Nuclear Energy

Following up on last year’s referendum that endorsed the pursuit of nuclear energy in Kazakhstan, the government is moving quickly to lay the groundwork for at least two reactors. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has expressed a desire to eventually construct a “nuclear cluster” in the country to power economic growth. The …

China is believed to be constructing a huge fusion research site in its southwest, which could help it with both nuclear fusion efforts and nuclear weapons design, analysts and researchers have told Reuters, analyzing satellite images. The southwestern city of Mianyang is likely the new site of the fusion research …

Russian company Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev has said that Iran and Russia will expand cooperation to build new nuclear power plants. Iran has plans to cooperate with the Russian company Rosatom on building small and large scale nuclear power plants, Alexey Likhachev told media reporters on Friday (January 17, …

The planned construction of the next generation of nuclear reactors in France, which expects to have at least six of these, faces numerous challenges including in financing, supply chains, and timelines, France’s Court of Auditors said in a report on Tuesday. France’s power utility and major nuclear power generator, EDF, …

The world continues to “warm” back up to nuclear, with the latest example coming out of Japan, where its Shimane nuclear power station in western Japan has been restarted for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima meltdown. Japan’s long-delayed restart of the 820 MW No. 2 reactor at the …

Alongside several other major world powers developing new nuclear projects, Canada plans to rapidly expand its nuclear power sector to contribute heavily to the country’s energy demand. Nuclear power contributes around 15 percent of Canada’s energy at present. However, with plans to develop several new nuclear facilities, this figure is …

Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Esmaeil Baqaei said the country’s peaceful nuclear activities are under surveillance of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Asked by reporters about the recent comments from IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi that Iran has enhanced its uranium enrichment capabilities, Baqaei said on Saturday that …

Canada plans to rapidly expand its nuclear power sector to contribute heavily to the countrys energy demand. Nuclear power contributes around 15% of Canadas energy at present. However, with plans to develop several new nuclear facilities, this figure is expected to grow significantly in the coming decades. The 2023 Federal …

The European Union’s Lead spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy has expressed hope that the bloc’s nuclear diplomacy with Iran will soon resume. “We hope that nuclear diplomacy can resume soon since a solution to the Iran nuclear issue cannot wait any longer. It will also be conducive to …

The operator of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear complex has said that it moved a “pebble-like” piece of melted fuel just outside a reactor container as part of its attempt to retrieve the radioactive debris for the first time since the plant was damaged by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011. …