NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. Announces Its New Subsidiary, HALEU Energy Fuel Inc. The New Company Will Focus on Creating a Domestic Source of High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium to Supply the Next Generation of Advanced Nuclear Reactors

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (“NANO Nuclear”), a company emerging from the shared micro Small Modular Reactor (µSMR) and Advanced Nuclear Reactor (ANR) ambitions of a world class nuclear technical team, filled with influential and foremost nuclear experts in the field, working alongside business and industry professionals, possessing strong relationships with both government, and the private and public nuclear industries, …

Reactor internals delivered to Kursk II-1

The reactor internals – including a 10-metre internal shaft, a baffle and a block of protective pipes – have been delivered to the construction site of the first power unit at Kursk II in western Russia. The internals were manufactured by the Volgodonsk branch of JSC AEM-Technologies (part of the machine-building division of Rosatom – …

U.S. ramps up advanced fuel production capabilities

 Nine out of the ten advanced reactor designs selected for funding under the U.S. government’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) will require advanced fuel, such as high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) and TRIstructural-ISOtropic (TRISO) particles, but there are no commercial suppliers of such fuels currently operating in the United States. U.S. uranium enrichment capability has dwindled …

Manchin, Barrasso and Risch Introduce Bipartisan Nuclear Fuel Security Act

Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced the Nuclear Fuel Security Act (NFSA). The bipartisan legislation directs the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a nuclear fuel …

S. Korea saw record-high nuclear power generation last year

Last year, South Korea’s nuclear power plants generated record-high nuclear power. The proportion of energy generated from nuclear power plants was the highest in six years, which is equivalent to that of the pre-nuclear phase-out policy of the former Moon Jae -in administration. According to KEPCO’s “December Electric Power Statistics Month” on Tuesday, last year’s …

Sizewell C early works take shape

Early work across the Sizewell estate is continuing to prepare the site for construction of the new power station, which is anticipated to start in 2024. Ecologists are overseeing the activity to ensure that wildlife is able to disperse naturally into surrounding habitat or is re-homed in replacement habitat that has been created over many …

EU opens door to ‘green’ nuclear-derived hydrogen

 The European Commission published rules on Monday that could allow some hydrogen produced in nuclear-based energy systems to count towards EU renewable energy goals, signalling a win for pro-nuclear France. Hydrogen is central to Europe’s plans to decarbonise heavy industry, and the rules aim to incentivise investors and industries to shift from hydrogen produced from …