Nuclear Energy

A senior nuclear official in Iran has reported limited damages to the Fordow nuclear site near Qom after the Israeli regime’s strikes on Friday night. “There has been limited damage to some areas at the Fordow enrichment site,” Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said …

A law enabling nuclear reactors in Japan to operate beyond 60 years took effect Friday, scrapping a limit imposed after the Fukushima crisis, with the government viewing the power source as vital to the country’s energy mix. Under the new system, the life of a reactor will, in principle, be …

Europe is embracing nuclear energy with a new vigor. Even the most historically staunch nuclear opponents are softening their restrictions on the carbon-free form of energy production as the continent continues to pivot away from oil and gas imports and toward energy independence in the long shadow of Russia’s invasion …

As India looks to boost its nuclear power generation, the government is considering allowing foreign companies to own up to a 49% stake in Indian nuclear power plants, government sources told Reuters on Friday. Even if India passes amendments in its nuclear foreign investment laws to allow up to 49% …

India plans to remove an unlimited liability clause in its nuclear energy laws in a bid to attract foreign firms, especially U.S. companies, to its nuclear energy sector. The Indian Department of Atomic Energy has prepared a bill that would remove a clause in the Civil Nuclear Liability Damage Act …

India’s largest power utility, NTPC, is looking to hire consultants for feasibility studies for small modular reactors that could potentially replace some of the utility’s old coal-fired power plants, Reuters reports, quoting a tender document. Small modular reactors (SMR) are believed to be simpler and cheaper to build and install. …

Japan’s national nuclear research and development institute has developed what it calls the world’s first uranium-based rechargeable battery that may pave the way for the use of massive stockpiles of radioactive material generated in the nuclear fuel manufacturing process. According to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, the research team confirmed …

A group of large energy users, including technology giants Amazon, Google, and Meta, on Wednesday pledged their support to the goal of at least tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. The tech firms were among the founding signatories of the pledge as a cross-industry group of eight large energy users …

Amid the global push for clean energy and advancements in artificial intelligence, China’s nuclear power sector is accelerating its transition toward safe, clean and efficient energy through the use of digital and intelligent technologies, a top industry official said. “China’s nuclear technology and services are among the best in the …

Around 14 years after the Fukushima disaster, Japan is preparing to increase its nuclear power capacity once again, to a mainly negative public reaction. Japan’s government has developed a revision of the country’s basic energy plan, removing the statement that said it planned to decrease its dependence on nuclear power. …