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Technology licensing is landmark for US uranium remediation
Technology licensing is landmark for US uranium remediation

Regulatory approval means Disa Technologies Inc's High-Pressure Slurry Ablation technology can be used to remediate abandoned uranium mine waste at inactive mine sites while opening the possibility of recycling uranium recovered from the waste.

Thursday, 9 October 2025
IAEA reviews Romanian research reactor ahead of potential extension
IAEA reviews Romanian research reactor ahead of potential extension
An International Atomic Energy Agency mission has said the operators of the TRIGA Mark II research reactor in Pitesti, Romania, have "continued to improve safety of the reactor by strengthening maintenance, implementing refurbishment and modernisation of systems and components, and ensuring safety of experiments".
 
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 9 October 2025
IAEA sees Spain's progress on radioactive waste management
IAEA sees Spain's progress on radioactive waste management
A follow-up International Atomic Energy Agency mission to Spain has judged that all seven recommendations and suggestions made following its 2018 review of the country's radioactive waste management programme have been successfully addressed.
 
Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 8 October 2025
UK consultation begins on Rolls-Royce SMR design
UK consultation begins on Rolls-Royce SMR design
The UK government has opened a public consultation on the Nuclear Industry Association's application for regulatory justification for Rolls-Royce SMR's small modular reactor design. Justification is an early regulatory step required for the operation of a new nuclear technology in the country.
 
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 6 October 2025
Ultrasonic monitoring system tested for BN-800 reactor core
Ultrasonic monitoring system tested for BN-800 reactor core
Preliminary testing has taken place of an ultrasound system which is designed to provide an additional picture of the BN-800 fast neutron reactor core at Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant.
 
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 6 October 2025
Power fully restored to Chernobyl site
Power fully restored to Chernobyl site
The International Atomic Energy Agency says that power was restored on Thursday morning to the New Safe Confinement at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after 16 hours, following damage to a nearby substation.
 
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 2 October 2025
IAEA talking to both sides as Zaporizhzhia power loss continues
IAEA talking to both sides as Zaporizhzhia power loss continues
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has met with the Russian and the Ukrainian sides in recent days to try to get a resumption of external power supplies to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
 
Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Point Beach units cleared for 80 years of operation
Point Beach units cleared for 80 years of operation
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed for a second time the operating licences of Point Beach units 1 and 2, clearing the way for an 80-year operating life for the two pressurised water reactors.
 
Regulation & Safety · Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Twenty-year renewal sees Darlington become longest-licensed Canadian plant
Twenty-year renewal sees Darlington become longest-licensed Canadian plant

As the refurbishment of the Darlington nuclear power plant nears completion, the Canadian nuclear regulator has announced it is authorising the plant to continue operating until 2045.

Regulation & Safety · Friday, 26 September 2025
IAEA issues fresh warning over drones near nuclear plants
IAEA issues fresh warning over drones near nuclear plants
The International Atomic Energy Agency has said drones flew within a few hundred metres of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, underlining the continued risks to nuclear safety from the on-going war. Meanwhile Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant continues to have to rely on emergency diesel generators after a loss of off-site power.
 
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 26 September 2025
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