{"source_name":"World Nuclear News","source_url":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/","note":"Headlines and the publisher's own teaser text, linking out to the full article. Nothing here is written by this site.","items":[{"title":"Westinghouse places initial orders for Polish plant","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/westinghouse-places-initial-orders-for-polish-plant","pubDate":"2026-10-14T11:49:10.000Z","excerpt":"Westinghouse has placed conditional purchase orders for safety-related modules with four Polish companies, a week after being commissioned to begin ordering long-lead items for the first unit of Poland's planned first nuclear power plant."},{"title":"Namibia takes step towards nuclear power","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/namibia-takes-step-towards-nuclear-power","pubDate":"2026-10-14T10:00:33.000Z","excerpt":"Namibia's Prime Minister has appointed a Nuclear Commissioner to coordinate preparations for nuclear energy and put in place a structure to provide high-level policy coordination and strategic oversight."},{"title":"Kairos Power automates fuel pebble inspections","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/kairos-power-automates-fuel-pebble-inspections","pubDate":"2026-10-14T09:01:29.000Z","excerpt":"A new facility at Kairos Power's Manufacturing Development Campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico, verifies manufacturing specifications and engraves each fuel pebble with a unique code so it can be traced through testing and operation."},{"title":"US maritime nuclear firm Bluecore Energy announces uranium purchase","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/us-maritime-nuclear-firm-bluecore-energy-announces-uranium-purchase","pubDate":"2026-10-14T08:33:48.000Z","excerpt":"California-based Bluecore Energy said its purchase of low-enriched uranium from WMC is one of several areas where it has made \"significant progress\" towards moving its technology from engineering and non-fuelled hardware development toward fuel fabrication, testing, validation and future deployment."},{"title":"Agreement signed on second Polish nuclear power plant","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/agreement-signed-on-second-polish-nuclear-power-plant","pubDate":"2026-10-13T13:46:42.000Z","excerpt":"Poland's Ministry of Energy, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe and Polska Grupa Energetyczna have signed an agreement defining the division of tasks and principles of cooperation in preparing the construction of the country's second nuclear power plant."},{"title":"NND applies to take over Kjeller nuclear facilities","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/nnd-applies-to-take-over-kjeller-nuclear-facilities","pubDate":"2026-10-13T12:30:19.000Z","excerpt":"Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning has submitted a licence application to the country's nuclear regulator to take over responsibility for the nuclear facilities at Kjeller from the Institute of Energy Engineering ahead of their decommissioning."},{"title":"Czech SMR environmental impact assessment submitted","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/czech-smr-environmental-impact-assessment-submitted","pubDate":"2026-10-13T10:58:34.000Z","excerpt":"ČEZ has submitted the Environmental Impact Assessment documentation to the Ministry of the Environment for its Rolls-Royce SMR small modular reactor project in Temelín."},{"title":"Agreement aims to support US maritime nuclear","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/agreements-and-deals-support-us-maritime-nuclear-developments","pubDate":"2026-10-13T10:50:57.000Z","excerpt":"The American Bureau of Shipping and the US Department of Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance modern commercial nuclear technology at sea."},{"title":"IAEA carries out fresh LTO review mission to Oskarshamn","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/iaea-carries-out-fresh-lto-review-mission-to-oskarshamn","pubDate":"2026-10-13T09:06:19.000Z","excerpt":"The International Atomic Energy Agency team focused on aspects related to the safe Long Term Operation of Sweden's Oskarshamn 3 nuclear power unit during the visit, which followed a similar mission two years earlier."},{"title":"Hyundai E&C tests used fuel repository excavation equipment","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/hyundai-ec-tests-repository-excavation-equipment","pubDate":"2026-10-12T13:18:01.000Z","excerpt":"South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction announced it has employed equipment it has developed to excavate a full-scale deposition hole for used nuclear fuel disposal in the bedrock at its research demonstration site."},{"title":"Bangladesh's Rooppur 1 achieves criticality","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bangladeshs-rooppur-1-achieves-criticality","pubDate":"2026-10-12T12:47:06.000Z","excerpt":"The first unit at Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant achieved criticality - a self-sustaining nuclear reaction - at 15:34 on Sunday, 11 October."},{"title":"NASA, DOE join forces for 'new era' of space technologies","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/nasa-doe-join-forces-for-new-era-of-space-technologies","pubDate":"2026-10-12T11:19:38.000Z","excerpt":"The US space and energy agencies have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding establishing a framework for end-to-end collaboration across the full spectrum of space nuclear development."},{"title":"Hanhikivi-1 termination decision cases 'to continue'","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/hanhikivi-1-termination-decision-cases-to-continue","pubDate":"2026-10-12T08:32:55.000Z","excerpt":"The project for a 1,200 MWe AES-2006 VVER unit in Finland was terminated by Fennovoima a few weeks after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war."},{"title":"Milestone for Urenco USA expansion project","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/milestone-for-urenco-usa-expansion-project","pubDate":"2026-10-12T08:21:15.000Z","excerpt":"The start of production in the sixth cascade of new uranium enrichment capacity at Urenco USA's National Enrichment Facility in New Mexico means 75% of the ongoing capacity expansion has been completed."},{"title":"Latest Terrestrial Energy topical report submission could lead to faster deployment","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/latest-terrestrial-energy-topical-report-submission-could-lead-to-faster-deployment","pubDate":"2026-10-09T14:11:55.000Z","excerpt":"Approval of the Thermal and Electric Facility Topical Report submitted by the company to US regulators would mean that part of the Integrated Molten Salt Reactor plant would be classed as a conventional industrial, rather than nuclear, project, allowing it to be built and operated ahead of nuclear licensing."},{"title":"JAIF estimates economic impact from nuclear power plants","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/jaif-estimates-economic-impact-from-nuclear-power-plants","pubDate":"2026-10-09T13:52:48.000Z","excerpt":"The economic impact generated over the lifecycle of a single 1,200 MWe nuclear power plant is about JPY4.3 trillion (USD27.2 billion), according to the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum."},{"title":"Hydraulic tests completed at Turkey's Akkuyu 1","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/hydraulic-tests-completed-at-turkeys-akkuyu-1","pubDate":"2026-10-09T12:31:45.000Z","excerpt":"Hydraulic tests to check the primary circuit systems and equipment at unit 1 of Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant have been successfully completed, paving the way for hot functional tests to begin."},{"title":"Framatome to continue maintaining Sizewell B plant","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/framatome-to-continue-maintaining-sizewell-b-plant","pubDate":"2026-10-09T09:58:19.000Z","excerpt":"Framatome and EDF have renewed their long-term service agreement covering a comprehensive range of maintenance and outage services to support the long-term operation strategy of the Sizewell B nuclear power plant in Suffolk, England."},{"title":"Podcast: World Nuclear Symposium 2026","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/podcast-world-nuclear-symposium-2026","pubDate":"2026-10-09T09:29:22.000Z","excerpt":"More than 1,300 people from 65 countries gathered in London in September for the 2026 World Nuclear Symposium. The World Nuclear News team was there and bring you reports from a range of the discussions and speeches which took place."},{"title":"Poland begins ordering long-lead components for first AP1000","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/poland-begins-ordering-long-lead-components-for-first-ap1000","pubDate":"2026-10-08T16:16:41.000Z","excerpt":"Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe has commissioned Westinghouse to begin ordering long-lead items for the first unit of Poland's planned first nuclear power plant, which will comprise three AP1000 reactors."},{"title":"China's Tianwan 7 connected to the grid","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/chinas-tianwan-7-connected-to-the-grid","pubDate":"2026-10-08T14:59:17.000Z","excerpt":"Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant's unit 7 has been successfully connected to the grid, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced."},{"title":"Last Energy's Texas micro-modular reactor clears safety analysis","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/last-energy-texas-micro-modular-reactor-clears-safety-analysis","pubDate":"2026-10-08T14:45:38.000Z","excerpt":"The Department of Energy's approval of the Documented Safety Analysis clears Last Energy's planned pilot reactor at Texas A&M-RELLIS to move into the readiness review, the final step before authorisation for criticality and reactor operations."},{"title":"Thorizon, Urenco to cooperate on MSR fuel cycle","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/thorizon-urenco-to-cooperate-on-msr-fuel-cycle","pubDate":"2026-10-08T12:47:19.000Z","excerpt":"A memorandum of understanding with the molten salt reactor developer Thorizon will examine Urenco's potential role in the molten salt fuel supply chain and how depleted uranium could become a fuel resource for advanced nuclear."},{"title":"Slovakia buys out Czech stake in new nuclear project company","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/slovakia-buys-out-czech-stake-in-new-nuclear-project","pubDate":"2026-10-08T11:48:24.000Z","excerpt":"ČEZ has sold its 49% stake in JESS, the company formed to develop new nuclear capacity in Slovakia, for EUR189 million (USD211 million)."},{"title":"Westinghouse teams up with Hyundai E&C for Dutch FEED studies","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/westinghouse-teams-up-with-hyundai-ec-for-dutch-feed-studies","pubDate":"2026-10-08T11:04:41.000Z","excerpt":"South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction has been contracted by Westinghouse to carry out basic design studies for the construction of two large nuclear power plants in the Netherlands based on Westinghouse's AP1000 design."},{"title":"Deployable Energy to test its Unity nuclear battery in DOME","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/deployable-energy-to-test-its-unity-nuclear-battery-in-dome","pubDate":"2026-10-07T14:16:05.000Z","excerpt":"Deployable Energy's Unity demonstration reactor has been selected by the US Department of Energy's National Reactor Innovation Center for testing inside the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments, or DOME, testbed at the Idaho National Laboratory in 2027."},{"title":"Swiss citizens may get to vote on construction of new reactors","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/swiss-citizens-may-get-to-vote-on-construction-of-new-reactors","pubDate":"2026-10-07T12:00:25.000Z","excerpt":"The Alliance for Secure Electricity Supply has launched a campaign for the lifting of the ban on new nuclear power plant construction in Switzerland. It comes as a broad coalition claims to have collected enough signatures in support of a referendum against the construction of new plants."},{"title":"German uranium oxide storage facility commissioned","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/german-uranium-oxide-storage-facility-commissioned","pubDate":"2026-10-07T11:55:24.000Z","excerpt":"Uranium enrichment services provider Urenco has officially commissioned the uranium oxide storage facility at its site in Gronau, Germany. Construction of the facility was completed several years ago."},{"title":"Key equipment installed in BREST-OD-300 turbine hall","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/key-equipment-installed-in-brest-od-300-turbine-hall","pubDate":"2026-10-07T10:12:49.000Z","excerpt":"Two separator-superheaters, each 16 metres tall and weighing 95 tonnes, have been installed in their design positions for the innovative lead-cooled BREST-OD-300 fast neutron reactor."},{"title":"Fusion firm Xcimer announces fresh DOE milestones award","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/fusion-firm-xcimer-announces-fresh-doe-milestones-funding","pubDate":"2026-10-07T09:49:24.000Z","excerpt":"American laser fusion company Xcimer says it has finalised an agreement for up to USD30.5 million of funding through the US Department of Energy's Milestone-based Fusion Development Program."},{"title":"Google and Oracle deals support long-term US plant operations","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/new-end-user-agreements-support-long-term-us-plant-operations","pubDate":"2026-10-06T15:23:47.000Z","excerpt":"Google and Constellation Energy have announced a long-term collaboration to bring 890 MW of new nuclear capacity onto the PJM Interconnection grid, as well as a power purchase agreement. Meanwhile, Oracle is to subscribe to output from the Point Beach nuclear power plant."},{"title":"Concreting milestones at Chinese Hualong One units","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/concreting-milestones-at-chinese-hualong-one-units","pubDate":"2026-10-06T15:21:32.000Z","excerpt":"The concreting of the inner containment dome has been completed at unit 3 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province, while concrete pours have also been completed at units 1 and 2 of the Zhaoyuan plant in Shandong province."},{"title":"DOE offers Vistra loan for reactor upgrades and uprates","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/doe-offers-vistra-loan-for-reactor-upgrades-and-uprates","pubDate":"2026-10-06T14:03:53.000Z","excerpt":"The US Department of Energy has announced a conditional loan commitment of up to USD4.2 billion to finance uprates and modernisation projects at Vistra Corp's Beaver Valley, Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear power plants."},{"title":"BWXT's BANR microreactor selected for Canadian project","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bwxts-banr-microreactor-selected-for-canadian-project","pubDate":"2026-10-06T12:34:56.000Z","excerpt":"BWX Technologies says that its BANR microreactor has been selected by Prodigy Clean Energy, Pabineau First Nation and Eel River Bar First Nation for a proposed project in Belledune in New Brunswick."},{"title":"Europe delivers final ITER vacuum vessel sector","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/europe-delivers-final-iter-vacuum-vessel-sector","pubDate":"2026-10-05T15:04:03.000Z","excerpt":"Fusion for Energy, in collaboration with Ansaldo Nucleare, Westinghouse and Walter Tosto, has completed manufacturing Europe's final vacuum vessel sector for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor at Cadarache in south-eastern France."},{"title":"Timeline for Polish nuclear units slips in updated programme","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/timeline-for-polish-nuclear-units-slips-in-updated-programme","pubDate":"2026-10-05T13:23:57.000Z","excerpt":"Poland's Council of Ministers has adopted an update to the country's nuclear power programme - a strategic document outlining the development of nuclear energy in Poland - with the first nuclear power plant now expected to start up in 2036 and the second one in 2040."},{"title":"Orano inaugurates lead-212 production facility","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/orano-inaugurates-lead-212-production-facility","pubDate":"2026-10-05T12:45:19.000Z","excerpt":"An opening ceremony has been held for Europe's first industrial-scale facility for the production of lead-212-based targeted alpha therapies, the Alpha Therapy Laboratory in Valenciennes, France."},{"title":"Green Party drops nuclear phase-out policy","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/green-party-members-drop-nuclear-phase-out-policy","pubDate":"2026-10-05T06:26:23.000Z","excerpt":"Members of the Green Party of England and Wales have voted at their autumn conference to include nuclear among a list of low-carbon forms of energy."},{"title":"Second part of construction permit application submitted for SMRs at Palisades","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/second-part-of-construction-permit-application-submitted-for-pioneer-smrs","pubDate":"2026-10-02T14:38:26.000Z","excerpt":"Holtec has submitted the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for two small modular reactor units at the Palisades Energy Center in Michigan, completing the second phase of the Construction Permit Application process."},{"title":"NPCIL signs MoU for Gujarat nuclear power projects","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/npcil-signs-mou-for-gujarat-nuclear-power-projects","pubDate":"2026-10-02T14:08:08.000Z","excerpt":"Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited and Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore and identify suitable sites in India's Gujarat state for new nuclear power plant projects."},{"title":"Hinkley Point B becomes second AGR plant transferred for decommissioning","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/hinkley-pointb-second-agr-transferred-for-decommissioning","pubDate":"2026-10-02T11:14:46.000Z","excerpt":"Ownership of the Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset, England - which was permanently shut down four years ago - has transferred from EDF Energy to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority for the plant's decommissioning."},{"title":"Moves to bolster US nuclear workforce development","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/moves-to-bolster-us-nuclear-workforce-development","pubDate":"2026-10-02T09:00:16.000Z","excerpt":"Westinghouse and the University of South Carolina are partnering to create a multidisciplinary nuclear workforce development programme to support US fleet deployment of AP1000 plants. Meanwhile, the New York Power Authority has awarded USD10 million in funding to support nuclear workforce development programmes across the state."},{"title":"Polish entrepreneurs invest in SGE's BWRX-300 projects","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/polish-entrepreneurs-invest-in-sges-bwrx-300-projects","pubDate":"2026-10-02T07:04:24.000Z","excerpt":"A group of Polish business people have invested a total of PLN500 million (USD128 million) in SGE’s plans to build fleets of small modular reactors in Poland, the UK and elsewhere in Europe."},{"title":"USA, South Korea targeting six AP1000 and two APR1400 units","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/usa-south-korea-targeting-six-ap1000-two-apr1400-units","pubDate":"2026-10-01T12:08:45.000Z","excerpt":"A USD120 billion framework agreement to build six Westinghouse AP1000 units and two of South Korea's APR1400 units in the USA has been outlined by the US Department of Commerce."},{"title":"Constellation, Amazon agree nuclear-focused power purchase deal","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/constellation-amazon-agree-nuclear-focused-power-purchase-deal","pubDate":"2026-10-01T10:32:26.000Z","excerpt":"A 20-year power purchase agreement signed by tech giant Amazon will enable Constellation to add 190 MW of capacity and extend the operating life of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Maryland in the US."},{"title":"Four key issues when building nuclear in different countries, according to Rosatom","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/four-priority-issues-building-nuclear-different-countries-according-rosatom","pubDate":"2026-10-01T08:43:37.000Z","excerpt":"Scaling-up nuclear capacity remains one of the major challenges for the global nuclear industry, and Polina Lion, chief sustainability officer of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, outlined four priority areas for action at World Nuclear Symposium in London."},{"title":"Hinkley Point C completes 620-metre tunnel for fish","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/hinkley-point-c-completes-620-metre-tunnel-for-fish","pubDate":"2026-10-01T08:02:22.000Z","excerpt":"A tunnel boring machine has finished digging a 620-metre tunnel which will form part of Hinkley Point C's system for returning fish to the sea."},{"title":"WANO stresses importance of collaboration for nuclear growth","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/wano-stresses-importance-of-collaboration-for-nuclear-growth","pubDate":"2026-10-01T07:43:39.000Z","excerpt":"\"As nuclear energy expands globally, success will depend on our ability to learn faster, collaborate more deeply and translate insight into action,\" said World Association of Nuclear Operators CEO Naoki Chigusa."},{"title":"First construction permit issued for BWRX-300 SMR in the US","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-construction-permit-issued-for-bwrx300-smr-in-us","pubDate":"2026-09-30T15:02:24.000Z","excerpt":"The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a construction permit for the Tennessee Valley Authority's planned GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX‑300 small modular reactor at the Clinch River site."},{"title":"Saskatchewan firms up nuclear power ambitions","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/saskatchewan-firms-up-nuclear-power-ambitions","pubDate":"2026-09-30T14:59:31.000Z","excerpt":"The Government of Saskatchewan has released a plan that establishes a goal of having at least 2,600 MWe of nuclear generating capacity online in the Canadian province by 2050."},{"title":"Sellafield selects partners for asset care framework","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/sellafield-selects-partners-for-asset-care-framework","pubDate":"2026-09-30T14:11:29.000Z","excerpt":"The successful partners have been identified for a new delivery framework, valued at up to GBP3.6 billion (USD4.8 billion), for asset care and asset creation activities at the UK's Sellafield site in Cumbria, in northwest England."},{"title":"Armenia to make new nuclear decision 'in near future'","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/armenia-to-make-new-nuclear-plant-decision-in-near-future","pubDate":"2026-09-30T10:51:44.000Z","excerpt":"Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev to discuss further life extension options for the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant, as well as options for new nuclear capacity."},{"title":"Tianwan 7 brought to minimum controllable power level","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tianwan-7-brought-to-minimum-controllable-power-level","pubDate":"2026-09-29T15:37:41.000Z","excerpt":"The new Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant unit 7 has achieved a self-sustaining controlled nuclear chain reaction and is at its minimum controllable power level."},{"title":"Polimex Mostostal to build Polish AP1000 assembly halls","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/polimex-mostostal-to-build-polish-ap1000-assembly-halls","pubDate":"2026-09-29T14:54:32.000Z","excerpt":"Polish construction engineering firm Polimex Mostostal has been selected by Bechtel to deliver, assemble and commission two large-scale assembly halls as part of the project to construct the country's first nuclear power plant."},{"title":"Legislative amendment paves way for continued operation of Borssele","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/legislative-amendment-paves-way-for-continued-operation-of-borssele","pubDate":"2026-09-29T13:44:42.000Z","excerpt":"As the Dutch Senate approves an amendment to the Nuclear Energy Act, allowing a possible life extension of the Borssele nuclear power plant beyond 2033, the government said it has reached an agreement on acquiring 70% of the shares of operator EPZ."},{"title":"General Matter submits licence application for enrichment plant","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/general-matter-submits-enrichment-plant-licence-application","pubDate":"2026-09-29T09:44:27.000Z","excerpt":"A licence application has been submitted to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission by General Matter for its proposed commercial uranium enrichment facility in Paducah, Kentucky."},{"title":"NRC completes environmental review of Crane restart","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/nrc-completes-environmental-review-of-crane-restart","pubDate":"2026-09-28T15:38:44.000Z","excerpt":"The US regulator, together with the Department of Energy Office of Energy Dominance Financing, has issued an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for environmental effects from proposed Federal actions related to reauthorising power operations at the Christopher Crane Clean Energy Center in Pennsylvania."},{"title":"First concrete poured for Bailong 2 nuclear power unit","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-concrete-poured-for-bailong-2-nuclear-power-unit","pubDate":"2026-09-28T11:12:52.000Z","excerpt":"First concrete was poured for the nuclear island of Bailong Nuclear Power Plant's unit 2 at 18:27 on Sunday 27 September."},{"title":"Taiwan regulator completes review of restart plan","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/taiwan-regulator-completes-review-of-restart-plan","pubDate":"2026-09-28T10:55:12.000Z","excerpt":"Taiwan's nuclear regulator has completed its review of Taipower's plans for the restart of the Maanshan nuclear power plant, which was submitted earlier this year."},{"title":"UK aims to build on fusion research record to establish industrial base","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/uk-aims-to-build-on-fusion-research-record-to-establish-industrial-base","pubDate":"2026-09-28T10:28:50.000Z","excerpt":"The UK is seeking to translate its position in fusion research into industrial and commercial leadership, with government, industry and the UK Atomic Energy Authority highlighting the need to develop supply chains, skills, regulation and investment alongside fusion technology."},{"title":"Inter-American Development Bank and IAEA sign nuclear energy MoU","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/inter-american-development-bank-and-iaea-nuclear-energy-mou","pubDate":"2026-09-28T09:51:51.000Z","excerpt":"The Inter-American Development Bank and the International Atomic Energy Agency have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation on the use of nuclear energy in Latin America and the Caribbean."},{"title":"White Paper aims to facilitate safe and secure transport of radioactive materials","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/white-paper-aims-to-facilitate-safe-transport-of-radioactive-materials","pubDate":"2026-09-25T13:25:04.000Z","excerpt":"A series of recommendations have been made to mitigate the denial or delay of transport of radioactive materials which nuclear power plants, hospitals, industries and researchers rely on."},{"title":"Milestone for X-Energy's TRISO-X fuel facility","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/milestone-for-x-energys-triso-xs-fuel-facility","pubDate":"2026-09-25T10:46:11.000Z","excerpt":"Construction of the 214,000-square-foot building which will house the TX-1 advanced nuclear fuel facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has been completed."},{"title":"Agreement clears way for resumption of Niger uranium project","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/agreement-clears-way-for-resumption-of-niger-uranium-project","pubDate":"2026-09-25T10:05:09.000Z","excerpt":"The Mining Convention for the Madouela project formalises a framework agreement announced in August and triggers the process to discontinue international arbitration proceedings over the project in Niger."},{"title":"Demolition of exhaust stack changes Stade 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Since 1970, the stack had been a prominent feature of the power plant's skyline and shaped the site for decades."},{"title":"Italy's Senate approves a return to nuclear power","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/italys-senate-approves-a-return-to-nuclear-power","pubDate":"2026-09-24T11:11:17.000Z","excerpt":"Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's bill paving the way for a return to nuclear power in Italy after four decades was passed in the Senate by 81 votes to 51, with seven abstentions."},{"title":"Polish plant contract negotiations move to next stage","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/polish-plant-contract-negotiations-move-to-next-stage","pubDate":"2026-09-24T10:03:56.000Z","excerpt":"The Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium and Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe have agreed the main commercial and legal terms of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract that will deliver Poland's first nuclear power plant, and plan to complete the contract negotiation process by the end of this year."},{"title":"US-Turkey agreement to accelerate SMR deployment","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/us-turkey-agreement-to-accelerate-smr-deployment","pubDate":"2026-09-24T09:07:22.000Z","excerpt":"The US Trade and Development Agency has signed an agreement with Turkey's state-owned nuclear development enterprise TÜNAŞ to fund technical assistance to create the regulatory, institutional, and financial roadmap needed for Turkish private sector companies to deploy small modular reactor nuclear technology."},{"title":"Second reactor manufactured for floating nuclear plant","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/second-reactor-manufactured-for-floating-nuclear-plant","pubDate":"2026-09-24T08:19:15.000Z","excerpt":"The second RITM-200C small modular reactor unit has been manufactured for the floating nuclear power plant destined to supply electricity to a copper mining centre in Chukotka."},{"title":"Contracts announced as Pickering refurb approaches","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/contracts-announced-as-pickering-refurb-approaches","pubDate":"2026-09-23T15:16:37.000Z","excerpt":"The Province of Ontario has announced the signature of more than CAD3 billion (USD2.1 billion) worth of contracts for the refurbishment of four units at Ontario Power Generation's Pickering plant as site construction for the project gets under way."},{"title":"Škoda JS to supply control rod drives for Rolls-Royce SMR's reactors","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/skoda-js-to-supply-control-rod-drives-for-rolls-royce-smrs","pubDate":"2026-09-23T12:36:30.000Z","excerpt":"Czech company Škoda JS has been chosen as sole supplier of control rod drive mechanisms for Rolls-Royce SMR's future small modular reactors."},{"title":"GE Vernova, Hitachi, SGE and Samsung C&T sign BWRX-300s MoU","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/ge-vernova-hitachi-sge-and-samsung-ct-sign-mou-on-bwrx-300s-in-europe","pubDate":"2026-09-23T10:34:49.000Z","excerpt":"An agreement to work together to identify and develop market opportunities for the deployment of BWRX-300 small modular reactors in Europe was signed on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York."},{"title":"China's giant crane for nuclear power plant construction","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/china-launches-giant-crane-for-nuclear-power-plant-construction","pubDate":"2026-09-23T07:27:54.000Z","excerpt":"China General Nuclear says the 250,000-ton-metre lifting torque ring-rail crane rolled off the production line last month to support the construction of Hualong One 2.0 nuclear power plants."},{"title":"SGE confident of UK SMR fleet prospects","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/sge-confident-of-uk-smr-fleet-prospects","pubDate":"2026-09-23T05:26:32.000Z","excerpt":"The team behind plans for a fleet of 14 BWRX-300 small modular reactors in the UK says they are confident of the economic model and supply chain capability to deliver these units."},{"title":"Framatome secures first contract for higher enriched fuel","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/framatome-secures-first-contract-for-higher-enriched-fuel","pubDate":"2026-09-22T16:16:17.000Z","excerpt":"Framatome announced it has signed a commercial contract to deliver the world's first nuclear fuel reload with uranium-235 enrichment above the industry standard of 5%, to an operating nuclear reactor in the USA."},{"title":"Bechtel steps away from TerraPower project","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bechtel-steps-away-from-terrapower-project","pubDate":"2026-09-22T14:13:22.000Z","excerpt":"TerraPower says it intends to rebid the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the project to build the first-of-a-kind Natrium reactor in Kemmerer, Wyoming, following the two companies' decision to move forward separately."},{"title":"Samsung C&T invests in Kairos Power","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/samsung-ct-invests-in-kairos-power","pubDate":"2026-09-22T13:01:18.000Z","excerpt":"Kairos Power and Samsung C&T have announced the signing of a binding term sheet for the South Korean engineering and construction firm to make a strategic investment in Kairos Power and for the companies to collaborate on the commercial deployment of Kairos Power's fluoride salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor technology."},{"title":"Google agreement to support Georgia plant uprates","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/google-agreement-to-support-Georgia-plant-uprates","pubDate":"2026-09-22T12:45:49.000Z","excerpt":"A new agreement will see Google support uprates on Georgia Power's share of the Vogtle and Hatch plants, which will add around 96 MW of new capacity to the grid."},{"title":"Power start-up for Mochovce 4","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/power-start-up-for-mochovce-4","pubDate":"2026-09-22T10:17:48.000Z","excerpt":"Slovakia's Mochovce 4 began power generation at 15:33 on Monday, which operator Slovenske elektrárne describes as the last major stage before the unit is put into operation."},{"title":"Indian plants celebrate fuel loading milestones","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/indian-plants-celebrate-fuel-loading-milestones","pubDate":"2026-09-21T14:57:50.000Z","excerpt":"As fuel loading begins at Rajasthan Atomic Power Project unit 8, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has started geotechnical investigations for the next two units at the plant. Meanwhile, fuel loading has begun at Kaiga unit 1 as the unit begins the process to return to service after refurbishment."},{"title":"France prepares to start dismantling first UNGG reactor","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/france-prepares-to-start-dismantling-first-ungg-reactor","pubDate":"2026-09-21T13:13:38.000Z","excerpt":"EDF subsidiary Cyclife announced the Chinon A nuclear power plant dismantling project has reached a major milestone with the validation of the contractual strategy for dismantling the Chinon A2 plant's heat exchangers."},{"title":"Nuward targets 10 SMRs in five EU countries","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/edfs-nuward-smr-planning-10-units-in-five-eu-countries","pubDate":"2026-09-21T12:54:42.000Z","excerpt":"As the European Industrial Alliance on SMRs says it is now assessing a second round of applications, Nuward's CEO has said that it aims to start construction of the first of an initial fleet of 10 units in 2030."},{"title":"Akkuyu 1 set for next stage of pre-commissioning activities","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/akkuyu-1-set-for-next-stage-of-pre-commissioning-activities","pubDate":"2026-09-21T09:28:25.000Z","excerpt":"The first unit at Turkey's Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is being prepared for the reactor's next stage of pre-start-up testing."},{"title":"Industry groups call for governments commitment for nuclear growth","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/industry-groups-call-for-government-commitment-for-nuclear-growth","pubDate":"2026-09-18T14:51:10.000Z","excerpt":"Nine industry associations participating in the Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference in Paris have reaffirmed the industry's commitment to advancing the peaceful use of nuclear technology and called on governments to support this growth."},{"title":"Antares, Centrus sign multi-year HALEU contract","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/antares-centrus-sign-multi-year-haleu-contract","pubDate":"2026-09-18T10:46:39.000Z","excerpt":"Pre-payments under the contract will support Centrus's ongoing expansion of its uranium enrichment capacity, with deliveries of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to support Antares' advanced reactor projects, including for space and national security missions, to begin by the end of the decade."},{"title":"China sets out fusion progress, collaboration opportunities","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/china-sets-out-fusion-progress-collaboration-opportunities","pubDate":"2026-09-18T10:00:07.000Z","excerpt":"China's aim to achieve the commercial utilisation of fusion energy by 2050, and the benefits to be gained from international collaboration, have been set out at Fusion for the Future: Engineering the Key Pathway to Realising Fusion Energy, a side event at the 70th IAEA General Conference."},{"title":"Containment tests completed at Lufeng unit 5","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/containment-tests-completed-at-lufeng-unit-5","pubDate":"2026-09-18T09:25:00.000Z","excerpt":"Tests to check the integrity of the containment structure have been completed at unit 5 of the Lufeng nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. The unit is the first of two Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors under construction at the site."},{"title":"Natural draft cooling tower is preferred JEK2 option","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/natural-draft-cooling-tower-is-preferred-jek2-option","pubDate":"2026-09-18T08:01:53.000Z","excerpt":"A feasibility study of four cooling tower options for Slovenia's proposed JEK2 new nuclear project has proposed a natural draft cooling tower of between 193 metres and 198 metres."},{"title":"Third unit at Changjiang site commissioned","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/third-unit-at-changjiang-site-commissioned","pubDate":"2026-09-17T14:03:07.000Z","excerpt":"Unit 3 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant in China's island province of Hainan has entered commercial operation. The unit is the first of two Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors being constructed as Phase II of the plant."},{"title":"UK nuclear regulators set out plans to implement reforms","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/uk-nuclear-regulators-set-out-plans-to-implement-reforms","pubDate":"2026-09-17T13:33:06.000Z","excerpt":"The Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency have informed ministers of the changes they have already made or intend to make in order to speed up the licensing process for new nuclear technologies and construction projects."},{"title":"Holtec postpones planned stock market launch","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/holtec-postpones-market-launch","pubDate":"2026-09-17T12:42:09.000Z","excerpt":"Holtec Nuclear Corporation is postponing the initial public offering it announced in July, due to market conditions. The company's CEO has said market concerns about the AI sector have played a part in the decision."},{"title":"First transfer from Chernobyl's new waste processing facility","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-transfer-from-chernobyls-new-waste-processing-facility","pubDate":"2026-09-17T10:10:54.000Z","excerpt":"Seven packages containing low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste have been shipped after processing from the Industrial Complex for Solid Radioactive Waste Management."},{"title":"Smolensk's planned new units get environmental approval","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/smolensks-planned-new-units-get-environmental-approval","pubDate":"2026-09-17T09:52:41.000Z","excerpt":"The licence justification materials for two new units at the next phase of Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia have had a positive verdict from Russia's State Environmental Expertise."},{"title":"Podcast - Norman Foster's symposium speech on nuclear energy","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/podcast---norman-fosters-symposium-speech-on-nuclears-future","pubDate":"2026-09-17T08:38:03.000Z","excerpt":"Internationally-renowned architect Lord Norman Foster was one of the key speakers at World Nuclear Symposium in London. In his speech he said that nuclear's ability to provide a \"vast amount of power\" with \"a tiny imprint\" means that micro-modular power units should be being produced at \"industrial-scale, like jet engines\" with the potential to autonomously power new developments and move beyond the \"obsolete idea of a grid\"."},{"title":"Cameco in offtake agreement for US laser enrichment plant","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/cameco-in-offtake-agreement-for-us-laser-enrichment-plant","pubDate":"2026-09-16T16:24:20.000Z","excerpt":"Canadian company Cameco Corporation is to buy all of the future production of GLE's planned Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility in Kentucky under a newly announced exclusive offtake agreement."},{"title":"Blue Energy submits first construction application to NRC","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/blue-energy-submits-first-construction-application-to-nrc","pubDate":"2026-09-16T15:43:32.000Z","excerpt":"Blue Energy has submitted the first part of its construction permit application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its planned gas-to-nuclear project in Texas."},{"title":"Holtec SMR project gets regulatory nod for early site work","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/holtec-smr-project-gets-regulatory-nod-for-early-site-work","pubDate":"2026-09-16T14:55:24.000Z","excerpt":"An exemption granted by the US regulator means Holtec can go ahead with certain works before the issuance of a Limited Work Authorisation for two small modular reactor units at the Palisades Energy Center in Michigan."},{"title":"China begins building hydrogen-boron fusion device","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/china-begins-building-hydrogen-boron-fusion-device","pubDate":"2026-09-16T13:53:27.000Z","excerpt":"The ENN Group has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the ENN Fusion Spherical Ring Hydrogen-Boron Plasma Platform (Helong-2) project at the group's fusion R&D centre in the Langfang Economic and Technological Development Zone in China's Hebei Province."},{"title":"US funding for Thai SMR feasibility study","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/us-funding-for-thai-smr-feasibility-study","pubDate":"2026-09-16T11:46:12.000Z","excerpt":"The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand has signed an agreement with the US Trade and Development Agency for a feasibility study on the deployment of US small modular reactor technologies in Thailand."},{"title":"First SMR funding agreed by European Investment Bank","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-smr-investment-by-european-investment-bank","pubDate":"2026-09-15T16:10:36.000Z","excerpt":"The European Investment Bank is to invest up to EUR40 million (USD46 million) in Finland's small modular reactor company Steady Energy, whose LDR-50 reactor is designed specifically for district heating networks."},{"title":"eVinci sets temperature record during zero-power criticality tests","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/evinci-sets-temperature-record-during-zero-power-criticality-tests","pubDate":"2026-09-15T15:30:39.000Z","excerpt":"Westinghouse says the completion of zero-power high-temperature criticality testing for the microreactor, which saw it reach criticality at 663 degrees Celsius, is a defining milestone in the programme's build-test-learn development journey."},{"title":"UK regulators to begin Xe-100 design assessment","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/uk-regulators-to-begin-xe-100-design-assessment","pubDate":"2026-09-15T14:52:52.000Z","excerpt":"The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has directed UK regulators to begin the Generic Design Assessment of the X-energy Xe-100 high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, after completing reviews of X-energy UK Holdings Ltd's application."},{"title":"UK, USA enhance cooperation on fusion energy","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/uk-usa-enhance-cooperation-on-fusion-energy","pubDate":"2026-09-15T12:10:11.000Z","excerpt":"A number of collaboration agreements have been announced between US and UK partners aimed at accelerating the commercial deployment of nuclear fusion power plants around the world."},{"title":"China launches Global Network for SMR Innovation","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/china-launches-global-network-for-smr-innovation","pubDate":"2026-09-15T09:50:21.000Z","excerpt":"China Atomic Energy Authority has launched the Global Network for SMR Innovation with the aim of supporting small modular reactor technology progress, standards and deployment \"helping make nuclear energy safer, more affordable and more accessible in support of climate action and sustainable development\"."},{"title":"Indiana to get its first power-producing nuclear reactor","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/indiana-to-get-its-first-power-producing-nuclear-reactor","pubDate":"2026-09-14T15:42:56.000Z","excerpt":"A commercially owned and operated micromodular reactor is to be installed at Naval Weapons Station Crane, becoming the US Navy's first shore-based advanced micromodular reactor as well as the state of Indiana's first power-producing reactor."},{"title":"Groundwork begins for demonstration Hualong One 2.0 units","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/groundwork-begins-for-demonstration-hualong-one-20-units","pubDate":"2026-09-14T14:59:33.000Z","excerpt":"Site levelling and excavation work for the second phase of the Jinqimen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang Province has begun, China National Nuclear Corporation announced. The site will eventually house six HPR1000 (Hualong One) units."},{"title":"Chubu withdraws restart applications for Hamaoka units","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/chubu-withdraws-restart-applications-for-hamaoka-units","pubDate":"2026-09-14T14:11:59.000Z","excerpt":"Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Company has said it will withdraw applications for regulatory reviews of units 3 and 4 at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture after an independent committee found that workers felt under pressure from senior management to manipulate earthquake data submitted to the regulator."},{"title":"Red Book confident on uranium resources to meet future growth","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/red-book-confident-on-uranium-resources-to-meet-future-growth","pubDate":"2026-09-14T13:35:12.000Z","excerpt":"The global uranium sector is responding to growing interest in nuclear capacity expansion, according to the latest assessment by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency. But investment is needed to turn resources into supply."},{"title":"IAEA's projections suggest there could be 1,000 SMRs by 2060","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/iaeas-projections-suggest-there-could-be-1000-smrs-by-2060","pubDate":"2026-09-14T08:15:17.000Z","excerpt":"The International Atomic Energy Agency has released its annual projections of future energy demands and nuclear power capacity - and suggested in its 'high case' scenario that by 2060 there could be as much as 284 GWe capacity provided by small modular reactors, which would be the equivalent of 946 SMRs if they average 300 MWe capacity, or 1,136 SMRs if they average 250 MWe."},{"title":"Uranium companies see new chapter for the market","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/uranium-companies-see-new-chapter-for-the-market","pubDate":"2026-09-11T15:19:27.000Z","excerpt":"The momentum that is currently driving the East's appetite for uranium is not currently being matched in the West - but new types of customers are starting to show interest in buying uranium as part of forward-looking strategies, according to senior executives from the world's two largest uranium-producing companies."},{"title":"Deep Fission completes borehole demonstration","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/deep-fission-completes-borehole-demonstration","pubDate":"2026-09-11T13:28:20.000Z","excerpt":"A full-sized prototype of the canister that will hold the Gravity reactor has been installed and then retrieved from a borehole using standard equipment already in commercial service in the drilling industry."},{"title":"Tips from China's 56-month nuclear construction schedule","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tips-from-china-for-56-month-nuclear-construction-schedule","pubDate":"2026-09-11T11:57:11.000Z","excerpt":"The President of China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation, Ma Yuanhua, shared their \"thinking and practice\" in developing a fleet-based construction process which now has a target of 56 months for new nuclear power units."},{"title":"Proxima announces plan for German HTS production facility","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/proxima-announces-plan-for-german-hts-production-facility","pubDate":"2026-09-11T10:32:13.000Z","excerpt":"Munich-based stellarator company Proxima Fusion and the State of Lower Saxony have signed a memorandum of understanding to build Europe's first large-scale fusion-grade high-temperature superconducting tape facility."},{"title":"New study sets 'robust' pathway for Honeymoon project","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/new-study-sets-robust-pathway-for-honeymoon-project","pubDate":"2026-09-11T08:01:43.000Z","excerpt":"Boss Energy has announced a new economic life-of-mine plan for Honeymoon, with forecast life-of-mine production of 13.8 million pounds U3O8 (5,309 tU) over a nine-year operating period, according to a new feasibility study which incorporates growing operating data and experience built since production restarted at the project in April 2024."},{"title":"Podcast: World Nuclear Outlook Report's key findings","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/podcast-world-nuclear-outlook-reports-key-findings","pubDate":"2026-09-11T06:00:52.000Z","excerpt":"The World Nuclear Outlook Report outlines a record year for nuclear energy generation in 2025, highlights where that growth is coming from, assesses the progress towards ambitious future capacity goals, and also makes policy recommendations to help achieve them. Its author, Jonathan Cobb, joined the World Nuclear News podcast to discuss its findings in depth."},{"title":"Orano CEO's confident bet on Mongolian production","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/orano-ceo-confident-bet-on-mongolian-production","pubDate":"2026-09-10T14:17:48.000Z","excerpt":"The CEO of French fuel cycle company Orano says he expects the company will be producing \"multi-million pounds\" of uranium per year from its operations in Mongolia by the end of the decade, as senior leaders discussed advances in the entire nuclear value chain at World Nuclear Symposium 2026."},{"title":"Bannerman completes Etango funding, moves towards FID","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/bannerman-completes-Etango-funding","pubDate":"2026-09-10T12:51:53.000Z","excerpt":"Bannerman Energy has completed an AUD124 million (USD89 million) underwritten placement which - together with the company's other financial arrangements - is expected to fully fund the Namibian Etango project through construction and ramp-up as the company moves towards a Final Investment Decision."},{"title":"Africa must be part of global nuclear renaissance, says Togolese leader","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/africa-must-be-part-of-global-nuclear-renaissance-says-togolese-leader","pubDate":"2026-09-10T12:13:49.000Z","excerpt":"The African continent \"is not asking for a handout of nuclear technology\" and should be recognised as a market for such technology, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, President of Togo's Council of Ministers, told World Nuclear Symposium delegates in London."},{"title":"Norman Foster says nuclear is key for 'Electrical Revolution'","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/norman-foster-says-nuclear-key-for-electrical-revolution","pubDate":"2026-09-10T10:06:13.000Z","excerpt":"Architect Norman Foster says that nuclear's ability to provide a \"vast amount of power\" with \"a tiny imprint\" means that micro-modular power units should be being produced at \"industrial-scale, like jet engines\" with the potential to autonomously power new developments and move beyond the \"obsolete idea of a grid\"."},{"title":"Westinghouse fuel approved for Czech Temelín units","link":"https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/westinghouse-fuel-approved-for-czech-temelin-units","pubDate":"2026-09-10T09:59:53.000Z","excerpt":"The Czech Republic's State Office for Nuclear Security has given the go-ahead for Westinghouse's fuel to be used at ČEZ's VVER-1000 units at Temelín Nuclear Power Plant."}]}