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Substation damage delaying operation of repaired Zaporizhzhia power line, says IAEA
Substation damage delaying operation of repaired Zaporizhzhia power line, says IAEA
After months of ceasefire negotiations, planning and complex repairs, the main external power line to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been fixed - but it can’t be put back into operation because of damage to a substation 100 kilometres away, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said.
 
Friday, 26 June 2026
Russia planning 'high-capacity' nuclear fuel reprocessing plant
Russia planning 'high-capacity' nuclear fuel reprocessing plant
Investment feasibility and site selection studies are taking place, with a decision due by the end of 2026, for a reprocessing plant for used nuclear fuel with an initial capacity of 400 tonnes per year.
 
Uranium & Fuel · Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Smolensk II's new concrete mixing unit commissioned
Smolensk II's new concrete mixing unit commissioned
The commissioning of the first new facility relating to the construction of the second phase of the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant comes ahead of work beginning on excavating the foundation pit for the first new unit.
 
New Nuclear · Monday, 22 June 2026
Concrete poured for reactor shaft at Leningrad's eighth unit
Concrete poured for reactor shaft at Leningrad's eighth unit
The pouring of concrete has begun for the reactor shaft at what will be the eighth unit at the Leningrad nuclear power plant. The reinforced concrete structure will ultimately stand 34 metres tall.
 
New Nuclear · Friday, 19 June 2026
Core catcher installed at Leningrad's seventh unit
Core catcher installed at Leningrad's seventh unit
The 120-tonne core catcher has been installed for Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant's third VVER-1200 reactor unit.
 
New Nuclear · Thursday, 11 June 2026
BN-1200 targeted for construction start in 2027
BN-1200 targeted for construction start in 2027
Site clearance work has been taking place for the proposed sodium-cooled fast neutron BN-1200 reactor at Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant.
 
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 10 June 2026
IAEA says turbine building damage 'consistent with impact of a drone'
IAEA says turbine building damage 'consistent with impact of a drone'
"Attacks on nuclear sites are unacceptable and must stop in order to prevent the very real risk of a nuclear accident," International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said following damage to a turbine building at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
 
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 1 June 2026
Russia and Kazakhstan sign nuclear power plant agreement
Russia and Kazakhstan sign nuclear power plant agreement
An intergovernmental agreement setting out the key principles - and export loan financing - for Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant project has been signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's state visit to the country.
 
New Nuclear · Thursday, 28 May 2026
First RITM-200 reactor unit manufactured for floating nuclear plant
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
Kursk II's first VVER-TOI 'has generated 2 billion kWh'
Kursk II's first VVER-TOI 'has generated 2 billion kWh'
The 1,250 MW capacity VVER-TOI unit at the Kursk II nuclear power plant entered into commercial operation on 1 May, with Rosatom saying it has generated more than 2 billion kWh of electricity since being connected to the grid in December.
 
New Nuclear · Friday, 22 May 2026
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