France’s Assystem, Vietnam discuss cooperation in nuclear power

Vietnam’s Ambassador to France Trinh Duc Hai on March 16 received Frédéric Cheneau, Vice President in charge of international business development at Assystem, to discuss cooperation in nuclear power. Vietnamese Ambassador to France Trinh Duc Hai discusses cooperation in nuclear power with Frédéric Cheneau, Vice President in charge of international business development at Assystem. (Photo: …

AtkinsRéalis Collaborates with NVIDIA to Accelerate Deployment of Nuclear‑Powered AI Factories

AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. (TSX: ATRL), a world-class engineering services and nuclear company with offices around the world, today announced it is collaborating with NVIDIA to explore the integration of NVIDIA’s technologies including Omniverse libraries and accelerated compute for the development and deployment of nuclear powered, large-scale AI factories. These technologies, along with OpenUSD, provide AtkinsRéalis …

Japan-U.S. Companies to Cooperate on SMR Deployment in Southeast Asia

The Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministerial Business Forum was held in Tokyo on March 14–15, bringing together energy ministers and representatives from governments and companies from 16 countries across the Indo-Pacific region. The event was jointly hosted by Japan and the United States. Participants included U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …

NRC Seeks Industry Input on Future New Reactor Licensing Plans

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is encouraging existing or potential applicants for new reactor-related activities to share planning information through fiscal year 2028. NRC staff published the Regulatory Issue Summary so the agency can best understand industry interest in order to most effectively set budgets for licensing reviews and inspection support needed to safely enable new …

South Korea to lift coal cap, boost nuclear output amid Iran crisis, ruling party says

South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party ‌said on Monday that the government will lift limits on ⁠coal-fired power generation capacity and ⁠raise nuclear power plant utilization to as high as 80% as part of an energy response to the Middle East crisis. Lawmakers ⁠in the party’s Middle East crisis economic response task force said in a briefing the measures are …

Rwanda plans up to $6billion investment in nuclear power as Kagame targets high-income economy by 2050

Rwanda plans to invest up to $6 billion in nuclear power plants as part of its strategy to secure reliable electricity and support long-term economic growth, President Paul Kagame said on Tuesday. Rwanda plans to invest up to $6 billion in nuclear power plants to secure reliable electricity for economic growth. President Paul Kagame announced …

Declaration of the Nuclear Alliance.

We, the Governments of Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Members of the Nuclear Alliance REAFFIRM our strong commitment to developing and deploying nuclear energy, in full respect of each Member States’ right to determine their own energy mixes, as a key component of our decarbonisation, competitiveness …

EU chief: Phasing out nuclear power was ‘strategic mistake’

Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union was “completely dependent” on expensive and volatile fossil fuel imports. She has announced new ambitions to harmonize nuclear regulations and roll out smaller reactors. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that Europe’s turn away from nuclear power had been a “strategic mistake” that was now exposed by …