Nuclear Energy

France is considering increasing its capacity for uranium enrichment as the Western allies look to reduce their reliance on Russian nuclear power plant fuel. French state-held uranium conversion and enrichment specialist Orano SA is reviewing options to boost the capacity at its Georges Besse II plant to 11 million separative …

Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Monday that bogus allegations against Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities must come to an end. Addressing the annual conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday, Eslami insisted on the need for an impartial verification of Iran’s nuclear program by the Vienna-based …

Belgium announced on Friday that its Doel 3 nuclear reactor will disconnect from the grid and cease operations, even as the country fears blackouts this winter. It is one of four reactors at the Doel plant near the port of Antwerp, and is the first nuclear reactor to shut down …

France is working up to fully nationalizing the currently 84% state-owned nuclear energy company Électricité de France (EDF) at the same time that the company is anticipating a massive downturn in profits. EDF had already warned investors that its core profits would take a considerable hit this year, but just …

As Germany desperately attempts to stave off a winter energy crisis, most recently seizing Rosneft refinery assets, a leak at a nuclear plant reported by the country’s Environment Ministry adds to the pressure, with operations now set to be shut in for a week as repairs get underway. Germany’s Isar …

Russia is ready to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the provision of the security of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, and permanent work of the IAEA mission at that site is important, head of the Russian Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation Alexei Likhachev told Interfax on …

French Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said Friday that French electricity giant EDF has pledged to restart all of its nuclear reactors by this winter to help the country overcome a broad energy crisis exacerbated by the situation around Ukraine, AP reported. Pannier-Runacher said the government is taking steps to avoid …

It sure looks as though momentum is all of a sudden getting behind nuclear power, with even NPR coming out and writing yesterday that “resistance to nuclear power is on the decline worldwide — and environmentalists helped lead the push.” Now, with energy prices going parabolic in his country, German …

South Korea seeks to expand its generation of nuclear power to nearly 33 percent of its total energy creation by 2030 in a move to boost energy security and to better meet net-zero goals, the industry ministry said Tuesday. Under the blueprint for the country’s electricity supply through 2036, the …

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission will visit the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant this week, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said. “Proud to lead this mission which will be in the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant later this week,” Grossi said on a social network. He said the mission, which …