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Rolls-Royce SMR taps Škoda JS, Doosan for reactor parts work

Škoda JS and Doosan Enerbility are moving the reactor pressure vessel and other long-lead parts toward fabrication, turning Rolls-Royce SMR’s plan into shop-floor reality.

Nina Kowalski•3 min read•09:30 PM

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EU probes Romania’s funding plan for Cernavoda reactor life extension

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Poland advances SMR plans at Stalowa Wola industrial park

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Taipingling Unit 1 Begins Commercial Operation, Expanding China Nuclear Capacity

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DOE backs Wisconsin isotope plant with $263 million conditional loan

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Kairos Power Breaks Ground on Hermes 2 Reactor in Oak Ridge

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South Korea starts construction of Shin Hanul 4 nuclear reactor

First concrete at Shin Hanul 4 turned South Korea’s nuclear restart into visible work, as KHNP moved the 1,400-MW APR1400 toward a 2033 finish.

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Nebraska and Minnesota advance plans for new nuclear construction

Nebraska narrowed a 16-town nuclear siting search to four communities, while Minnesota funded a study that could test whether its 1994 nuclear ban can survive its 2040 climate goal.

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ITER cold test facility begins operation after first magnet coil reaches 4 K

ITER’s first 330-tonne toroidal field coil has hit 4 K in Cadarache, turning the magnet cold test hall into a live proving ground for the reactor’s hardest hardware.

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DOE revisits stellarators, the fusion machines regaining attention after decades

DOE is dusting off stellarators as fusion's steadier, trickier cousin. Better magnets and fresh federal backing are turning a long-shot concept into a real contender.

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Hinkley Point C delivers skills, jobs and investment across the South West

EDF says Hinkley Point C has already trained 19,500 people, spent £5.4 billion with South West firms and funded 385 community projects before first power.

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Fulcrum Point and Blue Castle revive Utah's Green River nuclear project

A 19-year reactor proposal in Emery County just picked up a new owner mix. Fulcrum Point and Blue Castle are tying Green River to Holtec's SMR-300 and a fresh development push.

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China's EAST tokamak sustains fusion plasma for 1,066 seconds

EAST held a hot fusion plasma steady for 1,066 seconds, breaking its own record and pushing reactor control into new territory.

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floating nuclear plants seen as realistic option for Greece

Greece is not ready for nuclear power, but a new report says floating reactors could still fit its coastlines, ports, and island energy gaps.

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Russia and Kazakhstan seal deal for Kazakhstan's first nuclear plant

Kazakhstan will build its first big reactor with Russian money and Russian VVER-1200s, even as it sits atop the world’s largest uranium supply.

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US approves safety basis for Deployable Energy’s Unity microreactor

DOE’s safety sign-off moved Unity from paper into hardware territory, clearing the next test step but not full deployment. Deployable Energy says the rig is already at Idaho National Laboratory and fuel is ready.

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Trawsfynydd completes 20-year cleanup, last radioactive waste removed

Trawsfynydd has cleared its last intermediate-level waste package, ending a 20-year job that drained the site’s highest hazards into storage.

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Kenya launches outreach after protests over planned nuclear plant

Protests in Sakwa forced Kenya’s nuclear agency to promise a broad consent campaign, as residents fight the plant’s waste, land and fishing risks.

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Studsvik seeks approval for 1,400 MW SMR project in Nyköping

Studsvik filed Sweden’s third SMR bid, targeting 600 to 1,400 MW at Nyköping. The application is a test of whether Sweden’s new nuclear push can become a build queue.

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NIF marks a decade of progress after first fusion ignition breakthrough

NIF’s Dec. 5, 2022 shot delivered 3.15 megajoules from 2.05, and LLNL is now treating that ignition as a scorecard, not a trophy.

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El Dabaa receives largest-ever nuclear shipment for one plant

A 2,000-ton convoy landed El Dabaa’s unit 2 reactor vessel, four steam generators and a pressurizer in one shot, the biggest load Rosatom has ever sent to one plant.

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U.S.-Japan engineer project helps drive Japan’s nuclear restart push

Japan’s restart push is not just about reactors and permits. It is also about the engineers who learned radiation work, safety culture, and plant problem-solving before the country needed them most.

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LLNL captures first moments of runaway hydrogen-uranium corrosion

LLNL has finally watched hydrogen-uranium corrosion begin, frame by frame. That missing first window could sharpen how uranium hardware is handled, stored, and designed.

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PSI data could make small modular reactors safer to model

New PANDA measurements at PSI capture passive cooling in an SMR power-loss scenario, giving engineers better data for licensing systems that must stay safe without pumps.

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Navy to test powering Norfolk base from a nuclear aircraft carrier

A Ford-class carrier at Norfolk may soon do something no U.S. warship has been asked to do at scale: feed shore power to a naval base. The test would put nuclear propulsion to work as emergency grid support.

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Rosatom completes first reactor unit for floating power plant

Rosatom finished the first 58 MWe RITM-200C unit for its lead floating plant, pushing the Arctic power concept closer to a repeatable production line.

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Trinity test sample reveals rare crystal formed by nuclear blast

A new crystal in red trinitite shows Trinity’s blast briefly reached conditions that made a Ca-Cu-Si clathrate no lab has reproduced.

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NRC posts Cooper Nuclear Station license renewal application for review

The NRC opened Cooper’s second renewal filing to review, putting a 20-year extension path for Nebraska’s biggest single-unit generator into the formal licensing pipeline.

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Oklo Texas isotope reactor nears criticality, advancing waste recycling tech

Oklo’s Lockhart reactor is months from criticality, the milestone that would move its isotope recycling story from theory to live fast-reactor validation.

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TAE and UKAEA launch joint venture to commercialize fusion beam tech

TAE Beam UK is now funded and housed at Culham, turning neutral beams from a collaboration talking point into a buildable fusion subsystem.

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Senate panel weighs nuclear bills to speed deployment and protect safety

Three nuclear bills got a bottleneck test in Senate, and the sharpest fight was over whether Congress should speed permits, fuel, or construction materials.

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Antares secures first multi-year HALEU supply deal with Urenco

Antares locked in the first multi-year HALEU deal Urenco has ever signed, turning a pilot market into a real supply chain bet for advanced reactors.

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NRC accepts University of Illinois microreactor permit for review

The NRC has moved Illinois’ KRONOS microreactor into formal review, opening a 30-day hearing window and the first real licensing test.

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NRC to discuss South Texas Project safety performance in Bay City

NRC inspectors will brief Bay City on why South Texas Project Unit 1 stayed in the highest oversight band while Unit 2 remained under extra scrutiny over a 2024 maintenance lapse.

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KHNP, Southern Nuclear deepen engineering ties to boost reactor performance

KHNP and Southern Nuclear signed an engineering pact in Gyeongju, swapping outage, maintenance, and reliability know-how that could shorten risk in both fleets.

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