Unit 5 and Unit 6 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant, in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province Photo: Xinhua Unit 6 of the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province has reportedly entered full operations, and it’s set to provide heating to local residents over land area of 242,400 square meters in the town …
As Europe struggles to contain a worsening fuel crunch, one country is about to secure energy independence that will shield households from crippling electricity costs and the threat of blackouts. A new nuclear reactor in Slovakia is due to start early next year, the nation’s first atomic generator to open in 22 years. The central …
The second unit at Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant has had the installation of its reactor pressure vessel (RPV) completed. The reactor vessel – which is 11.45 metres by 5.6 metres and weighs 343 tonnes – was installed in position in an operation lasting about six hours, using a Liebherr 13,000 crawler crane, Rosatom’s Akkuyu …
– Unit 3 start-up reflects safe and steady progress at Barakah, with Units 1 and 2 already commercially operational – Unit 3 will be connected to the UAE grid in the coming weeks, as part of the pathway to commercial operations. – ENEC adds third unit to the grid, highlighting mega-project management expertise – UAE’s …
France’s fossil fuel import bill is expected double from 2021, reaching €100 billion as energy bills skyrocket across Europe, the French Nuclear Energy Society (SFEN) told a Parliamentary hearing on Wednesday. The French Treasury revealed in April that the French energy bill had reached a record high, rising from €27 billion in the second half …
Skyharbour Resources Ltd.’s (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQB: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1P) (the “Company”) partner company Valor Resources Limited (“Valor”) is pleased to advise that it has completed the interpretation of airborne gravity gradiometry survey data at the Hook Lake Uranium Project situated on the eastern flank of the Athabasca Basin. Hook Lake Project Valor completed an airborne gravity gradiometry survey in May-June this year and …
The interest in small modular reactors (SMRs) means that building the industrial capacity to produce the numbers required is just one of the challenges for companies as they turn their visions into reality, World Nuclear Symposium heard. Both Jon Ball, executive vice president market development for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, and Rick Springman, senior vice president of …
Nuclear energy plays a significant role in scenarios which achieve carbon neutrality in North America, Europe and Central Asia, according to a new report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). If advanced reactors are successfully deployed to complement large scale nuclear reactors and there is progress in introducing low-carbon hydrogen infrastructure, then …
The Fermi 2 nuclear reactor near Monroe, Michigan began shutting down last Sunday night. It’s expected to be offline for a month. A bill before a Michigan Senate committee would require state regulators to commission a feasibility study on nuclear energy. That study would look at the economic and environmental impacts of generating nuclear power …
Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSXV: PTU) (OTCQB: PTUUF) (“Purepoint” or the “Company”) announced today the commencement of mobilization efforts at the 100%-owned Red Willow project within the eastern uranium mine district of the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan Canada. This past winter’s drilling intersected uranium mineralization along 1.2 kilometres of strike length associated with the northern area of the Osprey …