France’s electrical grid operator has lowered its forecast of power cuts through the rest of the winter, largely because of a reduced demand from consumers and higher than expected nuclear and hydropower availability. “We absolutely have the means to avoid power cuts this winter,” Thomas Veyrenc, executive director of the French grid operator RTE, said …
How the floating unit could look (Image: Rosatom) Rosatom says that the development of nuclear fuel for its Modernised Floating Power Units project – featuring RITM-200S reactors – has been completed. The project for the upgraded floating power unit includes two of the reactors on a barge, with a nominal thermal power of 198 MW each. …
Sizewell B Plant Manager, Adam Anderson and Station Director, Robert Gunn Sizewell B has reached a major milestone notching up 10 million-million watts of electricity this year! The station hit the milestone today following a weekend when a record number of people were expected to tune into the World Cup. Adam Anderson, Sizewell B Plant …
During the media briefing he said the country’s energy system was ‘working stably’ (Image: Belarus Energy Ministry) The second unit at the nuclear power plant in Belarus is now expected to be connected to the country’s power system in the first three months of 2023, according to Energy Minister Victor Karankevich. According to the Ministry …
Japan confirmed a major nuclear power policy shift on Friday to tackle an energy crisis more than a decade after the 2011 Fukushima disaster prompted it to idle most of its reactors. Public opinion has been hostile towards nuclear energy since a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, …
Minister of State Jitendra Singh confirmed the government’s plans for 21 new reactors – including those already under construction – and gave an update on the progress of the various projects in a written answer to the Lok Sabha. According to Singh’s statement, the following projects are classed by the government as “under construction”: Kakrapar 3 …
A Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE, the first overseas nuclear project for Korea Electric Power Corporation [YONHAP] The state-run Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) is in discussions with the Turkish government to develop four nuclear power plants worth about 40 trillion won ($30.7 billion). A spokesperson at Kepco said on Thursday that the …
South Korea on Wednesday held a ceremony to celebrate the operation of its 27th nuclear reactor, as the country has striven to become a nuclear powerhouse and to better manage electricity demand. The construction of the Shin Hanul No. 1 nuclear reactor began in 2010 in Uljin, 307 kilometers southeast of Seoul, and was completed …
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) confirmed that Hanbit unit 4 resumed power generation at 3:40 am on 11 December, ending an outage that began in May 2017. The six-unit Hanbit nuclear power plant (Image: KHNP) The unit was taken offline for a “planned preventive maintenance” outage but remained offline after the discovery of “voids” …
Unit 3 at the Barakah nuclear power station has been brought to 100% of its reactor power capacity for the first time as part of its testing activities, project company Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said. The milestone brings the third unit of the four-unit Barakah station – the first commercial nuclear power station in …