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ATM No 169 2025 DEC 9
Nuclear Industry Needs New Forms Of Collaboration As It Faces Rapid Expansion Of AI, Conference Hears
- The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and the rising global demand for clean baseload power are transforming nuclear operations and supply chains faster than current governance frameworks can adapt.
- At the IAEA’s International Symposium in Vienna, experts emphasized that new forms of collaboration are essential as nuclear energy becomes increasingly intertwined with AI technologies.
- The conference highlighted that nuclear power will play a critical role in supporting the booming growth of data centres driven by AI.
Further delay in Finnish repository licence review
- Finland’s Ministry of Employment and the Economy has granted STUK a third extension— now until mid‑2026—to complete its safety review of Posiva’s operating licence application for the world’s first used nuclear fuel repository.
- STUK says the review is in its final stages but delays stem from documentation deficiencies, plant design updates, and remaining uncertainties in the long‑term safety case, including the performance of a newly selected clay buffer material.
- Once licensed, Posiva will begin final disposal of spent fuel from Finland’s Olkiluoto and Loviisa nuclear plants, with operations expected to last about 100 years before the repository is sealed.
Kansas site selected for underground reactor demo
- Deep Fission has selected the Great Plains Industrial Park in Parsons, Kansas, as the site for its underground Gravity reactor demonstration and plans to build a full‑scale commercial plant there afterward.
- The company aims to break ground on 9 December and, pending DOE authorisation, achieve reactor criticality by 4 July 2026 as part of the US Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program.
- The Gravity reactor is a 15‑MWe underground small modular reactor placed in a 1.6‑km‑deep borehole, designed to use proven PWR technology, LEU fuel, and geological shielding to enable safer, faster, and lower‑cost deployment.