The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has been allocated GBP154 million (USD207 million) in government funding to develop specialised capabilities to enable plutonium disposal. The government announced earlier this year that the country's stockpile of plutonium will be immobilised and disposed of in a geological disposal facility. https://lnkd.in/eX7TzC6w
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At the request of Norwegian government, three state agencies have set out their proposed programme for the environmental impact assessment for a small modular reactor power plant in the municipalities of Aure and Heim. Meanwhile, a joint venture of Norsk Kjernekraft and Austrheim Municipality has begun the formal regulatory process to assess the construction of a nuclear power plant in Austrheim. https://lnkd.in/etYmsYs8
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Cameco's 2025 production figures will be impacted by development delays at McArthur River, although strong production at Cigar Lake will help make up for this, the company has said. Meanwhile, together with Orano Canada, it has signed a new agreement with an Indigenous-owned airline to ensure transport to its operations in northern Saskatchewan. https://lnkd.in/eWVBqW2i
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Nuclear reactors worldwide generated 2667 TWh of electricity in 2024, beating the previous record of 2660 TWh which was set back in 2006, according to World Nuclear Performance Report 2025. https://lnkd.in/eQQ_utXs
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The required specialist reinforcement and concreting works of the circular 'corridor' have been completed at Leningrad II’s unit 3 allowing the start of installation of the lower tier of the inner containment building. https://lnkd.in/gvMyG9wW
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International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says that its experts need to be able to see the newly constructed dam to assess the cooling water situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. https://lnkd.in/gTFX3Uj3
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A proposal for an assessment programme for building a small modular reactor power plant in Grenland, southern Norway, has been submitted to the country's Ministry of Energy. Meanwhile, a project company has been established to investigate the construction of an SMR plant in the municipality of Vardø in Finnmark, north-eastern Norway. https://lnkd.in/gjm_i3J5
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The Swedish government has announced a draft law that proposes amendments to the Environmental Code and the Minerals Act that would allow the extraction of uranium in the country. The legislative amendments are proposed to enter into force on 1 January 2026. https://lnkd.in/gkfxdqcH
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Two weeks after being selected as one of the advanced reactor projects to receive support under the US Department of Energy's Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, Aalo Atomics has broken ground at a site in Idaho to start construction of its first experimental extra modular nuclear reactor, the Aalo-X. https://lnkd.in/gV9FXt5T
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Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Company said it plans to remove fuel from unit 7 at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture due to delays in the reactor's restart. https://lnkd.in/gKf-x3t8
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