Nuclear News - Nuclear Power Daily brings you daily news on nuclear energy science and technology. http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/index.html Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT en-us An international research team led by the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has measured the radius of the nucleus of muonic helium-3 with unprecedented precision. The results are an important stress test for theories and future experiments in atomic physics. 1.97007 femtometre (quadrillionths of a metre): That's how unimaginably tiny the radius of the atomic nucleus of helium-3 is. This is the ]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday to boost nuclear energy in the United States, including by rolling back regulatory processes on a still divisive technology. "We're signing tremendous executive orders today that really will make us the real power in this industry," Trump told reporters as he penned the four orders in the Oval Office. Trump's orders aim to]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has formally submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at its Clinch River site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This marks the first application of its kind in the United States for this advanced nuclear design. Craig Ranson, President and CEO of GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT Between now and 2050, the International Energy Agency projects that more than $100 trillion will be spent on building net-zero energy infrastructure globally. Yet every single one of these projects runs the risk of higher-than-expected construction costs or time delays. Newer technologies introduced in the past decade, such as hydrogen or geothermal energy, are even more difficult to evaluate as]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) has received approval from the Province of Ontario and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to begin construction of the first BWRX-300 small modular reactor at OPG's Darlington site. This marks a significant milestone as the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at the site, with the initial unit expected to be completed by the end of the decade. "In de]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT US nuclear power station builder Westinghouse has signed an agreement with Vietnam's biggest energy firm, Hanoi said on Tuesday as it seeks to head off stiff tariffs threatened by the Trump administration. Hanoi and Washington are engaged in a second round of trade talks after US President Donald Trump threatened a 46 percent levy on Vietnamese goods as part of his global tariff blitz, the i]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT Iran on Monday said it was open to establishing a regional nuclear fuel consortium, reiterating that it would not stop enriching uranium. Tehran and Washington have held four rounds of Omani-mediated nuclear talks since April 12, the highest-level contact between the two foes since the United States abandoned the 2015 nuclear accord. US officials have recently voiced strong opposition to]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday his country would keep enriching uranium "with or without a deal" with world powers, despite ongoing negotiations over its nuclear programme. "If the US is interested in ensuring that Iran will not have nuclear weapons, a deal is within reach, and we are ready for a serious conversation to achieve a solution that will forever ensure that out]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT Belgium on Thursday officially abandoned plans to phase out nuclear power, with parliament voting to scrap a two-decades-old pledge and to allow for the construction of new reactors. Lawmakers in Brussels backed the new conservative-led government's plan to revive the country's nuclear industry with 102 votes in favour, eight against and 31 abstentions. "The Federal Parliament has just t]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT Taiwan will turn off its last nuclear reactor on Saturday, fuelling concerns over the self-ruled island's reliance on imported energy and vulnerability to a Chinese blockade. The island, which targets net-zero emissions by 2050, depends almost entirely on imported fossil fuel to power its homes, factories and critical semiconductor chip industry. President Lai Ching-te's Democratic Progr]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT An international research team has uncovered a previously unknown region in the nuclear chart characterized by a unique pattern of asymmetric fission among heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes. The findings, part of the FAIR Phase 0 program at GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany, reveal surprising behavior in the fission of exotic isotopes, marking a significant adva]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT France will contribute 10 million euros to help fix a radiation cover at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine allegedly hit by a Russian drone, Europe's development bank announced Wednesday. The amount, equivalent to $11.2 million, was unveiled at the annual conference of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London. Ukraine has accused Russia of using an explo]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT The EU has asked the Czech Republic to suspend signing a deal with South Korean company KHNP to build two nuclear units as it probes whether subsidies distorted competition, according to a letter seen by AFP Monday. In the letter, EU industry Commissioner Stephane Sejourne said Brussels was gathering information to assess if KHNP received "foreign financial contributions" that tilted the pla]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT Tech giant Google and nuclear developer Elementl Power have signed an agreement to develop three advanced nuclear power plants in the United States, according to a statement released Wednesday. The partnership comes as technology companies seek new power sources to meet the growing energy demands of the generative AI revolution. Under the agreement, Google will provide early-stage develo]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT A Czech court said Tuesday it blocked a multi-billion-dollar deal between Prague and South Korea's KHNP on the construction of two nuclear units following a complaint by France's EDF. KHNP won the contract last July after beating EDF in the tender, but the French giant filed an appeal with the Czech antitrust watchdog UOHS. When the UOHS rejected the appeal last week, EDF filed a lawsuit]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:32 GMT