The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Power

Coalition MP’s ‘grassroots’ nuclear power survey linked to consulting firm

Exclusive: Ted O’Brien’s Time to Talk Nuclear website was registered by business that helps US reactor company

The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2022

IAEA says deal over Ukrainian nuke plant "almost there"

A deal aimed at safeguarding Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is close at hand, the head of the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday.

Reuters · Dec 2, 2022

Russia awaiting response on Zaporizhzhia nuclear safety zone, talks ongoing - RIA

Russia has outlined its position on the creation of a safety zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and is now awaiting a response, Russia's RIA news agency reported on Friday citing the head of state-run nuclear energy agency Rosatom.

Reuters · Dec 2, 2022

‘A form of self-destruction’: Japan weighs up plan to expand nuclear power

Japan’s prime minister is pushing for as many as 17 nuclear reactors to be switched back on, more than a decade on from the meltdown at Fukushima

The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2022

Sizewell C: China ‘bought out’ of new nuclear power station, Grant Shapps confirms

The Government is spending nearly £700m to help get the £20bn Sizewell C nuclear power plant project off the ground

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2022

Sizewell C nuclear power plant given go ahead with £700m public cash injection

The Prime Minister backed the cash boost for Sizewell C in Suffolk - nearly three months after Mr Johnson delivered his last policy speech as PM at the site saying the Government would back the development

Daily Mirror · Nov 29, 2022

Sizewell C nuclear plant that will replicate Hinkley Point C given green light

Proposals by energy giant EDF to build a second nuclear power station in the UK have been backed by the government

Birmingham Post · Nov 29, 2022

Workers who won't sign Russian contracts banned from nuclear plant - Ukraine

Ukraine's military said on Monday Moscow had banned Ukrainian technicians who have refused to sign contracts with Russia's atomic energy firm from entering the vast Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that Russian forces seized in March.

Reuters · Nov 28, 2022

Longer life for N-plants eyed

A draft explaining the direction of the economy ministry's nuclear policy and its action plan was presented to a panel of experts on Monday. The draft would effectively allow nuclear power plants to operate beyond the current upper limit of 60 years.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 28, 2022

Ukraine warns of fresh Russian missile strikes on energy grid

Ukraine said on Monday that Russia was preparing for a fresh wave of missile attacks on its energy grid that have plunged swathes of the country into the cold and dark. The warning came as Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks in the Donetsk region, including in the areas of the…

France 24 · Nov 28, 2022