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Italy may restart nuclear power generation by 2035

Italian Minister of Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto Fratin stated that the Italian government does not rule out the possibility of restarting domestic nuclear power generation by 2035. If mass production of nuclear reactors begins by the end of this decade, their construction time could be shortened to three to four years. This might allow Italy to begin generating electricity in 2034 or 2035. The bill aims to establish the legal framework needed for Italy to build new nuclear reactors. Since the referendum held after the 1987 Chernobyl nuclear accident and the closure of the last nuclear power plants in 1990, Italy has consistently prohibited nuclear energy. However, geopolitical uncertain...

2026-09-20

ACRA Rating Agency Confirms Rosatom's ESG Rating at ESG-2 (AA+) Level

On September 18, 2026, according to the latest assessment results, ACRA Rating Agency confirmed that the ESG rating of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) remains at the ESG-2 (AA+) level, which represents the company's exceptionally high evaluation in the areas of environmental protection, social responsibility, and corporate governance. This also marks the fourth consecutive year that the agency has confirmed this exceptionally high rating for Rosatom. At the same time, the rating agency assigned a stable outlook to the group, meaning that its ESG rating is highly likely to remain stable over the next 12 to 18 months. To carry out the data collection work for this ESG rating, six core divisions under Rosatom actively participated, including the mining division, the power division, ...

2026-09-20

ARC and Idaho National Laboratory Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance First Reactor Deployment

ARC Clean Technology announced earlier this week that it has signed a Strategic Partnership Project agreement with Battelle Energy Alliance, the operating and management contractor for Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The agreement establishes a multi-year collaboration framework aimed at advancing in-depth cooperation between ARC and INL on the design, demonstration, and first project deployment of the ARC-100, a 100 MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor. Among the many emerging nuclear reactor startups, Washington, D.C.-based ARC stands as one of the oldest members. The company was founded in 2006, even earlier than well-known industry players such as TerraPower (...

2026-09-20

Romania and Argentina Nuclear Power Companies Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Deepen CANDU 6 Heavy Water Reactor Technology Cooperation

Romania's National Nuclear Power Company (SNN) and Argentina's Nuclear Power Company (NASA) signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding on Thursday. According to a press release issued by the Romanian company, the two parties will engage in in-depth cooperation in the operation and development of CANDU 6 heavy water reactor technology. Both companies possess strong technical strength and rich practical experience in the engineering design, daily operation, equipment maintenance, large-scale project management, life extension, nuclear safety analysis, and reactor operation of CANDU 6 technology nuclear reactors. Argentina's Nuclear Power Company had previously successfully completed the refurbishment and upgrade of the Embalse Nuclear Power Plant, which uses CANDU technology...

2026-09-18

North China Regional Office Formulates Risk Grading List and Implements Differentiated and Targeted Supervision

The North China Regional Office of Nuclear and Radiation Safety Supervision of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment is committed to enhancing the level of nuclear safety control and has innovatively built a risk-informed supervision system. Through the implementation of a risk grading list, it promotes differentiated and targeted supervision, thereby advancing safety control and effectively improving supervision efficiency. By comprehensively identifying risk points in the design and manufacturing activities of Class 1E electrical equipment, the North China Regional Office has established the "Class 1E Electrical Equipment Supervision Risk Grading List." This list classifies risk hazards into four levels and establishes a closed-loop supervision mechanism featuring pre-event warning, in-process tracking, and post-event review. This enables supervision intensity to be dynamically adjusted according to risk levels, ensuring...

2026-09-18

US and OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Call for Unified Regulatory Standards to Break the Vicious Cycle of Cost Overruns and Delays in New Nuclear Power Plants

The U.S. Department of Energy stated that it is engaged in close communication with partner countries, aiming to promote the unification of global nuclear power regulatory standards, thereby accelerating nuclear power capacity expansion and reducing construction costs. During the New Nuclear Roadmap conference organized by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Paris, U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary James Danly emphasized to the media that countries should establish a unified regulatory mechanism. He pointed out that many countries have decades of mature experience in nuclear power regulation, and it would be very regrettable if unnecessary obstacles were placed on nuclear power development due to a lack of consistency in regulatory systems. The United States is currently actively promoting greater regulatory consensus among countries. The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency...

2026-09-18

Professor Yan Lixin's Research Group in the Department of Engineering Physics at Tsinghua University Collaborates to Achieve a Beyond-Megawatt Average Power Laser Optical Enhancement Cavity

Recently, the research group of Professor Yan Lixin from the Department of Engineering Physics at Tsinghua University, in collaboration with the team of Professor Fabian Zomer from IJCLab at Université Paris-Saclay, France, published important progress in the field of high-finesse optical enhancement cavities. The research team achieved a four-mirror bow-tie optical cavity with an average laser power exceeding 1 megawatt and its stable operation at the Tsinghua University Accelerator Laboratory, with a maximum intracavity average power of 1.15 MW, while maintaining an excellent Gaussian fundamental mode. This is the first published work internationally on an optical enhancement cavity with an intracavity average laser power reaching the megawatt level, which will lay a solid foundation for important applications such as the development of steady-state microbunching (SSMB) extreme ultraviolet light sources, quantum electrodynamics (QED) vacuum nonlinearity detection, ion beam photoneutralization for magnetic confinement fusion, and the development of future inertial confinement fusion reactors.

2026-09-18

Two UK nuclear companies sign memorandum of understanding to jointly develop nuclear microreactor

Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE) and Cambridge Atomworks have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which the two companies will engage in deep collaboration on a UK-built nuclear microreactor. Cambridge Atomworks is an ambitious and vibrant nuclear engineering startup whose core goal is to build a nuclear microreactor in the UK for off-grid applications. The signing of this memorandum of understanding marks that the two companies will jointly explore how to maximize CVE's deep expertise in electron beam welding, including the company's Ebflow technology, which has been proven to significantly accelerate the production process of key nuclear power components such as reactor vessels...

2026-09-18

Rwanda Plans to Introduce Nuclear Technology to Boost Agricultural Production and Address Climate Change

Armand Zingiro, Minister of State in Rwanda's Ministry of Infrastructure, stated at the 70th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held in Vienna that the government is exploring the use of nuclear and isotope technologies to improve agricultural productivity, ensure food security, and enhance capacity to address climate change. The conference was held from September 14 to 18, and Zingiro led the Rwandan delegation to attend the meeting. Zingiro pointed out that Rwanda fully recognizes the enormous potential of nuclear and isotope technologies in the fields of agriculture and food security. The application of nuclear technology in agriculture is mainly reflected in improving crop yields, controlling...

2026-09-17

Oman Reaffirms Cooperation Commitment at IAEA General Conference, Promotes Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology

The Sultanate of Oman delivered a statement at the 70th Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference held in Vienna, Austria, expressing appreciation for the work of the IAEA Secretariat and reaffirming its continued close cooperation with the Agency and its Member States to achieve strategic objectives and further enhance the key role of nuclear technology in peace and modern development. The statement was delivered on behalf of the Sultanate of Oman by Faiza Saif Al Siyabi, Chargé d'Affaires of Oman's Permanent Mission to the IAEA. In its statement, Oman welcomed the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste as a new member of the IAEA. Oman emphasized in its statement its active participation...

2026-09-17

Focusing on Nuclear Safety Assessment and Future Strategic Priorities, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency's Working Group on Accident Analysis and Management (WGAMA) Holds Its 29th Annual Meeting

The Working Group on Accident Analysis and Management (WGAMA), a subsidiary body of the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI) of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA), held its 29th Annual Meeting from September 7 to 9, 2026, at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France. Sixty-one delegates from 21 countries, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Commission (EC), attended the meeting. Participants included experts from regulatory bodies, technical support organizations, research institutions, industry, and international organizations, who jointly assessed current activities, approved new projects, and discussed future strategic priorities in the field of accident analysis and management. As an international platform advancing the technical basis for nuclear reactor safety assessment, WGAMA at this meeting...

2026-09-17

CNNC 404 Overcomes Krypton Isotope Technical Challenges, Multiple Krypton Isotope Thickness Sources Achieve "Fully Domestic Production"

It was learned from China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) that CNNC 404 Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CNNC, has achieved a breakthrough in the field of radioisotope technology, marking China's leap from reliance on imports to fully domestic production of krypton isotope thickness sources. It is understood that krypton isotopes, as important radioisotopes, are widely used in industrial thickness measurement, instrument and meter calibration, tracer monitoring, and other fields, and are particularly indispensable in quality control for high-end manufacturing such as new energy batteries, specialty papermaking, and thin films. In this instance, CNNC 404 successfully developed multiple specifications of krypton isotope thickness source products with independent intellectual property rights, capable of matching the needs of different industrial thickness measurement application scenarios, which has provided solid support for the sustainable and high-quality development of China's high-end...

2026-09-17

South Korea Plans to Open Up "Direct Purchase" of Nuclear Power: A Low-Cost Pathway for Industrial Decarbonization, or a New Challenge for the Electricity Market?

2026-09-17

Korea Radioactive Waste Agency Hosts Nuclear Nuclide Analysis Industry and Technology Nexus Symposium (RANEX 2026)

The agency and the Korea Radioactive Analysis Association jointly hosted the Nuclide Analysis Industry and Technology Nexus Symposium (RANEX 2026) from September 15 to 16 at the Lahan Select Hotel in Gyeongju, attracting more than 200 experts, scholars, and industry representatives from home and abroad. The core purpose of this symposium was to share the importance of nuclide analysis—a key area in the national radioactive waste management undertaking—and to jointly explore strategies for technological innovation and the cultivation of an industrial ecosystem through in-depth cooperation between the public sector and private enterprises. During the symposium, experts discussed the development strategy for the radioactive waste nuclide analysis industrial ecosystem, the latest analytical technologies and instrumentation...

2026-09-17

ZAP-X Gyroscopic Stereotactic Radiosurgery Platform Makes Its Australian Debut, Expanding Precision Non-Invasive Brain Radiotherapy

ZAP Surgical, the global leader in non-invasive robotic brain surgery, recently announced that GenesisCare will become the first cancer care provider in Australia to introduce the ZAP-X Gyroscopic Radiosurgery platform. Installation of the device is scheduled to begin this month at the GenesisCare center located at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney in New South Wales, with the first patients expected to receive treatment before the end of this year. The introduction of the ZAP-X platform will significantly enhance GenesisCare's neuro-oncology diagnostic and treatment capabilities in Sydney, providing it with dedicated stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) services. Prior to this, patients receiving S...

2026-09-17