Nuclear battery developer Zeno Power is to make a "multi-million dollar" investment to get priority access to americium-241 supplies from Orano's la Hague recycling site in France.

US-based Zeno Power is currently developing americium-241-fuelled radioisotope power systems for the US space agency NASA to power lunar rovers, landers and potential infrastructure on the Moon.

British nuclear services company Cavendish Nuclear, together with its delivery partner USA-based engineering company Amentum, has been awarded the next phase of work by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency to support the decommissioning of the Monju Prototype Fast Reactor in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

California headquartered pulsed magnetic fusion system developer Pacific Fusion has selected Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the site for its first Research and Manufacturing Campus.

The USD1 billion New Mexico Research and Manufacturing Campus at Mesa del Sol will house the company's Demonstration System, designed to achieve net facility gain - more fusion energy out than all the energy stored in the system - by 2030. Pacific Fusion will launch its manufacturing operations in New Mexico before the end of the year, with facility construction set to begin in 2026.

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.

HS2 Ltd is turning to some of the country’s most innovative tech specialists to bolster the ongoing work to get HS2 back on track.

Mark Wild, HS2 Ltd’s Chief Executive, is currently leading a comprehensive review of Britain’s biggest infrastructure programme – ensuring the railway can be built efficiently and to the lowest reasonable cost.

Now a call is being made to small technology specialists to bring their own expertise to HS2’s reset – coming up with innovative ideas to streamline the railway’s delivery, improve productivity and deliver value for money.

Guest: Alex Young, Head of Development, Evero Energy
Interviewed by: Antony Oliver

In today's podcast we are talking about bioenergy and specifically looking at how carbon capture and storage is set to transform the technology.

The UK’s net zero energy transition is firmly underway and one of the most promising new technologies is Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage, or BECCS. By combining the generation of renewable power with the permanent removal of CO₂, BECCS has been described as a “double win” for climate action.

Ovivo UK, based in Colchester, is the latest company in the region to have been awarded a significant contract on the Sizewell C project in East Suffolk.

The company, which has extensive experience in the nuclear industry, are experts in water technology, and their work at Sizewell C will involve the design, manufacture, and installation of advanced filtration systems. These systems will aid seawater abstraction for cooling the power station’s steam condensers before the water is safely returned to the sea.

EDF, Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity, has agreed a partnership with Fidra Energy, backed by EIG, to manage and optimise two large battery storage units at the Thorpe Marsh project in Yorkshire. Together, these units will provide 560MW of storage capacity.

Holtec International, EDF UK and Tritax Management today announced their intent to work together to develop Holtec’s SMR-300 small modular reactors at the former Cottam coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire, to provide clean, secure power to new, advanced data centres on the site. This intent is formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Holtec, EDF UK and their real estate partner Tritax Management.

New jobs and growth as companies in the UK and United States sign major new deals to turbocharge the build-out of new nuclear power stations.

The deals between US and UK companies have been enabled by a new agreement between the US and UK governments, expected to be signed at the state visit this week. This will make it quicker for companies to build new nuclear power stations in both countries, for example by speeding up the time it takes for a nuclear project to get a licence from roughly three or four years to roughly two.

Three apprentices from Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) had the privilege of attending a prestigious Parliamentary event marking 20 years of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group; two decades of innovation, collaboration, and progress in nuclear decommissioning.

Hosted by Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, the event brought together MPs, Lords, senior civil servants, and leaders from across the nuclear sector.

Babcock and Palantir are transforming the build and through-life support of warships, starting with the Arrowhead family and expanding across all Arrowhead projects. The partnership is enabling production and operations teams to make better and more data-driven decisions through our capabilities on the Palantir Platform – resulting in faster build programmes, more effective support services, and more efficient asset lifespans.