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Advanced fuel material samples ready for irradiation testing
Capsules containing Lightbridge Fuel material samples of enriched uranium‑zirconium alloy have been loaded into an experimental assembly ready for irradiation testing, Lightbridge Corporation has announced.
Friday, 10 October 2025
Microreactor to be tested in Space Ocean satellite
Space Ocean Corporation, a leader in orbital logistics and in-space resource delivery, has entered into a Letter of Intent with Space Nuclear Power Corporation, a pioneer in advanced space nuclear power systems, to explore integrating space nuclear reactor technology into future deep-space missions.
New Nuclear
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Thursday, 9 October 2025
IAEA completes modernisation of its laboratories
The International Atomic Energy Agency has inaugurated the new Curie-Meitner Nuclear Applications Centre at its laboratory site in Seibersdorf, near Vienna, Austria, marking the successful completion of the Renual2 laboratory modernisation project.
Corporate
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Thursday, 9 October 2025
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
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Monday, 6 October 2025
First JET tiles removed, studied for impact of high-powered plasmas
Remote handling technologies have been used to remove 66 sample tiles and other components from the Joint European Torus. They are now being studied to help inform the future decommissioning plan of the record-setting fusion facility.
Fusion
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Friday, 3 October 2025
Germany boosts funding for fusion research
The German cabinet has approved the federal government's action plan aimed at accelerating commercial fusion deployment in Germany. By 2029, more than EUR2 billion (USD2.3 billion) will be invested in fusion research, as well as the development of new research infrastructures and pilot projects.
Fusion
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Thursday, 2 October 2025
Transatlantic partnership for SMR deployment
US advanced nuclear technology company Oklo Inc and Swedish lead-cooled small modular reactor technology developer Blykalla have announced a strategic partnership focused on technology collaboration, supply-chain coordination, and regulatory knowledge-sharing.
Corporate
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Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Pacific Fusion to open facility in New Mexico
California headquartered pulsed magnetic fusion system developer Pacific Fusion has selected Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the site for its first Research and Manufacturing Campus.
Fusion
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Monday, 29 September 2025
Oklo tests fuel assembly at DOE lab
Advanced nuclear technology company Oklo Inc carried out full-scale flow testing of a prototypical fuel assembly at the Argonne National Laboratory, generating experimental data to validate computer models, demonstrate manufacturing parameters, and advance Oklo’s fuel assembly design towards production.
Uranium & Fuel
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Monday, 29 September 2025
First Light Fusion presents novel approach to fusion
British inertial fusion energy developer First Light Fusion has presented the first commercially viable, reactor-compatible path to 'high gain' fusion, which it says would drastically reduce the cost of what the company says is a limitless clean energy source.
Fusion
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Monday, 22 September 2025
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