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Hands-on safe experiments teach nuclear reactions to hobbyists, students, educators

Practical, safe experiments—cloud chamber, spectrometer, Geiger counts, decay-chain games—teach atomic structure, energy levels, particle interactions and decay chains without touching regulated sources.

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IOP Spark Offers Home-Friendly Radioactivity Experiments, Simulations and Four Animations

The Institute of Physics’ IOPspark portal curates home‑friendly experiments and simulations and includes a radioactivity page with four animations — only three animation titles were supplied.

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Newcleo subsidiary SRS wins €36M contract for Romania's ALFRED lead-cooled test facilities

Newcleo subsidiary S.R.S. wins a EUR 36 million contract from Romania’s RATEN to design, supply and commission multiple lead‑based test facilities for the ALFRED roadmap; ENEA is subcontractor.

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NRC Posts March 2 Event Notifications Summarizing Agreement-State and Licensee Incidents

The NRC posted its March 2, 2026 daily Event Notification Reports, aggregating several Agreement-State and licensee operational and materials incidents submitted in the previous days.

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NRC Staff Recommends Sweeping Overhaul of Baseline Reactor Oversight and Security Inspections

NRC staff recommends cutting baseline ROP inspection hours by 38% and baseline security inspection hours by about 50%, including Force-on-Force, in SECY papers released Feb. 18, 2026.

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Proxima Fusion, IPP, Bavaria and RWE Sign MoU to Advance Fusion Plant

Proxima Fusion, IPP, the Free State of Bavaria and RWE signed an MoU on Feb 26, 2026 to jointly pursue design, permitting, financing and site selection for a fusion plant.

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NRC Proposes Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Fusion Machines

The NRC published a proposed Federal Register rule titled "Regulatory Framework for Fusion Machines" on 26 February 2026, proposing a technology-inclusive, risk-informed licensing pathway and changes to byproduct rules.

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SGE, Altra and GE Vernova Hitachi sign MoU on BWRX-300 in Lithuania

SGE, Altra and GE Vernova Hitachi signed an MoU in Washington to study whether the BWRX-300 SMR can meet Lithuania’s technical, safety and licensing needs.

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Ukraine Identifies Candidate Sites for Small Modular Reactors in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

The State Agency has flagged plots near two long-abandoned villages inside the 30-km Chernobyl Exclusion Zone as candidate SMR sites and says it is ready to allocate land to Energoatom.

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DOE posts notice revising 10 CFR Part 851 to enable advanced-reactor testing

DOE reopened the comment period to March 23, 2026 for a proposed revision to 10 CFR Part 851 that aims to speed testing, review and deployment of advanced reactors.

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GVH, Orlen Synthos sign Poland-specific design agreement for BWRX-300 SMR

GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Orlen Synthos Green Energy signed a Poland Generic Design Agreement on Feb 25, 2026 to develop a Poland-specific BWRX-300 SMR design.

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Basin Energy executes definitive sale of Marshall uranium project to Green Canada

Basin Energy executed a sale of its 100%‑owned Marshall uranium project to Green Canada for up to C$900,000 plus a 9.99% stake, setting a conditional path to funded exploration.

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Bruce Power Completes Construction Phase of Unit 3 MCR in February 2026

Bruce Power completed Unit 3 MCR construction in mid‑February 2026, CNSC removed regulatory hold point RHP‑1 and refuelling with 5,760 bundles was set to begin later in February.

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HALEU Shortage Threatens Advanced Reactor Timelines as DOE Pursues 290 MT

DOE aims to acquire 290 metric tonnes of HALEU even as Centrus has delivered just 100 kg and Russia’s Tenex remains the primary commercial supplier.

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Power Dip Damages ESS Moderator; Replacement Moderator 2 Targets 2026 Neutron Test

A power dip at the end of 2025 damaged ESS’s moderator-reflector plug, and ESS with FZJ will fast-track Moderator 2—already in production—to be installed and tested in Q4 2026.

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Kyoto Fusioneering UK to lead UKIFS fusion breeder-blanket demonstrator project

Kyoto Fusioneering UK will lead design and production of a Grade 91 steel demonstrator segment for UKIFS, announced 24 February 2026, with Alloyed Ltd and TWI Ltd as partners.

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Deep Fission Secures LEU from Urenco USA to Fuel Gravity Reactor Demonstrations

Deep Fission secured low-enriched uranium from Urenco USA’s New Mexico plant to fuel Gravity reactor testing, a move that clears a key supply hurdle for its Parsons, Kansas pilot.

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Texas A&M TEES signs agreement with ZettaJoule to explore 950°C research reactor

Texas A&M’s TEES and ZettaJoule signed an agreement on Feb. 26, 2026 to study siting a ZJ0 research reactor in College Station, a very-high-temperature gas design claiming up to 950°C process heat and a projected $1B economic pull.

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AERB Clears First Concrete Pour for Kaiga 700 MWe PHWRs

AERB issued consent KAIGA-5&6/CN/FPC/0/24022026 on 24 February 2026 allowing the first pour of concrete for Kaiga Units 5 and 6, legally recognising the site as under construction until 28 February 2031.

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DOE closes $26.54B loan to Southern subsidiaries for nuclear, 16-GW, 1,300-mile transmission

DOE closed a $26.54 billion loan to Georgia Power and Alabama Power to fund more than 16 GW of firm capacity and over 1,300 miles of transmission, unlocking long-term draws through Sept. 15, 2033.

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Curium Presents First Dosimetry, PK Data for Lu‑177 Zadavotide; Supports 7.4 GBq

Curium released first dosimetry and PK data from a 26‑patient ECLIPSE substudy showing organ doses that support 7.4 GBq per cycle and a protocol change to allow six cycles.

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Jefferson Lab KaonLT Beam-Spin Results Challenge GPDs Proton Imaging Validity

Jefferson Lab’s KaonLT press release (Feb 26, 2026) reports first beam-spin asymmetry results and concludes the GPD proton-imaging conditions are not yet met at the studied energies.

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NRC publishes Federal Register notice proposing license-amendment reviews for multiple U.S. reactors

The NRC published a Federal Register notice (Feb. 24, 2026) saying it received multiple license-amendment requests and will perform NEPA reviews instead of accepting categorical exclusions for three LARs tied to the CCEC.

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DOE Removes ALARA Principle From Radiation Rules, Sparks Safety Concerns

DOE has removed the ALARA principle from its radiation directives, a change Energy Secretary Chris Wright approved in a memo that critics say favors “legal limit is enough” over continuous exposure minimization.

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C-17 Airlift Under Operation Windlord Moves Unfueled Ward250 Reactor to Utah

A USAF C-17 airlifted Valar Atomics’ unfueled Ward250 microreactor from March Air Reserve Base to Hill AFB on February 15, 2026, bound for testing at Utah San Rafael Energy Lab.

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NRC Offers Adjudicatory Hearing on Constellation’s Three Mile Island‑1 Restart Amendments

NRC posted a Federal Register notice offering a hearing on Constellation’s three license amendment requests to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1; SUNSI access requests are due 10 days after publication.

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IAEA Report Flags Isfahan Tunnel Holding 20% to 60% Enriched Uranium

Confidential IAEA report says uranium enriched to 20% and 60% U‑235 was stored in an underground tunnel at Isfahan, and the agency urged inspections ahead of a 35-country board meeting next week.

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Steady Energy pours first concrete for non-nuclear LDR-50 SMR pilot in Helsinki

Steady Energy poured first concrete for a full‑scale, non‑nuclear LDR-50 pilot inside Helsinki’s Salmisaari B turbine hall; the electric‑heated model will feed about 6 MW into Helen’s district network.

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TerraPower Natrium 345 MWe Reactor with Molten-Salt Storage Enters UK GDA

TerraPower’s Natrium 345 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor with a molten-salt storage system that can boost output to 500 MWe has been accepted into the UK Generic Design Assessment.

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Philippine DOE, NEP-IAC and PhilAtom Finalize Harmonized Licensing Roadmap for Nuclear Projects

The Philippine DOE, NEP-IAC and newly created PhilAtom finalized a harmonized, whole-of-government licensing and permitting roadmap for proposed nuclear projects on February 24, 2026.

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