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 Chernobyl, 40 years since disaster: five things to know Chernobyl, 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 | |
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From radiation to invasion: a Chernobyl worker's two wars 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. ... more | |
 DOME test bed opens at Idaho lab to host privately built advanced reactors Los 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 | |
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Safety panel flags seismic risks at Nevada nuclear weapons lab London, 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 Temperatures Tokyo, 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 Deal Los 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 | |
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DOE and NRIC Name First Companies Selected for Nuclear Energy Launch Pad Program Los 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 | |
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Ion beam method to speed nuclear core material qualification Los 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 performance Tokyo, 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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US fusion report urges new diagnostics for commercial plasma power Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2026  To operate fusion systems safely and reliably, scientists must monitor plasma fuel conditions and measure properties such as temperature and density that influence fusion reactions. This work depend ... more | |
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US opposes UN nuclear watchdog resolution on Ukraine power grid strikes Vienna (AFP) Mar 5, 2026  The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body passed a resolution on Thursday - overcoming US opposition - expressing concern over 'repeated and intensified attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure' posing a 'threat to nuclear safety', according to diplomatic sources. ... more | |
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Japan eyes remote Pacific island for nuclear waste Tokyo (AFP) Mar 4, 2026  Japan is looking into using a remote deserted Pacific island nearly 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) from Tokyo as a site for burying nuclear waste, officials said. ... more | |
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US labs map liquid metal path to future fusion power plants Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2026  A national strategy for research on liquid metals in fusion energy systems is taking shape in the United States following a two day meeting at the Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Lab ... more | |
 ORNL and Kairos Power expand molten salt reactor partnership Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2026  The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Kairos Power have launched a 27 million dollar strategic partnership to speed development of a new generation of advanced nuclear reactor ... more | |
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INL and NVIDIA align AI platform to speed advanced nuclear rollout Los 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 | |
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GENUSA to supply GNF2 reload fuel for Vattenfall Forsmark plant Berlin, 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 | |
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INL launches molten salt examination hub for next gen reactors Los 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 | |
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Simulations reveal how plasma flow steers fusion reactor exhaust Los 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 | |
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France bets on nuclear power to phase out fossil fuels Paris, 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 | |
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Russia says will stick to nuclear weapons limits if US does Moscow (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 | |
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Japan restarts world's biggest nuclear plant again Tokyo (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 | |
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Nuclear powers scramble for high ground after arms treaty expires Paris, 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 | |
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US says new nuclear deal should include China, accuses Beijing of secret tests Geneva (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 | |
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China shuns calls to enter nuclear talks after US-Russia treaty lapses Beijing (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 | |
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