The UK government will announce plans to fund a new nuclear power plant before the 2024 election as part of its Net Zero strategy, The Telegraph reported https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/17/exclusive-government-fund-new-nuclear-power-station-part-net late on Sunday. “We are seeking to approve at least one more large-scale nuclear project in the next few years to strengthen energy security and create thousands …
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is expected to become operational from 2023, months ahead of the scheduled 2024 timeframe, said Shaukat Akbar, its project director. Originally, the first unit of the nuclear power plant was scheduled to open by 2024 and the second unit by 2025. Now, the first unit will be running in 2023, …
Clarington, ON – The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has announced its decision to renew Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) existing Site Preparation Licence for the Darlington New Nuclear Project. “OPG has the experience and expertise to lead the way on this next generation of clean energy, and we look forward to having an SMR in place in …
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP) has completed loading nuclear fuel assemblies into the Shin-Hanul Unit 1 reactor in South Korea. KHNP obtained permission to load fuel from South Korea’s Nuclear Safety & Security Commission (NSSC) on July 9, 2021. After loading of 241 fuel assemblies into the reactor, KHNP is conducting reactor …
The ongoing energy crisis has spurred division between France and Germany over expanding nuclear power. As energy prices continue to surge and shortages place energy infrastructure under increasing pressure, France is considering a new tack to shore up its energy mix. Per The Financial Times, President Emmanuel Macron is expected to soon approve the development of six small modular …
Nuclear power is the required energy source for development of the Russian gold deposit at Kyuchus, the country’s minister of natural resources and the environment, Alexander Kozlov made clear as the deposit’s development rights were auctioned. The small reactor planned for Ust-Kuyga will supply the mine. “It is important that for the first time, one …
Soaring gas prices, worldwide energy shortages, fears for energy security and an ambition to have net zero carbon by 2050 have put nuclear power back on the map after a decade in the cold. In the space of just a couple of weeks, the threat of rocketing gas bills and a winter of discontent with …
Bangladesh wants to build another nuclear power plant after its first one is completed, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday as work at the Rooppur plant reached a critical milestone. “If we are able to build another nuclear power plant, we will no longer face a power crisis,” she said after inaugurating the installation of …
Sask.-based uranium firm seeks to be “supplier of choice” to fuel a nascent industry. Cameco has entered into non-binding agreements to supply fuel for X-energy, which wants to design a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) for use in Canada and the U.S. — and most recently, GE Hitachi and Synthos Green Energy, which is eyeing …
Koichi Hagiuda, Japan’s new minister for economy, trade and industry, touched on the importance of nuclear power and Japanese chip production. (Photo by Tomohiro Ebuchi) Hagiuda plans to seek funding to invite TSMC chip plant TOKYO — Nuclear power is “indispensable” to decarbonizing Japan, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said Tuesday, a sign that the new government under …
