Unit 3 grid connection enhances energy security, adds over gigawatt of clean electricity capacity to UAE grid

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and its operations and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Transmission & Despatch Company (TRANSCO), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), has successfully connected Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant to the UAE grid and is dispatching its …

MHI, Hitachi reviving Japan’s nuclear power industry

Hitachi also targeting small modular reactors in the UK together with GE After Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in late August, ordered the development and construction of new nuclear power plants, Japan’s nuclear power plant builders are quickly following up with new and safer reactors. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on September 29 announced the conceptual design …

U.UEC to Present at the 2022 TD Securities Virtual Uranium Roundtable

 Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE American: UEC) (“UEC” or the “Company”) invites investors and shareholders to attend the Company’s presentation at the TD Securities Virtual Uranium Roundtable on Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 at 2:10PM EST. Interested investors can register to attend UEC’s live webcast on October 12th via the 2022 TD Securities Virtual Uranium Roundtable registration link: https://bit.ly/3CFhbQQ The presentation recording will …

MPs Demand UKs Nuclear Investment to Help Allies Drop Russian Exports

UK industry is uniquely placed to help allies replace use of Russian nuclear fuel The Government must back urgent investment in UK nuclear capability to cut Russian civil nuclear leverage over our allies, according to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy paper, “Resisting Russia’s Energy War: UK Nuclear Investment for Allied Energy Security”. Nuclear …

IAEA breaks ground on new laboratory block

The groundbreaking ceremony at Seibersdorf (Image Dean Calma / IAEA) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has held a groundbreaking ceremony at its Seibersdorf facility near Vienna to mark the start of construction on a new nuclear applications laboratories building. The new building will house three laboratories: Plant Breeding and Genetics (PBGL), Terrestrial Environment and …

Nuclear central in Virginia’s energy plan

Governor Youngkin launching the 2022 Virginia Energy Plan at electrical equipment manufacturer Delta Star Inc’s Lynchburg facility (Image: Governor of Virginia / YouTube) The 2022 Virginia Energy Plan, announced by Governor Glenn Youngkin, calls for a nuclear innovation hub to be established in the state and for a commercial small modular reactor to be deployed in …

Duke Energy ups 10-year capital spending plan to $145B to modernize grid, move to zero-carbon generation

Duke Energy’s capital investment and energy transition plans call for $145 billion in spending over the next decade, with costs up by $10 billion over the company’s previous ten year plan, according to an announcement released Tuesday. Some 85% of the spending will go toward grid modernization and to the company’s transition toward decarbonized generation, according to …