NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) today announced that it and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through its Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF), have reached a combined conditional commitment and financial close on a loan of up to $1.9 billion to support the restart of the company’s Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa. This milestone …
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (President & CEO KIM Hoe Chun, hereinafter “KHNP”) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with French company Orano for long-term cooperation in the uranium enrichment sector at the Elysee palace, in the presence of two Presidents of South Korea and France. The LOI builds on the MoU on global and …
Uzbekistan plans to complete design documentation for a new nuclear power plant by the end of 2026, according to the state nuclear energy agency Uzatom. The project is also expected to enter a new phase later this year, with construction of external infrastructure networks scheduled to begin and efforts to expand the local production of …
Highlights Ireland’s data centres consumed nearly 25 per cent of national electricity in 2024 and are projected to reach at least 30 per cent by 2032, prompting calls to revisit the nuclear power ban. Taoiseach Micheál Martin and key ministers now support a nuclear debate as Fianna Fáil pushes legislation to end the ban, with …
Russia plans to commission approximately 30 gigawatts of nuclear power plant capacity, including small nuclear power plants, president tells meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that plans are underway to expand the distribution of nuclear power plants in the country’s Far East, Siberia, and the Urals. At a government meeting on the development …
During his monthly press conference on Thursday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox defended President Donald Trump’s recent national monument reduction and pushed back against a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission against the state’s promotion of nuclear energy. Three Utah-based organizations had found fault with about a dozen billboards that Utah’s Office of Energy Development …
“I do think it’s a good idea to properly look into it and find out what’s right for Ireland.” Ireland is openly revisiting nuclear power as it seeks to build a fossil-free electricity system, a notable shift for a country that has long kept the technology at arm’s length. As The Irish Times reported, the move …
August 13th, 2026 – Kaleidos, Radiant’s 1 MWe transportable microreactor, has departed Radiant’s El Segundo, California facility and is en route to Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where it will undergo the most rigorous microreactor test campaign in the country and the industry’s only full-power, full-scale test. This shipment marks the start of the next chapter …
The first nuclear fuel loading of Unit 7 at the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant in Lianyungang, East China’s Jiangsu Province, was successfully completed on Tuesday, which indicates the unit has entered the nuclear commissioning phase, laying a solid foundation for subsequent reactor criticality, grid connection and power generation, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) reported …
The proposed expansion would add two reactors to El Dabaa’s existing four-unit design, although no final decision or timeline has been announced. Two additional reactors are being planned for the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, expanding the country’s first nuclear energy project beyond its current four-unit design. Electricity and Renewable Energy …