Swiss authorities have selected a site in northern Switzerland not far from the German border to host a deep geological storage repository for radioactive waste.
Slovakia’s Mochovce 3 fuel loading begins
Slovenské elektrárne brought the first fuel assembly to unit 3 of the Mochovce nuclear power plant at 1.16am local time on Friday. The Slovakian company says the aim is for it to reach full power by...
Romanian-Polish cooperation on NuScale SMR deployment
Share Romanian utility Nuclearelectrica and Polish copper and silver producer KGHM Polska Miedź SA have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the development of...
Rolls-Royce / SMR Agreement With Škoda JS Could See Deployment In Czech Republic And Central Europe
Rolls-Royce SMR has signed a memorandum of understanding with Czech nuclear engineering and manufacturing firm Škoda JS to explore areas of collaboration for the Rolls-Royce small modular reactor...
France / Government Wants Entire Reactor Fleet Back Online Early Next Year, Says Minister
France plans to have the nation’s entire fleet of 56 commercial nuclear power reactors online by early next year, with officials saying state-owned operator EDF is “on board” with the schedule.
Germany to delay phase-out of nuclear plants to shore up energy security
Germany is to temporarily halt the phasing-out of two nuclear power plants in an effort to shore up energy security after Russia cut supplies of gas to Europe’s largest economy.
Advanced Reactors / UK Awards £3.3 Million For Six ‘Cutting-Edge’ Nuclear Projects
Cutting-edge nuclear technology projects across the UK have received government backing of £3.3m (€3.8m, $3.8m) to help develop the next generation of nuclear reactors.
France to restart all nuclear reactors by winter amid energy crunch
France’s minister for energy transition said Friday that French electricity giant EDF has committed to restart all its nuclear reactors by this winter to help the country through the broad energy...