Nuclear power plant

Nuclear energy

09.August 2026 Tim Schauenberg/DW

New trend in nuclear energy: Do small reactors pollute less

Small reactors of nuclear power plants are said to be cleaner and less polluting. Is that really so?

Minister of Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović

Energy Industry

13.July 2026 B. B.

Đedović Handanović: The goal is to start the construction of the nuclear power plant by 2035.

The development of nuclear energy is also recognized in the "Serbia 2035" program, which plans investments of around three billion euros, says the Minister of Mining and Energy, Dubravka Đedović Handanović.

Chinese syndrome

03.June 2026 Slobodan Bubnjević

Nuclear adultery

If you are a small country and if now suddenly, after the Russians, the regime hesitates about the agreement with the French and announces offers from the Chinese, it is not a bad idea to look at what is hidden in the Chinese nuclear program

Nuclear energy

10.march 2026 B. B.

Đedović Handanović: Serbia wants to be part of the nuclear renaissance

By 2032, Serbia should have enough capacity for technology selection and construction, so that around 2040 it can have a nuclear power plant online. Serbia wants to be part of the nuclear renaissance, says the Minister of Mining and Energy, Dubravka Đedović Handanović

Radiation

06.December 2025 KS

Is Chernobyl safe?

A containment vessel at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant built to contain radioactive material from the 1986 disaster is no longer able to perform its main safety function due to damage caused by a drone

Nuclear energy

18.September 2025 B. B.

Negotiations on the Russian nuclear plant in Serbia have begun

"We are talking seriously with Rosatom. I don't think there is a better company in the world to build a nuclear power plant," said the Serbian ambassador in Moscow, Momčilo Babić.

European Union

11.September 2025 B. B.

The EU court banned Russia from financing the Hungarian nuclear plant

The deal with Russia violated EU rules on public procurement, a court in Luxembourg ruled on Austria's appeal

17.August 2025 B. B.

Director of the "Vinča" Institute: Let's entrust safe sources of energy

The introduction of nuclear energy into Serbia's energy mix would not mean abandoning renewable sources, but supplementing them with a reliable source of base energy, believes the director of the "Vinča" Institute, Slavko Dimović.

Ukraine

06.April 2025. Lilia Rzhojtska (DW)

How to repair the damaged shell of the nuclear plant in Chernobyl?

Almost two months ago, a Russian drone broke through the expensive shell of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which had an accident in 1986. The danger is not immediate, but because of the radiation, the sheath needs to be repaired. And that is neither easy nor cheap

Nuclear energy

28.march 2025 MJ

How Serbia is rushing towards a nuclear power plant

The French company Ezis, which infamously supervised the railway station in Novi Sad, is now, by order of the state, questioning how Serbia can build a nuclear power plant. "If we're lucky, maybe it won't cost us the lives of our citizens," says nuclear physics professor Miodrag Krmar

Nuclear energy

05.march 2025 Slobodan Bubnjević

Radioactive monitoring

How do you imagine horror? The Ministry of Mining and Energy, for example, engaged the French company "Ežis", whose daughter company is connected with the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad, to draw up a plan for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Serbia.

Nuclear energy

25.December 2024 Slobodan Bubnjević

Life after the moratorium

Serbia is ready for a nuclear marriage, but as with any courtship, all kinds of questions are open - the most important is certainly with whom, although there is no shortage of candidates for the groom, as evidenced by the agreements on nuclear cooperation with both France and Russia. However, the question of whether Serbia, without personnel, is mature enough for this adventure is also important

Nuclear energy

29.November 2024 MJ

What does a progressive know what a nuclear power plant is

At the stormy session of the Assembly, among other things, amendments to the Law on Energy were adopted, opening up the possibility of building a nuclear power plant in Serbia. All this takes place in the days when the president, together with the tabloids, sows the fear of the outbreak of a nuclear war. Does Serbia even need a nuclear power plant?

Obtaining energy

15.October 2024 IN THE

Google is building seven small nuclear reactors in the US

The technology company Google has announced that it will cooperate with the startup "Kairos Power" to build seven small modular reactors (SMR) in the United States of America.

Energy Industry

02.September 2024 B. B.

Construction of a nuclear plant in Serbia: Not at all, maybe or absolutely yes

There is no fear that things could go wrong if Serbia were to start implementing the nuclear program project, says nuclear physicist Vladimir Udovicic for "Vreme". Not everyone is so convinced that nuclear power plants are the best solution for Serbia, while the law that prohibited their construction until now is being changed

Amendments to the Law on Energy

22.August 2024 MJ

Ministry for lifting the ban on the construction of nuclear power plants in Serbia

The public debate on the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Energy has begun. Amendments to the law would bring numerous changes, and the ban on the construction of nuclear power plants would be lifted on the territory of Serbia

Russian-Ukrainian conflict

12.August 2024 IN THE

Who set fire to the nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye

The head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Sergej Lysak, confirmed that the fire at the nuclear plant was extinguished. Moscow and Kiev traded accusations over who was to blame for the provocation and potential nuclear incident

Energy Industry

10.July 2024 B. B.

Serbia's nuclear breakthrough: Adopted Memorandum of Understanding in the field of application of nuclear energy development

If Serbia were to lift the moratorium on nuclear energy, the basic question is where, if that happens, the first Serbian nuclear power plant would be built. Experiences from the immediate neighborhood indicate that nuclear plants are being built on the banks of the Danube and the Sava. There is no place in Europe that is more than 500 kilometers from the nearest reactor

Energy Industry

07.April 2024. S.Ć./Nikola Zdravković

How much does a nuclear power plant cost?

Before tomorrow's conversation between Vučić and Macron on energy, it is not bad to know: in the USA, the largest project of small modular reactors was abandoned in 2023 after the estimated price increased from 5,3 to as much as 9,3 billion dollars

Analyze

06.June 2023 Slobodan Bubnjević

Demolition of the Nova Kahovka dam: Playing with a nuclear disaster

The consequence of the collapse of the Djibouti dam is that the water level in the reservoir near the largest European nuclear power plant, Zaporozhye, which serves to cool the reactor and fuel, is dropping at a rate of 5 centimeters per hour. If the flow of cooling water were to stop, there would be a meltdown of the reactor and a nuclear disaster