The Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKEs), published today by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), shows low-carbon sources of electricity accounted for a record 50.1% of power generated in the UK in 2017, which is up from 45.6% the previous year. This figure consists of 21.0% from nuclear, 14.8% wind (onshore …
Approval of Chinese nuclear technology in the UK would act as a springboard to the rest of the world. China wants to become a global leader in nuclear power and the UK is crucial to realising its ambitions. While other countries have scaled back on atomic energy in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, state-backed Chinese …
South Korea will have enough capacity to deal with the peak summer energy demands with increased operations of nuclear reactors and new thermal power plants set to come online next month, the industry minister said Wednesday. Paik Un-gyu, minister of trade, industry and energy, refuted claims that the government is turning to nuclear power to …
The developer of Britain’s first nuclear power station in more than three decades has approached 12 pension funds about helping finance a sister plant on the other side of the country. Electricite de France SA is working on ways to pay for its Sizewell C project in East Anglia that will make it cheaper than …
Do you know that one uranium fuel pellet – about the size of your fingernail – produces the same amount of energy as 17 Mcf of natural gas, 149 bo, or 0.81 metric tons of coal? – Anonymous Nuclear Power Generation According to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), there are a total of 451 nuclear …
Russia is interested in cooperating with South Africa in peaceful use of nuclear energy, including construction of a nuclear power plant (NPP) in this country, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday. “Russia is interested in cooperation in the sphere of peaceful use of nuclear energy, including construction of a NPP in South Africa, continued …
Ukraine purchased nuclear fuel for a total of $213.511 million in January-May 2018, which was 21.7 percent more than for the same period in 2017 ($175.490 million). Over the period under review, Ukraine bought Russian nuclear fuel worth $138.645 million for Ukrainian nuclear power plants, while nuclear fuel shipments from Sweden totaled $74.867 million, the …
U3O8 spot prices experienced growth in Q2, reversing a downward trend experienced in late 2017 and early 2018. Prices were at US$22.80 per pound as of June 30, up slightly from US$22.62 month-on-month, however during the quarter prices were up by as much as 15 percent. Despite improvement in the month over month trend, U308 …
Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in June fell to the lowest in more than two years as the country’s utilities switched on more nuclear reactors that had been shut in the wake of the Fukushima atomic disaster in 2011. Japan has six reactors operating and three others have passed safety inspections and could …
Saudi Arabia’s nuclear energy organisation is hosting a delegation from the intergovernmental International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for a 10-day review of its nuclear plans The review comes as the kingdom pursues the building of at least two nuclear plants to help diversify its energy mix. It has been in talks with firms from South …