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Slovak PM hails nuclear energy deal after Trump meeting
Jan 18, 2026 (AFP)
The meeting comes at a time when Trump has threatened tariffs on goods from several European countries over opposition to his designs on Greenland. Slovakia is ...
Russia, Ukraine agree 'localised ceasefire' for nuclear plant repairs: IAEA
Jan 16, 2026 (AFP)
Work on the line, which was damaged and disconnected as a result of military activity on January 2, should start "in the coming days", the UN nuclear watchdog s...
jaslovske-nuclear-slovakia-npp-hg.jpgpremier to meet Trump, eyeing nuclear plant deal
Jan 16, 2026 (AFP)
It would be Slovakia's first US-designed reactor, as all previous ones were of Russian design. Fico will meet Trump at 3:30 pm local time (2030 GMT) at Trump's ...
Radioactive zinc shipment in Philippines onshore in 'safe' location
Jan 14, 2026 (AFP)
The 23 containers arrived in Manila aboard the MV Hansa Augsburg in late September after Indonesian authorities "rejected and reexported" them after discovering...
Bayesian neural net sharpens thorium 232 fission yield data
Jan 13, 2026 (SPX)
Current evaluations in major nuclear data libraries such as JENDL, ENDF, CENDL and JEFF list fission yields for thorium 232 primarily at thermal neutron energy ...
Meta partners with US nuclear companies to power AI data centers
Jan 09, 2026 (AFP)
The deals make Meta one of America's largest corporate buyers of nuclear energy as it seeks to fuel its artificial intelligence operations. The Facebook parent ...
Japan nuclear official loses phone with confidential data in China
Jan 08, 2026 (AFP)
The case became public this week as China continues to raise pressure on Tokyo after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested in November that Japan may react mi...
Crown ether resins modeled for precise gadolinium isotope separation
Jan 05, 2026 (SPX)
The research team, led by Professor Liu Yun at the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Chengdu University of Technology, combined advanc...
Project Pele microreactor reaches key milestone with first TRISO fuel delivery
Jan 01, 2026 (SPX)
The fuel, known as tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) particle fuel, is fabricated from uranium, carbon and oxygen and formed into a small kernel. Thousands of th...
India's parliament passes bill to open nuclear power to private firms
Dec 18, 2025 (AFP)
India is the third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, and remains deeply dependent on polluting coal, which accounts for 75 percent of the country's total pow...
New analysis links lead cooled reactor corrosion to steel microstructure
Dec 14, 2025 (SPX)
A team at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology reports that stainless steel corrosion in liquid lead begins with the formation of an ultrathin liquid l...
Antares lines up $96 million to advance microreactor rollout
Dec 12, 2025 (SPX)
Antares CEO Jordan Bramble said the new capital will support the company's plans to deliver nuclear power systems for U.S. government partners. "This funding ma...
Framatome to modernize digital controls at Columbia Generating Station
Dec 05, 2025 (SPX)
This work forms part of Energy Northwests program to maintain a stable supply of low carbon electricity for customers in the Pacific Northwest. Tony Robinson, P...
DOE backs TVA plan for first US commercial SMR at Clinch River
Dec 04, 2025 (SPX)
DOE's funding is part of its Generation III+ SMR program, which is designed to support commercial-scale demonstration of advanced small modular reactors that ca...
Niger says putting its uranium on international market
Nov 30, 2025 (AFP)
Uranium mining in Niger is at the centre of a standoff between the junta that took power in 2023 and Orano, which is 90-percent owned by the French government a...
Electrochemical system boosts uranium recovery from wastewater
Nov 27, 2025 (SPX)
Uranium remains a key fuel for nuclear power, but conventional mining raises environmental and economic concerns, prompting interest in extracting uranium from ...
Microbes join forces to quickly clean up uranium pollution
Nov 27, 2025 (SPX)
One type of bacteria, called Pseudomonas, releases chemicals and DNA strands that help carry energy between cells. The other, Shewanella, uses these "wires" to ...
Successful fabrication of nuclear fuel assemblies boosts Barakah plant supply chain
Nov 25, 2025 (SPX)
The fabricated assemblies will be shipped for testing at Barakah. Manufacturing took place at Framatome's Richland plant, which applies industry quality and saf...
World's biggest nuclear plant edges closer to restart
Nov 21, 2025 (AFP)
Hideyo Hanazumi, governor of Niigata province where the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant is located, told a news conference he "would approve" the resumption, which wil...
Uranium extraction from seawater progresses with engineered material for nuclear fuel supply
Nov 18, 2025 (SPX)
Seawater holds roughly 4.5 billion tons of uranium, but extraction is complicated by low uranium concentration and the presence of other ions. The new AB-stacke...
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