1+ week, 1+ day ago  (503+ words) Over 59% of cases involving transport remain unresolved. The new data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB) underlines the need for continued vigilance in transport security. More than half of all thefts of nuclear and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (565+ words) The conceptual design leverages SMRs to boost cargo capacity, eliminate fossil fuels, and meet IMO net-zero goals. South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HD HSHI) have signed a joint development project…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (429+ words) The nickel-63 betavoltaic nuclear batteries are designed to provide low-power electricity for decades in aircraft, spacecraft and remote systems. Scientists at NUST MISIS developed a patented 3D structure for silicon-based converters. By placing isotopes inside microchannels rather than on a flat…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (619+ words) Integrated transport planning is becoming essential to the safe, efficient deployment of next-generation nuclear technologies. Held in London in November 2025, the inaugural World Nuclear Transport Conference brought together a community of experts from over 18 countries, marking a major milestone for…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (456+ words) The drones are equipped with cameras, LiDAR, and radiation sensors to safely inspect complex areas. Drones mounted with cameras and sensors are being used at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's (UKAEA's) Culham Campus for inspections of the JET (Joint European…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (409+ words) Arctic triumph for Russian icebreaker'Nuclear Engineering International Rosatomflot's nuclear icebreaker Sibir has, for the first time ever, escorted an Arc7-class diesel-electric vessel, Norilsk Nickel, using a "close-coupled towing" method. "This task was professionally very demanding, as it required us to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (243+ words) The two retired Navy aircraft carrier reactors would be used to power a 420-520 MWe data centre at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Texas-based HGP Intelligent Energy has submitted a letter to the US Department of Energy (DOE) proposing to…...

4+ mon, 5+ hour ago  (253+ words) The reactor is one of several advanced non'water reactor concepts proposed for future marine use. China has unveiled details of a nuclear-powered cargo ship under development: that can carry 14,000 standard shipping containers. It will be powered by a thorium-based molten…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (324+ words) Approval to 3D-print certified components aims to pave the way for for broader use of additive manufacturing in Russian nuclear equipment. Russia's II Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering (OKBM Afrikantov, part of Rosatom's Mechanical Engineering Division) has received…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (237+ words) US-based classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and the Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate on the application of small modular reactors (SMRs) in the marine and offshore…...