Jellyfish halt France's largest nuclear plant for second straight year
French nuclear reactors have a new summer shutdown cause: not just heat, but jellyfish clogging cooling systems.
Energy
Physicists learned to monitor shut-down reactors via antineutrinos
An international physics team used the Chooz antineutrino detector for the first time not for fundamental research, but to remotely monitor shut-down reactors and spent fuel.
World fuel production in tonnes — where does Kazakhstan fit into this picture
Fresh infographic from Visual Capitalist ranks countries by physical volume of mineral fuel extraction — coal, oil, gas, and uranium — in 2024.
First VVER-1200 reactor in Turkey set to generate power by year-end
While field work at Balkhash winds down and Kazakhstan prepares for the active phase of its first NPP, Turkey is set to launch the world's first serial reactor of the exact type Rosatom will build in Kazakhstan.
Can a nuclear power plant explode like an atomic bomb — examining the future reactor near Balkhash
As the Balkhash NPP moves from talks to concrete engineering, a key safety question arises: can a reactor explode like a nuclear bomb?
Romania has launched its oldest coal-fired power plant amid the energy crisis caused by the Danube.
Romania's energy crisis, sparked by the Danube's low water and a shutdown at Cernavodă nuclear plant, has forced the government to restart a coal plant dating back to 1956.
EU launches tender for construction of seven AI gigafactories
The European Commission launched a tender for seven of Europe's largest AI training data centers, aiming to catch up with the US and China in the computing power race.