National Atomic Company “Kazatomprom” JSC (“Kazatomprom”, “KAP” or “the Company”) announces the following operations and trading update for the third quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2025. This update provides a summary of recent developments in the uranium industry, as well as provisional information related to the Company’s key third-quarter and nine-months operating and …
Framatome and TerraPower have achieved a key milestone in uranium metallization for advanced reactor fuel commercialization, producing successful elements of uranium metal. These metallic uranium ‘pucks’ represent a critical component in advancing the fuel supply chain for TerraPower’s Natrium® reactor. The metallization fabrication line was completed at Framatome’s Richland, Washington, nuclear fuel manufacturing facility. The …
Iran is going to construct eight new nuclear power plants with Russia’s cooperation as part of efforts to expand its clean and sustainable energy production, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced Mohammad Eslami said on Sunday that a new agreement has been concluded between the governments of Iran and Russia for …
Chinese research institute confirms success of fission-based innovation that is poised to reshape clean, sustainable nuclear power An experimental reactor developed in the Gobi Desert by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics has achieved thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion, paving the way for an almost endless supply of nuclear energy. The achievement makes the 2 …
Kansai Electric Power Co. will start a survey in early November to assess whether it can build a new nuclear reactor in or near its Mihama nuclear power plant in central Japan, Jiji Press learned Monday. The survey will mark the first concrete move toward nuclear reactor construction in Japan since the March 2011 meltdowns …
The logotype of Iberdrola is illuminated atop the 165-metre (541 feet) Cesar Pelli designed Iberdrola Tower, in Bilbao, Spain, February 29, 2024. Spanish energy companies Iberdrola (IBE.MC), Endesa (ELE.MC), and Naturgy (NTGY.MC) have requested to extend the operational life of their Almaraz nuclear power plant by about three years, until June 2030, a spokesperson for …
Dunkirk power plant Chautauqua County leaders say they are ready to host New York’s next nuclear power plant — and they’ve got a location in mind. Chautauqua County officials are trying to make the case with Albany that they have the best site to locate a new nuclear power plant. It comes as the New …
The second of two steam generators for the nuclear island has been installed at unit 1 of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China’s Guangdong province, marking the completion of installation of key equipment. Steam generators are heat exchangers which convert heat generated by the reactor core into steam, which is transported to the conventional …
TerraPower has submitted its Natrium reactor and energy storage system into the UK’s Generic Design Assessment process in the company’s first regulatory step to deploying the technology in an international market. The Generic Design Assessment – or GDA – process allows UK regulators to assess the safety, security and environmental implications of new reactor designs, …
The Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Ontario will work together to explore small modular reactor technology as a clean energy option. According to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 23 October by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, who is also Minister of Energy, and Ontario Minister of Energy and Mines Stephen Lecce, the two provinces …
