The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said it plans to start producing clean hydrogen using heat from its High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) in Ibaraki Prefecture close to Tokyo by 2028. The agency said it sought authorization to do so on March 27 from the Nuclear Regulation Authority. The project would mark the world’s first …
Evaluating the potential of today’s putative nuclear renaissance requires a critical look at what has changed, what hasn’t, and what would be required to avoid the pitfalls that turned prior periods of nuclear boom to bust. A recent flurry of activity around nuclear energy—driven by an upsurge of interest and incipient investment from technology companies …
Deputy Governor of Southeast Sulawesi Hugua (second from right) together with member of the National Energy Council (DEN) Musri Mawaledha (right) take a photo with officials from the Russian Trade Representative Office in Jakarta on April 17, 2024. (ANTARA/HO-Pemprov Sultra) Kendari, S. Sulawesi (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s National Energy Council (DEN) has expressed support for a …
Construction of the base for the first small modular nuclear power plant begins in Uzbekistan The construction of a construction and installation base (CIB) has begun in Uzbekistan as part of the implementation of the small modular nuclear power plant (SMNPP) project with the RITM-200N reactor, which is being built in the Jizzakh region using …
A rendering of the GE Hitachi BWRX300 small modular reactor. Small modular reactors are more likely than larger designs to achieve long-term “price and performance parity” with conventional energy sources, but only with support from the U.S. government, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said in a report released on April 14, 2025. Retrieved from GE Hitachi. …
The April 9 analysis presumes robust deployments over the next 10 years enabled by design, manufacturing and project management innovations that drive down deployment costs. Dive Brief: New nuclear power capacity could meet about 10% of the projected increase in data center electricity demand by 2035, Deloitte said in an April 9 report. Deloitte expects data …
(L-R) Mark Ho, PhD Chief Nuclear Officer, Deployable Energy; Dr Stuart Ballantyne, Chairman, Seatransport Corporation; Claudene Sharp Patel, Global Technical Director, LR; and Remko Hottentot, Commercial Manager, LR – Australasia Queensland’s ship design group Seatransport and Houston-based Deployable Energy are collaborating with Lloyd’s Register (LR) to develop nuclear power generation for different applications, including strategic …
Almassadam Satkaliyev Kazakhstan has completed the competitive dialogue process with potential technology suppliers for the construction of its first nuclear power plant (NPP). According to the Atomic Energy Agency, a shortlist of reactor technology providers has been formed as part of the selection process. It includes the Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom, Korea Hydro …
Southern Nuclear has taken a bold step forward in nuclear innovation by becoming the first US company to load enriched nuclear fuel exceeding 5% uranium-235 into a commercial reactor for testing. This milestone, achieved at the Vogtle Unit 2 reactor in Waynesboro, Georgia, marks a significant advancement in nuclear energy technology and could pave the way for more efficient, …
The forging of parts of the reactor pressure vessel for unit six of Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant – the second unit of the Paks II project – has begun in Russia. Workers at the AEM-Spetsstal plant in St Petersburg – part of Rosatom’s Machine-Building Division – have begun forging a batch of blanks with …
