural network framework to predict independent and cumulative fission product yields for thorium 232 under neutron irradiation across a
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 9, 2026 - Tech giant Meta announced Thursday major agreements with three US nuclear energy companies that it says will add up to 6.6 gigawatts of clean power by 2035.
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 - An employee of Japan's nuclear regulator lost a smartphone, possibly in China, containing a confidential list of contacts, an official and local media reports said.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 05, 2026 - A new theoretical study shows how functionalized crown ether resins can selectively capture lighter gadolinium isotopes, offering a controlled route to isotope separation for nuclear and planetary s
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 - Delivery of advanced nuclear fuel to Idaho National Laboratory's Transient Reactor Test Facility marks a major step for Project Pele, a mobile microreactor prototype intended to supply resilient pow
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 18, 2025 - India's parliament on Thursday passed legislation to open nuclear power generation to private companies as part of the government's ambitious plan to nearly triple clean energy production within six years.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 - Safer operation, higher fuel efficiency and reduced radioactive waste position lead-cooled nuclear reactors as a marked departure from the water-cooled plants that have dominated nuclear power since
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 - Antares has raised $96 million in Series B financing to support development and deployment of its compact nuclear microreactors for defense and space customers. The round, led by Shine Capital with
Richland WA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 - Framatome has secured a contract to replace several digital control systems at Energy Northwests Columbia Generating Station in Washington state. The project covers system design, engineering, manuf
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $400 million grant to the Tennessee Valley Authority to advance deployment of GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy's BWRX-300 small modular reactor at TVA's
Niamey, Niger (AFP) Nov 30, 2025 - Niger's military regime on Sunday announced it was putting uranium produced by Somair - a subsidiary of French giant Orana before the regime nationalised it in June - on the international market.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 - Researchers have developed an electrochemical system that recovers uranium from chemically complex wastewater using a self-standing covalent organic framework electrode operated through an indirect
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 - Chinese scientists have discovered a quick and effective way to remove toxic uranium from water using helpful bacteria that work together. These bacteria can change uranium from a dangerous form tha
London, UK (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 - Framatome and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC) have reported completion of the first lead nuclear fuel assemblies at Framatome's Richland, Washington facility for use in the Barakah Nuclea
