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Poland and South Korea strengthen co-operation including nuclear
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 by During his recent visit to Poland, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended the opening ceremony of the Korea-Poland business forum attended by some 250 business people from...

DOE lab produces world’s first-of-a-kind lung phantom
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 by The US Department of Energy’s Radiological & Environmental Science Laboratory (RESL) has produced the world’s first lung phantom that contains the entire thorium-232 decay series....

US DOE funds study of Lightbridge Fuel performance in NuScale SMR
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 by US fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation says Texas A&M University (TAMU) has been awarded approximately $1m by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Nuclear Energy...

Kärnfull Next receives funding from climate tech fund
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 by Swedish small modular reactor (SMR) project development company Kärnfull Next has received funding of €2m ($2.2m) from Danish climate tech fund Climentum Capital and Sween’s...

Rosatom to increase the supply of Russian isotope products to India
Friday, July 07, 2023 by V/O Izotop JSC (part of Rosatom’s Health Technologies division) has delivered the first batch of germanium-68/gallium-68 (Ge-68/Ga-68) generators produced by ZAO Cyclotron in...

Canada strengthens medical isotope production
Tuesday, July 04, 2023 by Canada has announced the launch of the Canadian Medical Isotope Ecosystem (CMIE) with funding of up to CAD35m ($26.4m) over five years to develop initiatives focused on the...

TerraPower and PanTera to collaborate on Actinium-225
Friday, June 30, 2023 by US-based TerraPower Isotopes and PanTera, the Belgian joint venture created by SCK-CEN and IBA, have launched a strategic collaboration intended to increase the availability...

US awards GAIN Vouchers to accelerate advanced nuclear technologies
Friday, June 30, 2023 by The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded seven Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) vouchers to industry partners to support the development of promising...

US DOE funds university nuclear energy infrastructure
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 by The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced funding of more than $6.3m for 18 projects at 15 universities in 14 states. The funding aims to build up scientific infrastructure...

Russia constructs underground research laboratory
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 by Russia has begun work on construction of an underground research laboratory (PIL - Podzemnaya Issledovatelskaya Laboratoriya) at the site of the Zheleznogorsk branch of radwaste...

USNC technology selected for NASA flashlight
Friday, June 23, 2023 by US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear’s (USNC’s) EmberCore technology has been selected by NASA to participate in the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) programme. The Phase 1 study will...

South Korea and Denmark to collaborate on LEU fuel salt production
Friday, June 23, 2023 by South Korea’s Kepco Nuclear Fuel (KNF) and GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C) are to collaborate with Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies to investigate the feasibility of developing a...

Canadian funding for SMRs
Friday, June 23, 2023 by The Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) have announced funding of CAD9.4m ($7.13m) over three years,...

Tractebel strengthens collaboration in Nuward SMR project
Thursday, June 22, 2023 by Belgian engineering firm Tractebel (part of French energy company Engie) has signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement with France’s Nuward and EDF to strengthen and extend...

Poland’s KGHM wins more support for SMR deployment
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 by Polish metals company KGHM Polska Miedź has signed a letter of intent with the Legnica Special Economic Zone (LSEZ) to pursue cooperation in research and development projects...

Leningrad NPP to expand medical radioisotope production
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 by Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (Electric Power Division of Rosatom) is expanding the range of radioactive isotopes produced at NPPs. In the near future, the production of...

Kepco strengthens co-operation with KAIST
Friday, June 16, 2023 by South Korea’s Kepco Nuclear Fuel Company (KNF) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) have signed a mutual cooperation business agreement to improve...

More funding for US Hanford tank waste research & development
Friday, June 16, 2023 by A new $30m investment by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Office (EM) will fund research and technology development led by DOE’s national laboratories aimed...

Slovenské Elektrárne and partners seek funding for SMR feasibility study
Thursday, June 15, 2023 by The Slovak Ministry of Economy and power utility Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) have signed a memorandum of cooperation with several companies to support the development of small...

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