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  Slavutych, Ukraine (AFP) April 25, 2026 Nikolay Solovyov was on shift the night of April 26, 1986 when the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Instead of fleeing, he chose to fight his "first war" against radiation. Four decades later, a second war - Russia's invasion of Ukraine - has taken his son. Solovyov, 67, a hard rock fan, still wears his hair long, though it has turned grey. On the night of the world's worst nuclear accident, he was working as a turbine mechanic in unit number two, a few hundred metres from reactor n ... read more |
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Chernobyl, 40 years since disaster: five things to knowChernobyl, Ukraine (AFP) April 26, 2026 Ukraine on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant - the worst civilian nuclear disaster in history. ... more  
DOME test bed opens at Idaho lab to host privately built advanced reactorsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2026 The National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory has declared the Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments test bed, known as DOME, open for business, marking a milestone for the ... more 
Safety panel flags seismic risks at Nevada nuclear weapons labLondon, United Kingdom (SPX) Apr 30, 2026 The underground Principal Underground Laboratory for Subcritical Experimentation, or PULSE, at the Nevada National Security Site contains numerous mapped faults whose seismic behavior remains poorly ... more  
Quantum Tunneling Drives Hydrogen Transport in Lanthanum Trihydride Near Practical TemperaturesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 For decades, ion transport in solids has been described as a classical barrier-climbing process, in which an ion must acquire sufficient activation energy to surmount an energy barrier before it can ... more |
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US and Europe Lock In Decade-Long Stellarator Fusion Research DealLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 A new 10-year project agreement will advance research on the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator, an experimental fusion energy system, paving the way for continued collaboration between the U.S. Dep ... more
DOE and NRIC Name First Companies Selected for Nuclear Energy Launch Pad ProgramLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) have announced the first developers selected for the newly established Nuclear Energy Launc ... more
Ion beam method to speed nuclear core material qualificationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026 An ion beam based method for qualifying materials for use in the cores of advanced nuclear reactors is moving into industry standards this year, offering a path that is about a thousand times faster ... more  
Two step reactive sintering boosts zirconium carbide ceramic performanceTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 29, 2026 With the growing demands on materials used in extreme environments such as hypersonic flight, advanced propulsion systems, and next generation nuclear energy, ultra high temperature ceramics are att ... more |
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INL and NVIDIA align AI platform to speed advanced nuclear rolloutLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2026 Idaho National Laboratory has entered a new collaboration with NVIDIA to apply artificial intelligence and accelerated computing to the full life cycle of advanced nuclear reactors, from early desig ... more 
GENUSA to supply GNF2 reload fuel for Vattenfall Forsmark plantBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 23, 2026 Global Nuclear Fuel and ENUSA have secured a new contract to supply reload fuel for Vattenfall's Forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden through their joint venture GENUSA. The agreement, which begin ... more 
INL launches molten salt examination hub for next gen reactorsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2026 The National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory is preparing to bring a new molten salt research capability online in March, marking a key step in the development of advanced rea ... more 
Simulations reveal how plasma flow steers fusion reactor exhaustLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Scientists using advanced computer models have solved a long-standing puzzle about how hot plasma exhaust behaves inside tokamak fusion devices, a finding that could help future reactors withstand d ... more 
France bets on nuclear power to phase out fossil fuelsParis, France (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 France's government on Thursday presented an energy plan to use less imported fossil fuels, including by ramping up nuclear-fuelled power production over the next decade. ... more |
 
Russia says will stick to nuclear weapons limits if US doesMoscow (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 Russia said Wednesday it would abide by limits on its nuclear weapons set out in a lapsed arms control treaty with the United States, so long as Washington did the same. ... more 
Japan restarts world's biggest nuclear plant againTokyo (AFP) Feb 9, 2026 Japan switched on the world's biggest nuclear power plant again on Monday, its operator said, after an earlier attempt was quickly suspended due to a minor glitch. ... more 
Nuclear powers scramble for high ground after arms treaty expiresParis, France (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 The cycle of bluff and counter-bluff playing out between the world's major nuclear powers has redoubled since the New START treaty on US-Russia nuclear disarmament expired this week. ... more 
US says new nuclear deal should include China, accuses Beijing of secret testsGeneva (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 The United States on Friday urged three-way talks with Russia and China to set new limits on nuclear weapons, as it accused Beijing of conducting secret nuclear tests and dramatically swelling its arsenal. ... more |
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Japan to restart world's biggest nuclear plant Tokyo (AFP) Feb 6, 2026 Japan will switch the world's largest nuclear power plant back on next week, after a glitch with an alarm forced the suspension of its first restart since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. ... more 
China shuns calls to enter nuclear talks after US-Russia treaty lapsesBeijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 China rejected calls to enter talks on a new nuclear treaty after a US-Russian agreement expired on Thursday, ending decades of restrictions on how many warheads the two powers can deploy. ... more  
Russia, US agree to resume military contacts at Ukraine talksAbu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 Russia and the United States agreed to resume high-level military contacts, in a major step of rapprochement between the world's top nuclear powers at Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. ... more 
Hungary starts long-delayed nuclear plant expansionPaks, Hungary (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 Workers poured concrete for a new reactor near Hungary's sole nuclear plant Thursday, beginning a contentious expansion project led by Russia's Rosatom following a decade of delays. ... more |
With Trump mum, last US-Russia nuclear pact set to endWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 1, 2026 Come Thursday, barring a last-minute change, the final treaty in the world that restricted nuclear weapon deployment will be over. ... more 
IAEA board meets over Ukraine nuclear safety concernsVienna (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors will meet Friday to discuss nuclear safety in Ukraine, with several countries expressing growing concern over volatile conditions at Ukrainian power plants. ... more 
IAEA board meets over Ukraine nuclear safety concernsVienna (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 The UN nuclear watchdog's board of governors on Friday discussed nuclear safety in Ukraine, with several countries expressing 'growing concern' following Russian attacks on the power grid. ... more 
Low frequency lasers modeled to greatly boost nuclear fusion ratesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 A new theoretical study shows that intense laser fields could greatly enhance nuclear fusion reactions by reshaping the collision energies of interacting nuclei before they tunnel through the Coulom ... more |
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Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion componentsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is joining with Type One Energy and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville to develop a world class high heat flux facility to test fusion en ... more 
Denmark mulls small nuclear reactors, lifting of 1985 nuke banCopenhagen (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 Denmark is considering building small modular nuclear reactors to meet its energy needs, the climate and energy ministry said Thursday, which would bring an end to its 1985 ban on nuclear power. ... more
Japan suspends restart of world's biggest nuclear plantTokyo (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 The restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant was suspended in Japan on Thursday, with the operator saying it does not know when the problem would be solved. ... more
Japan restarts world's biggest nuclear plantKariwa, Japan (AFP) Jan 21, 2026 The world's biggest nuclear power plant was restarted Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said, despite persistent safety concerns among residents. ... more |
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