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ROLLS-ROYCE has sold a stake of its small modular reactor (SMR) subsidiary to legacy partner ČEZ Group as part of a move to expand the emerging business. The Czech energy group has secured a 20% stake in Rolls-Royce SMR and …

The Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) are the independent environmental regulators of radioactive waste disposal in the UK. The Environment Agency, NRW and NIEA are consulting on proposals …

As nuclear facilities worldwide reach the end of their operational lives, the nuclear decommissioning services market is witnessing substantial growth. The Nuclear Decommissioning Services Market is projected to grow from $6.70 billion in 2024 to $11.79 billion by 2034, fueled …

A safety exercise which simulates an emergency at a nuclear site is taking place. People who live close to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria may hear the site siren and receive text, email and telephone warnings if they …

Great British Nuclear (GBN) has today started detailed negotiations with the final four shortlisted bidders into the UK’s Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme. The four companies, GE Hitachi, Holtec, Rolls Royce SMR and Westinghouse, have been shortlisted following two rounds …

Microsoft, Google and Amazon are bragging they will use nuclear energy to power their energy needs, but it’s mainly hype or worse, writes M.V. Ramana. In the last couple of months, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, in that order, made announcements …

It is easy to get the impression that proposed new modular nuclear generating units will solve the problems of nuclear generation. Perhaps they will allow more nuclear electricity to be generated at a low cost and with much less of …

What next for UK’s record-setting Heysham 2 nuclear power plant? Station Director of Heysham 2 Martin Cheetham on the uniqueness of the UK’s fleet of advanced gas-cooled reactors, the prospect of a life extension and a possible future with small …

The planned phase-out of Britain’s remaining AGRs therefore threatens to derail the Government’s Clean Power by 2030 target. This is the finding of the now-Government-owned National Energy Systems Operator, or NESO’s new report into the feasibility of the Government’s “Clean …

Fears nuclear power plant salt marsh plan will ‘destroy’ farmland and livelihoods. Residents also claim the proposals will increase the risk of flooding along the Severn Estuary. The owner of nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C has come under fire …