Poland nuclear plant terms agreed, contract unsigned
Three Westinghouse AP1000 units would total 3,750 MW at Lubiatowo-Kopalino.
23 September 2026 · POWER Magazine
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Škoda JS to make Rolls-Royce SMR rod drives
The Pilsen firm is sole supplier of control rod drive mechanisms for future units.
23 Sept · World Nuclear News
Four firms sign BWRX-300 Europe MoU
SGE, GE Vernova, Hitachi and Samsung C&T will identify market opportunities, not build a plant.
23 Sept · World Nuclear News
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Ontario signs Pickering B refurbishment contracts
More than CAD3 billion (USD2.1 billion) covers four units as site work starts.
23 Sept · World Nuclear News
Fuel loading starts at Rajasthan’s RAPP-8
NPCIL has begun loading the 700 MW indigenous unit.
21 Sept · Moneycontrol
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Cameco takes exclusive offtake of Paducah laser enrichment output
GLE is 51%-owned by Silex Systems Limited and 49% by Cameco Corporation.
16 Sept · World Nuclear News
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Thailand signs USTDA deal to study US small modular reactors
EGAT and USTDA signed in Bangkok on 14 September for a feasibility study, not a construction contract.
16 Sept · World Nuclear News
DOE loan backs Iowa plant restart
NextEra Energy may receive as much as $1.9 billion for Duane Arnold.
12 Sept · Just The News
ONE Nuclear advances Louisiana SMR campus into reviews
Project Amberjack targets up to 1 GW of advanced nuclear generation.
8 Sept · Yahoo Finance
DOE closes $1.9 billion loan for Duane Arnold restart
NextEra Energy’s 615-MW Linn County, Iowa plant is targeted to return in 2029.
8 Sept · Utility Dive
Cold functional tests completed at Changjiang unit 4
China National Nuclear Corporation said the Hualong One has entered the commissioning phase.
8 Sept · World Nuclear News
ABB and Rolls-Royce SMR sign MoU on factory-built units
The 470 MWe pressurised water reactor design is the subject of exploration, not a delivery contract.
8 Sept · World Nuclear News
House Energy panel sends six nuclear bills to the floor
Roll calls ran 44-0 on H.R. 3978 and H.R. 5549, 43-0 on H.R. 9612, 42-0 on H.R. 9614, and 41-0 on H.R. 9613 and H.R. 9084.
4 Sept · Daily Energy Insider
Studsvik picks partners for four BWRX-300 units in Sweden
The exclusive pact covers about 1,200 MWe at Nyköping or the Målma site in Valdemarsvik and is not a final investment decision.
3 Sept · World Nuclear News
Deir Ezzor cooling works match a reactor, IAEA says
Inspectors recorded about 73 tonnes of natural uranium metal, 55 tonnes of it in fuel rods.
2 Sept · Hindustan Times
Korea’s nuclear safety body tables 303 billion won plan
The proposed 2027 budget is 10.4 billion won higher than this year’s.
1 Sept · The Herald Business
Zaporizhzhia diesel clock runs after 11 days off the grid
The last external power line dropped on 20 August; IAEA experts saw several dozens of tonnes of diesel moved on Thursday and Friday.
1 Sept · World Nuclear News
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First Nations to own New Brunswick transportable plant
New Brunswick has signed a Letter of Intent to offtake the generated electricity.
1 Sept · World Nuclear News
Fuel loading starts at Palisades
The Michigan reactor’s core takes 204 assemblies, some already used before the 2022 shutdown.
1 Sept · World Nuclear News
Zaporizhzhia plant on diesels more than a week
The IAEA said the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station has been without off-site power for more than a week.
29 Aug · aljazeera.com
Zaporizhzhya runs on diesel after off-site line cut
The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant has been without off-site power since 20 August and had about ten days of diesel fuel on site as of Friday.
29 Aug · iaea.org
Newcleo consortium funded for nuclear barge concept
Bpifrance awarded almost EUR1 million under a French maritime decarbonisation call.
28 Aug · World Nuclear News
IAEA launches ATLAS for nuclear at sea
The International High-level Forum on the ATLAS Launch in Washington, DC drew around 600 participants from over 50 countries.
28 Aug · neimagazine.com
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Outer dome lifted onto Xudabao unit 1
CNNC announced the nearly 1,000-tonne steel module is in place on the CAP1000 unit in Liaoning Province.
28 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
Atucha 2 dry-store kit under test
The gantry crane from IMPSA arrived at the end of 2025.
28 Aug · World Nuclear News
Akkuyu unit 2 primary circuit welding finished
Thirty-two main coolant pipeline joints were completed in 73 days at the Turkish VVER-1200 site.
28 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
Outer dome set on Xudabao unit 1
The steel piece weighed nearly 1,000 tonnes.
28 Aug · World Nuclear News
India draft rules tighten imported reactor path
A draft framework requires origin-country certifications plus separate Indian design approval before construction of imported reactors can begin.
27 Aug · reuters.com
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NuCore files Swedish aid bid for Oskarshamn nuclear
The Fortum subsidiary’s options span 1,200 to 3,400 MW of SMRs and large reactors next to the existing site.
27 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
Army names five microreactor vendors for bases
The Janus Program selections cover Fort Bragg, Fort Campbell, Fort Hood, Fort Benning and Fort Drum.
27 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
Paks back at full output, Magyar says
Péter Magyar said all four reactors and all eight turbines at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant were operating at maximum output.
27 Aug · telex.hu
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Posiva starts first Onkalo deposition hole
Drilling of the first 8.4-metre, 1.75-metre-diameter deposition hole began Wednesday afternoon more than 400 metres down in Olkiluoto bedrock.
27 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
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France clears Gravelines EPR2 site work
Decree No. 2026-807, dated 20 August, authorises environmental work for a pair of EPR2 units at Gravelines.
26 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
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Netherlands awards FEED studies, not a reactor vendor
NEO NL contracted EDF and Westinghouse for design work expected to last 12-18 months.
26 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
IAEA launches ATLAS for nuclear at sea
On 26 August 2026 the IAEA launched ATLAS in Washington, with 25 countries signing a joint statement on civil nuclear maritime use.
26 Aug · iaea.org
Nature Outlook: smaller reactors, new coolants
Nature Outlook dated 26 August 2026 states small modular reactors can produce up to 300 megawatts of electrical power (MWe).
26 Aug · nature.com
eVinci hits zero-power criticality in Nevada
The test finished at 10:39 a.m. PT on Aug. 24.
26 Aug · POWER Magazine
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Westinghouse eVinci hits zero-power criticality
Zero-power criticality testing for the eVinci microreactor was completed Monday at 10:39 local time at the Nevada National Security Site.
25 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
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Xudabao CAP1000 simulator enters service
The full-scope simulator for units 1 and 2 of the Xudabao nuclear power plant entered operation after a Wednesday commissioning ceremony.
25 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
Romania tries a new Danube dam to restart Cernavoda
Danube flow at the Romanian section stood at 1,300 cubic meters per second, one-third of the multi-annual average, with both Cernavoda reactors shut.
24 Aug · romania-insider.com
RITM-200 units set on icebreaker Leningrad
The two RITM-200 nuclear reactors have been installed on the nuclear-powered icebreaker Leningrad at the Baltic Shipyard.
24 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
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Doosan to make Natrium internals for Kemmerer
The contract covers the core barrel, guard vessel and internal supports for TerraPower’s first plant in Wyoming.
21 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
Putin sets 30 GW of extra Russian nuclear
President Vladimir Putin said Russia plans to commission approximately 30 gigawatts of additional nuclear power capacity, including small nuclear power plants.
21 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
Corpus Christi signs nuclear-maritime study deals
Memoranda with MARAD and Core Power do not authorise an FNPP, a licence or construction.
20 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
Apollo Atomics raises $31 million seed round
The Cambridge, Massachusetts startup plans a one-megawatt A-1 commercial demonstrator.
20 Aug · Interesting Engineering
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Radiant hauls Kaleidos microreactor toward Idaho
The 1 MWe unit left El Segundo, California, on 12 August for the DOME test bed, more than 1,000 miles by trailer.
18 Aug · world-nuclear-news.org
Mochovce-4 goes critical in Slovakia
Unit 4 of the Mochovce nuclear power plant reached criticality at 10:10 p.m. local time on August 6.
12 Aug · ans.org
Oklo Groves reactor goes critical in Texas
Oklo’s Groves Isotope Test Reactor reached criticality at 9:19 p.m. EDT on Wednesday at the Groves facility in Lockhart, Texas.
6 Aug · ans.org
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