First Two SMR-300 Units Slated to be Built at Michigan’s Palisades Site for Commissioning by Mid-2030

Holtec’s Dual-Unit SMR-300 Small Modular Nuclear Plant in Perspective View Buoyed by the State of Michigan’s commitment to expand in-state carbon-free generation as well as by the broad-based federal, state, and community support for repowering the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, we have started the program to build our first two SMR-300 reactor units at the …

Macron at COP28: ‘Nuclear energy is back’

France and around twenty other countries signed a pledge to ‘triple nuclear energy capacity from 2020 by 2050’ at Dubai’s COP28 international gathering on Saturday. This declaration, which is not legally binding, recognises “the key role of nuclear energy in achieving global net-zero greenhouse gas emissions/carbon neutrality by or around mid-century”, in line with the …

Swiss nuclear power plants are running out of staff

After warning Switzerland over two years ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommends the authorities develop a roadmap to deal with the impending problem of labour shortage in Swiss nuclear power plants. Switzerland’s existing nuclear power plants are on the verge of having their lifetimes extended from 50 to 80 years. But now a …

Germany: Union CDU/CSU and FDP want return to nuclear power

Leading Union (CDU/CSU) and FDP politicians want Germany to return to nuclear power. They argue that this would be the answer to the country’s budget crisis and the weakening condition of German industry, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) portal reported on Saturday. The politicians are demanding that recently shut-down reactors be restarted and that preparations …

Nuclear energy no longer a taboo, WNE hears

Much progress has been made over recent years in the representation of nuclear in national, regional and international debates on energy and the climate, speakers agreed at the opening session of the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) in Paris this week. “In my speech [to WNE] two years ago, I dared to say the following: ‘Nuclear power might …

EU nuclear agency sees some Russia imports up again in 2023 from before Ukraine war

 European Union increased imports from Russia of nuclear fuel and services for the bloc’s Russian-designed reactors again in 2023 compared to 2021, the year before Moscow invaded Ukraine, Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) said. While such imports are not subject to EU sanctions, the bloc aims to reduce its dependence on Moscow. Its overall imports from …

TerraPower and U.UEC Announce MOU to Collaborate on Domestic Uranium Fuel Supply for the Natrium Reactor

TerraPower and Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC, the “Company” or “UEC”) announced today a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with objectives of reestablishing domestic supply chains of uranium fuel. This MOU will allow TerraPower and UEC to explore the potential supply of uranium for TerraPower’s first-of-kind Natrium™ reactor1 and energy storage system. The Natrium demonstration project, …