nuclear-news

Uranium/Nuclear Industry news, week to 21 August

TOP STORIES. 

 Short sellers reap $2Bn profit as modular nuclear reactor stocks tumble.

Special investigation: UK’s nuclear waste a ‘calamity for future generations’ – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2026/08/21/1-a-special-investigation-uks-nuclear-waste-a-calamity-for-future-generations/

From the archives Nuclear power: molten salt reactors and sodium-cooled fast reactors make the radioactive waste problem WORSE.? 

CLIMATE. It’s Getting So Hot That Nuclear Plants Are Being Forced to Power Down. Hungary to sink two barges near nuclear plant as river runs dry.

ECONOMICS. Russia Pushes Ahead With Uzbekistan Nuclear Plans Despite Money Troubles. 

USA government handing out $billions to X-energy and TerraPower for advanced nuclear reactors, 26.8 billion nuclear refurbishment to begin in Pickering early next year.

ENERGY. Romania Restarts Coal Plant as Danube Drought Forces Nuclear Shutdown.

LEGAL. Hinkley Point C subsidiary must comply with environmental information rules, UTT rules.

MEDIA. Why the U.S. Military is ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ (w/ Abby Martin) | The Chris Hedges Report

POLITICS. Nuclear material found in Syria will remain in the country, minister says.

SAFETY. The shocking story of the Flamanville 3 lid. 

Thirty six incidents reported at Hartlepool nuclear power plant since 2025.

TECHNOLOGY. The Microreactor Miracle Meets a Morphing AI-Nuclear Future.

WASTES. 

• Tepco begins removal of radioactive spent fuel from Fukushima No. 2 reactor. 
• The 100,000-year plan for Finland’s and Sweden’s nuclear waste turns on something very small — whether bacteria half a kilometre underground can make enough sulphide to eat through five centimetres of copper.
•  Summary of the Summary of the Integrated Guidelines – Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada’s Used Nuclear Fuel Project. 
• A Canadian lab ran real spent nuclear fuel through one chemical process and stripped 89% of its long-lived danger in 24 hours.

August 22, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes