Initial trials show an acoustic fish deterrent system that would use underwater ultrasound technology to keep fish away from Hinkley Point C's water intake system have been effective, EDF has said.
 

Lloyd's Register is leading a new consortium of UK companies seeking "to set the highest international standards for safe, secure and commercially viable nuclear-powered ships".
 

After more than two decades of stagnation, global nuclear power capacity is set to increase by at least one-third to 2035, according to the latest World Energy Outlook from the International Energy Agency. Global nuclear generating capacity is expected to increase from 420 GWe in 2024 to 728 GWe in 2050 in a scenario based on existing energy policies.
 

US utility Constellation and infrastructure provider Xpansiv have announced plans to launch clean energy-based annual emission-free energy certificates on an online trading platform.

Shifting environmental requirements are "reigniting interest" in nuclear propulsion as a long-term solution for maritime decarbonisation, according to Norwegian classification society DNV. However, it says significant challenges remain to be met before nuclear propulsion can become a viable solution.

Making the most of existing nuclear plants will be vital if the challenge of tripling nuclear capacity by 2050 is to be met - and innovative approaches, including artificial intelligence tools, can help, according to panelists at World Nuclear Symposium.
 

Emirates Global Aluminium and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company have delivered the UAE's first low-carbon aluminium produced using electricity generated by the Barakah nuclear power plant.
 

France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo has signed a memorandum of understanding with Federbeton, the Italian cement association, to explore Newcleo's technologies and potential synergies with the cement industry.

The government's newly released energy roadmap brings together electricity, natural gas, hydrogen and other energy sources under a single coordinated strategy to ensure the province which already gets more than half of its electricity from nuclear plants has the affordable, secure, reliable and clean energy it needs.