Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the plan as a step towards energy security and self-sufficiency. Italy’s government on Friday adopted a law paving the way for a return to nuclear energy almost 40 years after it was banned by referendum, in what Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described as a step towards energy security and self-sufficiency. …
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says it’s critical that the nation be out in front when it comes to artificial intelligence, and that means having reliable and affordable sources of electricity to meet the growing demands of the technology sector. Wright made the comments Tuesday before touring Sandia National Laboratories. On Monday, he visited Los Alamos National …
HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) is developing a project for a container vessel utilizing small modular reactor technology. A year ago it started joint research with United States–based startup TerraPower on next generation SMRs. The maritime transportation industry is designing solutions for a clean energy transition. Among them is a vision by HD Korea Shipbuilding …
Nucleon Energy is proposing projects in the Birch Hills County, and recently hosted three education sessions in the county and M.D. of Smoky River to get a response and to gauge interest from community members in the municipalities. The three sessions were held Feb. 10 at the Tangent Community Hall from 2-5 p.m. and 7-10 …
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Kudankulam, India on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Indian state power company NTPC is looking to build 30 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear power capacity over the next two decades, three sources said. “NTPC plans to lead India’s nuclear power plan just as it …
A rendering of a 15,000 TEU-class SMR-powered containership (Image: HD KSOE) South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has unveiled a nuclear-powered container ship model utilising small modular reactor technology. The design was revealed on 12 February at the New Nuclear for Maritime Houston Summit, held at the Asia Society Texas Center in Houston, USA. …
TerraPower, a nuclear innovation company, announced today the selection of three supplier awards to support its first Natrium plant. These awards complete the procurement selection for long lead items for the United States’ first commercial advanced nuclear power plant. The Natrium Reactor Demonstration Project is currently under construction in Kemmerer, Wyoming, and is the first …
India wants more nuclear power, has pledged over $2 billion toward research and will change laws to boost investment to do it. The pledges were made by India’s finance minister earlier this month as part of a plan to expand electricity generation and reduce emissions. Nuclear power is a way to make electricity that doesn’t …
Jindal Nuclear plans to build 18GWe of nuclear power generation capacity in India over the next two decades, various local media reported citing a company statement. Jindal Nuclear, which is a part of the Naveen Jindal Group, and a 100% subsidiary of Jindal Renewables, said that the plan will include Bharat small reactors, small modular reactors …
UK-based AI cloud provider Fluidstack has signed a memorandum of understanding with the French government to construct one of the world’s largest decarbonised AI supercomputers in France. Meanwhile, utility EDF has identified four sites on its own land that it will offer for data centres. Announced at the AI Action Summit in Paris, under the …
