Floating nuclear power plant ‘has boosted air quality’ –
An environmental monitoring report for Russia’s floating nuclear power plant suggests that emissions have fallen almost 80% since it started supplying heating in the area in 2022.

Slovakia’s newest nuclear power unit, Mochovce 4, has been connected and started supplying its first electricity to the grid.
The phasing-in of the new VVER-440 unit to the country’s electricity system took place with the reactor at 20% power output, at 20:41 on Thursday 15 October, Slovenske elektrárne said.

More than 1,300 people from 65 countries gathered in London in September for the 2026 World Nuclear Symposium. The World Nuclear News team was there and bring you reports from a range of the discussions and speeches which took place.

Fusion for Energy, in collaboration with Ansaldo Nucleare, Westinghouse and Walter Tosto, has completed manufacturing Europe’s final vacuum vessel sector for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor at Cadarache in south-eastern France.

A USD120 billion framework agreement to build six Westinghouse AP1000 units and two of South Korea’s APR1400 units in the USA has been outlined by the US Department of Commerce.

Natural draft cooling tower is preferred JEK2 option

A feasibility study of four cooling tower options for Slovenia’s proposed JEK2 new nuclear project has proposed a natural draft cooling tower of between 193 metres and 198 metres.

Unit 3 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant in China’s island province of Hainan has entered commercial operation. The unit is the first of two Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors being constructed as Phase II of the plant.

Viewpoint: Fusion’s lessons from fission, as commercial deployments approach:
The prospect of fusion power plants is coming closer. But what are the lessons fusion can learn from nuclear fission in areas such as regulation, planning, public approval and finance? Ahead of the UK Fusion Forum, Tris Denton, UK Director of the Fusion Industry Association, considers the issues.

A consortium led by France-headquartered innovative reactor developer Newcleo has been awarded funding to develop the conceptual design of a nuclear barge able to host multiple 200 MWe small modular reactors.

IAEA project focuses on research reactor testing of fuels and materials:
A four-year project aims to develop technical guidance to help produce more effective, safer and efficient testing of new reactor and fuel technologies in research reactors.