Nuclear News

Cuba Begins Installing Turbines at Herradura 1, Its Largest Wind Farm

After more than a decade of construction setbacks, Cuba has begun erecting turbines at the Herradura 1 wind farm in the eastern province of ...

NRC Clears Long Mott’s Environmental Review on a Faster Path—Another Milestone for Commercial Advanced Nuclear

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its environmental assessment (EA) of the proposed 320-MW Long Mott Generating Station ...

Cuba’s Varadero Airport Aims for Solar Self-Sufficiency with New Photovoltaic Park

Juan Gualberto Gómez Ferrer International Airport, the main gateway to the Varadero resort area, will become the first in Cuba to manage its...

How Solar PV Yield Risk Shapes Project Design, Investment, and Bankability

Expected annual energy yield (PVout) is a fundamental number for every utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) project. It informs the design, shape...

From Backup to Prime Power: How AI Data Centers Are Bypassing the Grid

Data centers have traditionally depended on uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and backup generators to keep them online during a po...

NextEra Will Buy Dominion Energy in Largest-Ever Electric Utility Deal

Florida-headquartered NextEra Energy, one of the largest U.S. power utilities, is set to buy Virginia-based Dominion Energy in an all-stock ...

Radiation Levels Normal After Barakah Nuclear Plant Drone Attack, Says IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it has been informed by the United Arab Emirates that radiation levels at the Barakah nuc...

Reports Say NextEra in Talks to Acquire Dominion Energy

NextEra Energy, one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S., is reportedly in talks to acquire Virginia-based Dominion Energy. The pos...

Phantom Data Centers Didn’t Break the Power Grid—They Proved It Was Already Broken

The requests flooding interconnection queues come from data center developers, private equity funds, land brokers, and shell companies, many...

Swiss Report Says Nuclear Plants Are Economically Viable for 80 Years

The operational life of two Swiss nuclear power plants could be extended from 60 years to 80, according to a new government report. Until ...

Record Power Burn Expected This Summer as Coal Retirements and Data Centers Drive Gas Demand

U.S. natural gas supply is expected to reach a record 117 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) this summer, including 111.7 Bcf/d of dry gas p...

Framatome Gets Approval For Fuel Fabrication With Increased Uranium Enrichments At US Site

Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Richland, Washington, has received approval by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)...

Belgium And Netherlands Sign Agreement To Collaborate On Development Of Nuclear Energy

Belgium and the Netherlands have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering the development of nuclear energy in both countries fro...

Oklo And INL Team Up On Using AI To Accelerate Advanced Reactor Design

US advanced nuclear technology company Oklo has announced a partnership with Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), the management and operating co...

CGN Announces Start Of Construction At China’s Taipingling-4

First nuclear safety-related concrete has been poured for the reactor building of Unit 4 at the Taipingling nuclear power station in south C...

Poland Site Suitable For Nuclear Project, Says National Atomic Energy Agency

The site chosen for Poland’s first commercial nuclear power station is suitable for construction to go ahead, specialists from Poland’s Nati...

Bill Gates’ TerraPower Isotopes Breaks Ground On Flagship Actinium-225 Facility

TerraPower Isotopes (TPI), part of the Bill Gates-founded advanced nuclear reactor company TerraPower, has broken ground on its flagship Bel...

Nano Nuclear Signs MoU On Nuclear For ‘Rapidly Expanding’ AI Economy

US micro modular reactor (MMR) developer Nano Nuclear Energy has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Super Micro Computer Inc to...

Anfield Energy Releases Bullish PEA On Utah And Colorado Uranium Projects

Anfield Energy said an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) indicates average annual production of approximately 1.3 million pounds...

Clean Core Announces Major Milestone For Patented Aneel Nuclear Fuel

US nuclear fuel company Clean Core Thorium Energy (CCTE) has announced a major milestone for advanced fuels with its patented Aneel fuel com...

Italy And UK Sign Agreement To Cooperate On Graphite Reactor Decommissioning

Italian state-owned nuclear decommissioning and waste management company Sogin has signed an agreement with the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning...

Flushing Of Primary System Begins At India’s Kudankulam-3 Nuclear Plant

Flushing of the primary cooling system has begun at India’s Kudankulam-3 nuclear reactor unit under construction in the southern state of Ta...

Russia’s First VVER-TOI Nuclear Plant Completes Pilot Operation

The first VVER-TOI unit at the Kursk 2 nuclear power station in Russia has completed pilot operation and is ready for commercial operation, ...

NRC Issues Environmental Impact Statement For Perry Nuclear Plant Licence Renewal

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued its final environmental impact statement for renewing the operating license of the sin...

IAEA Assists Austria with Nuclear Security Measures for Eurovision 2026

Update 350 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

IAEA Strengthens Cooperation with Kenya in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Science and Technology

Five Ways Nuclear Science Helps Protect Our Crops

Cyber Threats, AI and Nuclear: IAEA Hosts Conference on Computer Security

IAEA Helps Transport High Enriched Nuclear Fuel from Venezuela to the US

Update 349 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

IAEA Rays of Hope Initiative Delivers Critical Equipment to Restore Radiotherapy Services in Sudan

Update 348 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

Japan Continues to Meet International Safety Standards in ALPS Treated Water Discharge, IAEA Reports Confirm

IAEA Conference on Nuclear and Radiation Regulation Kicks Off in Vienna

Chornobyl 40 Years: Message from IAEA Director General

#EarthDay: Protecting Rhinos With Nuclear Science

Update 347 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

IAEA Supports Research Reactor Safety and Utilization Efforts in Africa