Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act last Monday had some nice things for nuclear energy. The overall Bill is a $1.2 trillion for everything from bridges and roads to the nation’s broadband, water and energy systems. Nuclear got about $25 billion, distributed as: – $3.2 billion (to FY2027) Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) – $21.5 billion (to 2025) for an Office …
Key figures involved in the Sizewell C nuclear power station project have told a conference that work could start next year if it gets planning permission – and argued the benefits will outweigh the impact. The ‘Sizewell C: Doing the Power of Good for East Suffolk’ conference focused on the impact of the potential power station on the local …
Nuclear power produces less CO2 emissions over its lifecycle than any other electricity source, according to a new report by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The commission found nuclear power has the lowest carbon footprint measured in grams of CO2 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), compared to any rival electricity sources – including wind, solar, gas and coal. …
Innovations developed on the Hinkley Point C project are at risk if the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station is not approved. Working on Hinkley Point C has allowed Cambridgeshire company Force One to explore new innovative technology, which could also be used at Sizewell. As such, the firm believes this level of innovation is …
All four steam generators have been installed at the design position at power unit No. 1 of the Rooppur NPP being constructed in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (by ROSATOM Engineering Division ASE JSC which is the general contractor for the NPP construction) . The Energospecmontazh JSC subcontracting organization’s specialists have carried out assembly operations …
Battelle Energy Alliance, NASA seek industry partners to design nuclear power system for lunar applications Battelle Energy Alliance, contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, and NASA are seeking proposals from nuclear and space industry leaders to develop innovative technologies for a fission surface power (FSP) system for lunar power applications. The …
Russia’s newest nuclear-powered icebreaker, the Sibir, has left the Baltic Shipyard and headed into the Gulf of Finland for sea trials. Two more identical ships are under construction at the shipyard near Saint Petersburg. Sibir is the first series-produced universal icebreaker of so-called Project 22220, after the first of that class, the Arktika, which entered operation a year …
Global Atomic Corporation (“Global Atomic” or the “Company”)(TSX: GLO, OTCQX: GLATF, FRANKFURT: G12) is pleased to announce that due to significant demand, the Company and Red Cloud Securities Inc., as lead underwriter and sole bookrunner on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters (the “Underwriters”), have agreed to increase the size of the previously announced private …
Skyharbour Resources Ltd.’s (TSX-V: SYH) (OTCQB: SYHBF) (Frankfurt: SC1P) (“Skyharbour” or the “Company”) partner company Medaro Mining Corp. (“Medaro”) has announced plans for an upcoming exploration program at the Yurchison Project (the “Property”). The exploration program is slated to commence this winter with the goal of locating new high-priority drill targets and refining existing historical targets. The Yurchison Property is located in …
Nuclear is a notable absentee from the list of renewables in Indonesian power utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara’s (PLN) latest plan for the next decade, but flip the page to the country’s ambitious 2060 zero-carbon scenario and it figures prominently after 2035. For nuclear exponent Bob Effendi, the door is now irrevocably open. “The political decision …
