How China became the king of new nuclear power, and how the U.S. is trying to stage a comeback

China has 21 nuclear reactors under construction which will have a capacity for generating 21.61 gigawatts of electricity, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. That is more than two and a half times more nuclear reactors under construction than any other country. China’s drive to build nuclear energy is twofold: It has a massive …

India’s largest home-built nuclear plant starts operations at full capacity: PM Narendra Modi

The reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) had started commercial operations on June 30 but was operating at 90 per cent of its capacity till now. India’s first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power plant in Gujarat’s Kakrapar has started operations at full capacity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. The reactor …

V.GXU Files Resource Update for Muntanga Project

GoviEx Uranium Inc. (TSXV: GXU) (OTCQX: GVXXF) (“GoviEx” or “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has filed a technical report titled “NI 43-101 Technical Report On the Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for The Muntanga Uranium Project in Zambia” dated effective 31 March, 2023. The report was filed today under GoviEx’s profile on SEDAR www.sedarplus.ca and it is …

Westinghouse expands fuel offerings of Columbia plant

Westinghouse has announced the creation of a centre of excellence for Low Enriched Uranium Plus (LEU+) fuel manufacturing at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) in Hopkins, South Carolina. “The demand for LEU+ fuel in the range of 5–10% enrichment is expected to grow significantly in the coming years due to increased power generation which …

Construction of Lufeng unit 6 begins

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of the unit 6 HPR1000 (Hualong One) at the Lufeng nuclear power plant in China’s Guangdong province. It is the second HPR1000 under construction at the site, where four CAP1000s are also planned. In a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, China General …

Quantum computing and the nuclear industry

A research project has highlighted the potential for quantum computing to deliver significant benefits for the design and operation of radiation facilities in the nuclear, medical and space industries, as Professor Paul Smith, Jacobs ANSWERS Technical Director, explains. Modelling radiation transport is fundamental to nuclear physics and plays a part in everything from reactor design …