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Oil and mining giants among firms exploring nuclear's industrial use potential

The Industrial Advanced Nuclear Consortium, whose members include ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and Rio Tinto, has published a report outlining the potential for nuclear energy as "a practical, low‐carbon alternative that can be co-located with industrial facilities to provide dependable baseload heat and power, with the grid and renewables serving complementary roles".

Monday, 29 June 2026

Core Power to assess BWXT SMRs for floating nuclear power plants

Maritime nuclear energy specialist Core Power has launched a feasibility study into using BWX Technologies' mPower small modular reactors in floating nuclear power plants.

New Nuclear · Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Floating nuclear power plants 'realistic' for Greece

The report by the Deon Policy Institute think-tank identified no fundamental barriers to the implementation of floating nuclear power plants in Greece, although policy, regulatory, financial and social acceptance issues still need to be overcome.

Nuclear Policies · Thursday, 28 May 2026

First RITM-200 reactor unit manufactured for floating nuclear plant

The RITM-200C reactor will be one of two which will together be installed on the first of Russia's planned fleet of floating nuclear power units.

New Nuclear · Wednesday, 27 May 2026

Argentina and Brazil MoU on maritime nuclear regulation

Argentina's Nuclear Regulatory Authority and Brazil's Naval Secretariat for Nuclear Safety and Quality aim to develop regulation relating to the use of nuclear reactors on ships.

Regulation & Safety · Monday, 12 January 2026

Korean floating SMR design certified

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries has received Approval in Principle from the American Bureau of Shipping for a floating marine nuclear power platform featuring two SMART100 small modular reactors developed by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute.

New Nuclear · Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Overhaul of nuclear regulations needed, conference hears

As nuclear technologies diversify - such as small modular reactors, floating reactors, new fuels and markets - regulation must evolve to enable innovation, a panel at World Nuclear Symposium agreed.

Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 11 September 2025

Floating nuclear power plants to be evaluated for Mediterranean

The American Bureau of Shipping, Core Power and Athlos Energy are to collaborate on the evaluation of the potential of deploying floating nuclear power plants to meet the energy demands of islands, ports and coastal communities in the Mediterranean Sea.

New Nuclear · Friday, 4 July 2025

ABS approves second Korean floating SMR plant design

Maritime classification society the American Bureau of Shipping has issued approval in principle to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering for a concept of a floating small modular reactor-powered power module.

Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 25 June 2025

First RITM-400 reactor unit manufactured for new generation icebreaker

The manufacture of the first RITM-400 reactor unit has been completed for the Rossiya, which is scheduled to feature two of the reactors and become the world's most powerful nuclear-powered icebreaker.

New Nuclear · Wednesday, 21 May 2025