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Nuclear fuel loading completed at Rooppur 1

The process of loading 163 nuclear fuel assemblies into Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant reactor has been completed.

New Nuclear · Tuesday, 12 May 2026

Construction begins on fourth Taipingling unit

The first nuclear safety-related concrete has been poured for the reactor building of unit 4 at the Taipingling nuclear power plant in Huizhou in south China's Guangdong province. It is the fourth of six HPR1000 (Hualong One) units planned for the site.

New Nuclear · Monday, 11 May 2026

TerraPower starts work on flagship Ac-225 facility

TerraPower Isotopes announced it has broken ground in the Bellwether District of Philadelphia on what it claims will be the world's largest actinium-225 manufacturing facility.

Corporate · Monday, 11 May 2026

Rosatom continuing work for Iran’s Bushehr units 2 and 3

The reactor for Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant’s unit 2 is more than 60% complete and the steam generators 50% complete, and "we plan to begin shipping the key equipment next year", Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev has said.

New Nuclear · Monday, 11 May 2026

Concreting completed of Kursk II's third reactor building foundation

Rosatom says that the pouring of concrete for the foundation of the third unit at Kursk II nuclear power plant has been completed ahead of schedule.

New Nuclear · Friday, 8 May 2026

Site of Polish plant deemed suitable

The Lubiatowo-Kopalino site is a suitable location for Poland's first nuclear power plant, the president of the National Atomic Energy Agency has determined after examining the Preliminary Site Report for the facility.

Regulation & Safety · Friday, 8 May 2026

Funding boost for Bruce C pre-development work

Ontario's government has announced a cost-sharing and recovery agreement enabling Bruce Power to move ahead with an estimated CAD300 million (USD220 million) of pre-development work for the Bruce C new nuclear project.

New Nuclear · Friday, 8 May 2026

Licensing of US pilot SMRs advances

The US Department of Energy's Idaho Operations Office has approved the Documented Safety Analysis for Aalo Atomics' Aalo-X experimental reactor. Meanwhile, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the Principal Design Criteria topical report for Oklo's Aurora powerhouse.

Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 7 May 2026

Permission granted for commissioning work on Akkuyu 2

Turkey's nuclear regulator has granted a permit for commissioning work to take place on the second unit at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant.

New Nuclear · Thursday, 7 May 2026

Fuel loading completed at two new Chinese units

The initial loading of fuel assemblies into the cores of Taipingling unit 2 and Changjiang unit 3 - both Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors - has been completed ahead of their start-ups.

New Nuclear · Wednesday, 6 May 2026

British-US consortium aims to build UK fusion plant

US fusion energy developer Type One Energy, Britain's Tokamak Energy, and US construction engineering firm AECOM have formed the UK Infinity Fusion Consortium to pursue development of the first private-sector-led fusion power plant project in the UK.

Fusion · Wednesday, 6 May 2026

Brookfield and The Nuclear Company target VC Summer project

A joint venture established by global investment firm Brookfield and nuclear project development and delivery company The Nuclear Company is to project manage the completion of the two VC Summer AP1000 units in South Carolina.

Corporate · Tuesday, 5 May 2026