Colorado-based contractor Hensel Phelps has been selected as construction manager and general contractor for a Department of Energy project at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, part of America’s…

The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre has started building a €1.6bn research reactor to replace its ageing BR2 reactor in Mol, near Antwerp. Called “Myrrha”, it’ll be used for research into…

Candu Energy, an AtkinsRéalis company, has signed a framework agreement to help Poland install small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) as an alternative to coal-fired power stations. Canada-headquarted AtkinsRéalis, formerly known…

Uzbekistan will start work in September on a nuclear plant for six small modular reactors (SMRs), local media report. UzAtom, the country’s nuclear energy agency, signed a protocol with Russian…

Slovenia’s state-owned power company GEN Energija has revealed its preparations for a new nuclear power plant in the town of Krsko, near the Croatian border. The move comes ahead of…

Russia and the West African state of Guinea have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on building floating nuclear power stations. Russian nuclear engineer Rosatom said the two sides…

Russia will help Uzbekistan build two nuclear power plants, Uzbek news agency Kun.uz reports. The agreement was reached after Russian president Vladimir Putin met Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the president of Uzbekistan,…

Norway’s new nuclear-power company, Norsk Kjernekraft, says it wants to build small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) to provide off-grid power to data centres and other energy-intensive industrial users. It said…

Nuclear vendors from France, the US, Russia, South Korea, and China are competing to build Ghana’s first nuclear power plant. Nuclear energy minister Robert Sogbadji told Reuters that his government…

President Xi Jinping’s visit to Hungary last week resulted in commitments to cooperate on rail, nuclear, and other infrastructure, Reuters reports. Hungary’s foreign minister Peter Szijjarto said on Facebook that…

Thai power company Global Power Synergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies to explore the possibility of a nuclear “power barge” for Thailand. Seaborg has developed…

The fourth reactor of the Vogtle nuclear power plant in the US state of Georgia started commercial operations this week, marking the end of a difficult, 15-year project. Combined with…

Poland first nuclear power plant could cost as much as $37bn, according to Jan Chadam, the acting head of Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ), the agency set up by the government…

Drones attacked Ukraine’s Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant yesterday and hit one of its six reactor buildings, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports. The IAEA said the attack didn’t…

People attending the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston this week were treated to the site of a small nuclear reactor hanging from a crane outside. The publicity stunt by nuclear-power…

Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has again floated the idea of putting a nuclear reactor on the Moon. Its director general Yuri Borisov said it could be attempted between 2033 and…

South Korean contractor Hyundai Engineering & Construction has been chosen from a shortlist of five bidders to install and commission two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant…

Italy’s Ansaldo Energia Group and financier Sace have signed a memorandum of understanding to extend the life of Unit 1 of Romania’s Cernavoda nuclear power plant and to develop two…