Fishing boats in Luanda Kotieno. Image by Victor Ochieng via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0). The proposal to build a 1,000-MW nuclear power plant on Kenya’s southeastern coast has faced strong opposition from residents and environmental experts, who warn of potential harm to communities, fisheries and the environment. Government agencies are now holding consultations at another prospective location …
Poland, along with Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia, has adopted a declaration supporting the expansion of nuclear energy in a bid to strengthen the region’s “energy security.” The declaration was adopted on Tuesday in Stockholm during a nuclear energy conference attended by the countries’ energy ministers. “We, ministers and high-level representatives from Estonia, Finland, …
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico says his government has approved an agreement with the United States to build a new nuclear reactor. He announced the Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday his government has approved an agreement with the United States to build an additional nuclear reactor. Fico announced the multi-billion-dollar deal during …
Kazakhstan’s nuclear energy ambitions are tilting eastward, strengthening Moscow and Beijing while leaving Europe with little room to manoeuvre Kazakhstan has identified a second site for the construction of a nuclear power plant in the Almaty region. While negotiations with potential suppliers are underway, China will be considered a “priority contractor”. Almasadam Satkaliyev, chair of …
It’s been more than three years since the former Palisades Nuclear Power Plant was shut down and the decommissioning process began. A lot has changed since the initial closure, with a lengthy effort to repower the Covert Township plant which has included various public hearings with a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel, hundreds of hirings, …
At least six private companies, including Reliance Industries and Adani Power, have evinced interest in setting up Bharat small modular reactors (BSMRs) and identified 16 probable sites across six states. The six corporates who have responded to the request for proposals by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to set up small modular …
Soaring demand for electricity will drive a $350 billion nuclear spending boom in the US, boosting output from reactors by 63% by 2050. The investment will add 53 gigawatts of reactor capacity, bringing the total nuclear fleet to 159 gigawatts, driven by power-hungry data centers running artificial intelligence systems. The expansion will primarily use small …
The New Nuclear Age: Why the World Is Rethinking Atomic Power After decades of underinvestment, a convergence of generational technological breakthroughs, intensifying geopolitical competition, and the need for clean, dense, reliable power are positioning nuclear energy for a renaissance. Executive Summary Throughout history, the commercialization of new forms of energy has given rise to fossil …
During World Nuclear Week in Moscow, Uzbekistan and Russia signed two pivotal agreements, marking significant progress toward the construction of Uzbekistan’s first nuclear power plant (NPP). The first agreement, a Supplementary Agreement on Implementation Terms, expands on a prior June 20, 2025 accord between Rosatom Energy Projects JSC and Uzbekistan’s State Enterprise “Directorate for NPP …
Russia and Ethiopia signed a document on Thursday calling for the planning and construction of a nuclear power plant in the east African country, RIA news agency quoted Rosatom, the state-owned Russian nuclear corporation, as saying. An action plan on development and construction of the facility was signed during a nuclear power forum by the …