(Image: KHNP) AboitizPower Corporation, a leading Philippine energy company, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power to explore cooperation on nuclear energy technologies and their potential deployment in the Philippines. The MoU was signed on 31 July at KHNP’s headquarters in Gyeongju, South Korea, by Choi Il-kyung, Head of Business …
Officials say that the first small modular reactor of Uzbekistan’s nuclear power plant project is to be commissioned in 2029. The head of Uzatom, Uzbekistan’s atomic energy agency, Azim Akhmedkhadjayev said recently that the first small modular reactor of Uzbekistan’s ongoing nuclear power plant (NPP) project is to be commissioned in 2029, while the first large reactor …
These experimental ship designs rely on smaller and potentially safer molten salt nuclear reactors. Massive artificial intelligence data centers and their extreme energy damages are fuelling renewed interest in nuclear power. But it turns out one of the more impactful uses of this atomic-age technology may not come from Three Mile Island or the American heartland. Instead, the hulls of giant cargo ships …
Lower Saxony blames Berlin; Berlin points to the European Commission A subsidiary of Russia’s Rosatom will provide the technology, licences and equipment to produce hexagonal nuclear fuel rods in Germany in a joint venture with state-owned Électricité de France (EDF), extending the Kremlin’s role in the EU nuclear supply chain. Lingen, a town of fewer …
Illinois has opened the door to a new era of nuclear energy generation, but a question remains: Where would new nuclear power plants go? It’s an issue that Gov. JB Pritzker directed state agencies to explore this spring, when he signed his first executive order of the year and as the state seeks to stave …
U.S. Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced legislation that provides a roadmap for the Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) Act, a US State Department’s program. “Nuclear energy is a source of clean and abundant power, and its growth in the U.S. and around the world will lower costs for consumers …
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) startup authorization allows Oklo to load nuclear fuel, conduct startup testing, and proceed toward first criticality. In just over 10 months, Oklo progressed from groundbreaking to receiving DOE startup authorization for its first reactor at the Groves site. During that period, Oklo built the reactor facility, established the operating …
As the Trump administration rolled out a cascade of purported breakthroughs that will revive nuclear power, its most audacious announcement came in October, when it unveiled a plan to build a fleet of massive legacy reactors – with Japan poised to foot much of the bill. Under the terms shared by the Commerce Department, tens …
Rwanda’s ambition to build its first small modular reactor (SMR) is moving closer to reality, but one major question remains unanswered: who will pay for it? The government expects the country’s first SMR to become operational in the early 2030s as it seeks to diversify electricity generation and meet rising energy demand. Officials …
Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev has congratulated the US for bringing three microreactors to criticality and noted the role played by “a national regulator that is accommodating to companies”, adding that for Russia to maintain its leadership position “we also need to take a fresh look at licensing approaches for such installations”. In comments carried …