FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) — The president of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Thursday the utility is considering decommissioning the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant located near the disaster-stricken Daiichi complex in northeastern Japan. In a meeting with Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori, Tepco President Tomoaki Kobayakawa said that the company is leaning toward scrapping all …
The Turkish government will likely build the country’s third nuclear energy plant in Thrace, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Berat Albayrak has said. “The first phase of the Akkuyu [nuclear plant] will be put into operation in 2023. The location of the third one is almost determined. It will most probably be the Thrace region …
HELSINKI, June 13 (Reuters) – The start of regular power production at Finland’s biggest nuclear reactor, Olkiluoto 3, will be pushed back another four months to September 2019, owner Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said on Wednesday, the latest in a decade of delays. The project in western Finland, built by a consortium led by French state-owned …
The world’s biggest nuclear plant construction company, China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN), expects to get more reactor approvals in the second half, according to its chairman He Yu. “I think new reactor approvals will come in the second half or a little later, as part of our high quality and safety first national approach …
BEIJING (Reuters) – China National Nuclear Power Co Ltd said on Sunday that two deals signed with Russian state nuclear company Rosatom for the construction of four nuclear power units in China were worth a combined $3.62 billion. Rosatom said on Friday it would construct two units each at the Xudabao and Tianwan nuclear plants. …
A third generation EPR reactor in China carried out its first nuclear chain reaction on Wednesday, an initial start up which is a world first for the much-delayed European technology. The European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) in Taishan, southern China “carried out its first chain and therefore it has started,” tweeted Xavier Ursat, head of new …
The Atomic Energy Council (AEC) has given the nod to the country’s second nuclear power plant in New Taipei’s Wanli District to restart its No. 2 reactor, state-run utility Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) said on Tuesday. Taipower received official written approval from the AEC earlier Tuesday to restart the reactor, the power company said, adding …
Japan’s hopes of keeping its nuclear fuel recycling program alive faces another major obstacle with signs from France that a reactor project there will be scaled back because of swelling construction costs. After the nuclear fuel recycling program suffered a heavy blow with the decision in late 2016 to decommission the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor, …
The spot uranium price ticked up again last week and growing 2019 demand suggests further upside. In this wire, Greg Peel discusses improving prices, the US conundrum, and new reactors for Japan. Improving prices Following the prior week’s spurt of activity and breakout 5% price jump, the uranium spot market was again busy last week …
The United Arab Emirates has postponed plans to start up its first nuclear reactor until at least the end of 2019. Nawah Energy Company, the operator of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, said it “has completed a comprehensive operational readiness review” for the updated start-up schedule. “The results of Nawah’s review forecast that the loading …
