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Sweden Plans Majority Stake in Ringhals Nuclear Project, Shares Waste Costs
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Sweden Plans Majority Stake in Ringhals Nuclear Project, Shares Waste Costs

Sweden moved to take 60% of Videberg Kraft AB and share waste costs, bringing a 1,500 MW Ringhals build closer to a 2026 supplier decision.

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UKAEA unveils 2026-2030 fusion strategy to advance STEP and industry base
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UKAEA unveils 2026-2030 fusion strategy to advance STEP and industry base

UKAEA's new roadmap pushed STEP into design work, while tying Culham upgrades and a wider supply chain to a £1.3 billion commercial push.

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Bulgaria Opens National Nuclear Waste Repository Near Kozloduy Plant
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Bulgaria Opens National Nuclear Waste Repository Near Kozloduy Plant

Bulgaria opened a 66-structure waste repository near Kozloduy, a 60-year site for 19,000 containers that fills a major gap in reactor planning.

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Changjiang Unit 4 outer steel dome installed, civil works near completion
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Changjiang Unit 4 outer steel dome installed, civil works near completion

A 415-tonne outer steel dome was set on Changjiang Unit 4 in a two-hour lift, pushing the Hainan reactor deeper into the final stretch of civil works.

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South Korea's Saeul 3 reactor achieves first sustained chain reaction
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South Korea's Saeul 3 reactor achieves first sustained chain reaction

Saeul 3 has reached first criticality, starting the long climb to a planned second-half 2026 commercial launch after years of regulatory delay.

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Existing Nuclear Plants Drive Push for Resilient Fuel Supply Chains
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Existing Nuclear Plants Drive Push for Resilient Fuel Supply Chains

Record output of 2,667 TWh gave Monaco’s fuel-cycle talks a sharp edge: today’s reactors, not just new ones, are driving the race for reliable fuel.

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Mammoet and ULC-Energy Team Up to Speed Dutch Nuclear Builds
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Mammoet and ULC-Energy Team Up to Speed Dutch Nuclear Builds

Mammoet and ULC-Energy signed a Dutch build pact aimed at the hardest nuclear job: moving giant modules on time. It backs delivery logistics, not a named reactor order.

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Bulgaria pushes Kozloduy AP1000 plan, seeks local jobs and financing
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Bulgaria pushes Kozloduy AP1000 plan, seeks local jobs and financing

Bulgaria wants 30% of Kozloduy's AP1000 work to go to local firms, but financing and a build contract still stand between it and construction.

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Rolls-Royce SMR begins work on three-reactor Wylfa nuclear project
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Rolls-Royce SMR begins work on three-reactor Wylfa nuclear project

Rolls-Royce SMR and GBE-N signed the Wylfa contract, unlocking design work on three reactors and pushing Britain’s first SMR site into delivery mode.

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Grohnde nuclear plant clears fuel-free milestone, dismantling accelerates
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Grohnde nuclear plant clears fuel-free milestone, dismantling accelerates

Grohnde’s last CASTOR left the reactor building on 7 April, pushing the plant from fuel removal into a full teardown phase.

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Idaho readies TRIGA fuel storage, linking cleanup with research reactor future
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Idaho readies TRIGA fuel storage, linking cleanup with research reactor future

Idaho will store TRIGA fuel for the first time in decades, a move DOE says keeps university reactors, medical research and future fuel deliveries on track.

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NRC Dockets Terra Innovatum Topical Reports, Initiates Formal Review of SOLO MMR
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NRC Dockets Terra Innovatum Topical Reports, Initiates Formal Review of SOLO MMR

NRC docketing moves Terra Innovatum’s SOLO MMR into formal technical review under docket 99902138, advancing the CP/OL pathway and triggering safety evaluations for key topical reports.

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12-Year-Old Dallas Boy Builds Working Nuclear Fusion Reactor in Spare Room
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12-Year-Old Dallas Boy Builds Working Nuclear Fusion Reactor in Spare Room

12-year-old Aiden McMillan built a Farnsworth–Hirsch fusor in his spare room, produced neutrons verified by detectors, and has applied to Guinness as a potential youngest fuser.

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Argonne's ATLANTIS collinear-laser beamline with CARIBU probes ruthenium nuclei, refining models
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Argonne's ATLANTIS collinear-laser beamline with CARIBU probes ruthenium nuclei, refining models

Argonne’s ATLANTIS measured isotope shifts for nine radioactive ruthenium isotopes (106–114Ru), extracting charge radii that match BSkG model predictions including triaxial deformation.

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IOP Spark Offers Home-Friendly Radioactivity Experiments, Simulations and Four Animations
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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
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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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China builds first megawatt-level ADS reactor to burn nuclear waste
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China builds first megawatt-level ADS reactor to burn nuclear waste

China’s Institute of Modern Physics is building a megawatt-level accelerator-driven subcritical system in Huizhou, Guangdong, to transmute U-238 into Pu-239 using 0.8c proton beams.

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NRC Opens Contested Hearing on Global Laser Enrichment Paducah License
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NRC Opens Contested Hearing on Global Laser Enrichment Paducah License

NRC published a March 6, 2026 Federal Register notice opening a 60-day window to seek a contested hearing on Global Laser Enrichment’s proposed Paducah facility, which would enrich up to 8 wt% U-235.

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NRC streamlines environmental reviews for new reactor licensing
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NRC streamlines environmental reviews for new reactor licensing

The NRC approved two NEPA rules that could trim early licensing delays, but applicants still face project-specific reviews before a reactor can move ahead.

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Kärnfull Next Files Sweden's First SMR Approval Application in Valdemarsvik
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Kärnfull Next Files Sweden's First SMR Approval Application in Valdemarsvik

Kärnfull Next filed the first application under Sweden's new nuclear approval law for a 4–6 reactor SMR campus in Valdemarsvik that could add 10–15 TWh/year to the southern grid.

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NRC Issues TRISO-X License to Manufacture HALEU Nuclear Fuel in Tennessee
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NRC Issues TRISO-X License to Manufacture HALEU Nuclear Fuel in Tennessee

The NRC granted TRISO-X, LLC the first-of-its-kind U.S. license to fabricate HALEU fuel at a 110-acre Oak Ridge, Tennessee site on February 13, 2026.

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Oklo and Centrus Plan Joint HALEU Deconversion Hub at Ohio Site
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Oklo and Centrus Plan Joint HALEU Deconversion Hub at Ohio Site

Oklo and Centrus want to build a shared HALEU deconversion hub at Piketon, Ohio — next to a planned 1.2 GW power campus — so fuel fabricators don't each need their own line.

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TEPCO begins two-week palm-sized micro-drone inspections inside Fukushima Unit 3 containment
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TEPCO begins two-week palm-sized micro-drone inspections inside Fukushima Unit 3 containment

TEPCO sent palm-sized micro-drones into the Unit 3 primary containment on March 5, flying two short missions while a planned two-week, 21-flight program tests access routes for fuel-debris retrieval.

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Korean Consortium Submits i-SMR Standard Design to NSSC, Eyes 2028 Approval
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Korean Consortium Submits i-SMR Standard Design to NSSC, Eyes 2028 Approval

A KHNP- and KAERI-led consortium filed a standard design approval for its 170 MWe i‑SMR with the NSSC on 27 February, aiming for certification by 2028 and a FOAK start in 2029.

Nina Kowalski3m read
NRC Grants TerraPower Permit for Kemmerer Natrium Reactor, First in Nearly Decade
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NRC Grants TerraPower Permit for Kemmerer Natrium Reactor, First in Nearly Decade

NRC commissioners voted March 4, 2026 to grant TerraPower subsidiary US SFR Owner a Part 50 construction permit for Kemmerer Unit 1, clearing the way for Natrium construction in Wyoming.

Jamie Taylor3m read
NRC Proposes Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Fusion Machines
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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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NRC Staff Recommends Sweeping Overhaul of Baseline Reactor Oversight and Security Inspections
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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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MURR Opens Global Access to NCA Lutetium-177, Producing Year-Round Supply
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MURR Opens Global Access to NCA Lutetium-177, Producing Year-Round Supply

MURR became the first U.S. reactor to offer GMP no-carrier-added Lu-177 globally, producing the cancer-fighting isotope 52 weeks a year for research and commercial buyers.

Jamie Taylor2m read
BARC Finds Thorium Fuel Concept Incompatible with India's Three-Stage Nuclear Programme
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BARC Finds Thorium Fuel Concept Incompatible with India's Three-Stage Nuclear Programme

BARC's K.P. Singh finds HALEU-thorium fuel causes a 26% drop in shutdown rod effectiveness in India's 220 MWe PHWRs, killing the "drop-in" pitch.

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