Industry needs to translate nuclear ambitions into reality, panel says

Published: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:33:33 GMT

The industry must seize the opportunities arising from a global change in the perception of nuclear energy, a panel session agreed during a side event at the World Energy Congress 2024. However, wide-scale collaboration is needed to ensure the industry can meet the expected growth in demand for nuclear power technology.

Fuel cycle players explore opportunities and challenges at WNFC 2024

Published: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:33:09 GMT

Meeting pledges to triple nuclear capacity by 2050 will mean opportunities for all stages of the nuclear supply chain. These opportunities - and associated challenges - were widely discussed at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024 conference which took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

First drum of uranium from restarted Australian project

Published: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:33:23 GMT

Boss Energy Limited's Honeymoon in-situ leach project in South Australia has produced its first drum of uranium in more than a decade, a major milestone in a commissioning process that will see production ramp up to 2.45 million pounds U3O8 (942 tU) per year. The company also expects first production soon at its Alta Mesa joint venture project in Texas, USA.

IAEA puts case to G20 for nuclear energy's net zero role

Published: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:02:45 GMT

Better access to financing mechanisms and other policy shifts required for the large-scale expansion of nuclear energy were outlined when the International Atomic Energy Agency made its first-of-a-kind contribution to the G20 policy-making process.

IAEA finds improved safety at Dutch research reactor

Published: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 21:51:11 GMT

The operator of the Hoger Onderwijs research reactor in the Netherlands has enhanced safety since a previous review mission in September 2021, a follow-up International Atomic Energy Agency mission has concluded.

Design work for Argentina's radioisotope production plant

Published: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:51:20 GMT

Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission and nuclear construction specialists INVAP have held a workshop focused on the design of the facility which will form part of the complex alongside the new RA-10 multipurpose reactor.

BWXT announces expansion of Ontario manufacturing plant

Published: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 22:28:42 GMT

BWXT Technologies is investing a total of CAD80 million in its Cambridge manufacturing plant to support small modular reactors, traditional large-scale nuclear and advanced reactors, in Canada and around the world. The plant is the largest commercial nuclear equipment manufacturing facility in North America.

First Westinghouse fuel at Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant

Published: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:49:19 GMT

A permit has been issued to begin the transition to Westinghouse fuel after the first of its supply was delivered for use in unit 5 of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, as Bulgaria moves away from past reliance on Russian supplies.

Podcast: How nuclear 'waste' can save lives (and power spacecraft)

Published: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:08:16 GMT

Professor Tim Tinsley outlines how material extracted from the UK's legacy nuclear material is being used in pioneering cancer treatments and for powering future space missions - and considers whether long-term disposal plans now need to take into account the current and potential future value in the material.

China starts mass production of carbon-14 isotope

Published: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:03:55 GMT

The carbon-14 isotope is being produced at the Qinshan nuclear power plant, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced.