Nuclear Energy

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. …

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 …