Six years after freezing the construction of a second nuclear power plant, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announced on Saturday (12 May) he intends to restart the project. Chinese investors have already expressed interest. Bulgaria, which joined the European Union in 2007, has closed four 440 megawatt Soviet-era reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear plant for …
The Atomic Energy Council (AEC) gave the go-ahead to restart one of the reactors at the Third Nuclear Power Plant in southern Taiwan on Monday, after final review of an application to resume the reactor’s operations. The number one reactor at the third power plant in Pingtung County was shut down to undergo an overhaul …
China is on course to lead the world in the deployment of nuclear power technology by 2030. Should it succeed, China will assume global leadership in nuclear technology development, industrial capacity, and nuclear energy governance. SUMMARY China is on course to lead the world in the deployment of nuclear power technology by 2030. Should …
Kansai Electric Power Co. restarted Wednesday the No. 4 reactor at the Oi nuclear plant in central Japan, joining three other nearby units already online and raising safety concerns as well as expectations for lower electricity prices. On the Sea of Japan coast in Fukui Prefecture, the operator rebooted the reactor for the first time …
The containment dome of unit 6 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China’s Jiangsu province was installed on 5 May, marking the reactor’s entry into the equipment installation phase of construction, China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corporation (CNECC) announced today. CNECC is a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). Installation of the 148-tonne …
Hitachi Ltd’s Horizon Nuclear Power unit has received an assurance from the British government that it will guarantee loans for the construction of two reactors in Wales, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday. British Prime Minister Theresa May met Hitachi Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi last week in London and asked him to go ahead the project, …
In EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) Reference case, U.S. nuclear power generating capacity is projected to decline from 99.3 gigawatts (GW) to 79.1 GW over the projection period of 2017–50. To address some of the uncertainty surrounding this projection, this article presents sensitivity cases under different assumptions for oil and natural gas availability, nuclear power unit …
Saudi Arabia Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih speaks with the media during the International Energy Forum (IEF) in New Delhi, India, April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Friday he was “optimistic” about South Korea being shortlisted to build nuclear power plants for the Middle Eastern kingdom. Falih told reporters …
Summary Uranium has been cheap for years, but the market has been waiting for a catalyst. Rising in oil prices in yen terms are putting pressure on Japan to reactivate plants. Pressure is coming on supply side as well just as new plants come online. Fundamentally, the bull case for uranium is that Uranium prices …
BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) — The Chinese mainland now has 38 nuclear power units in operation, with a total installed capacity of 36.93 million kilowatts, according to China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA). Most of the nuclear power units are located in southeast China’s coastal provinces, whose nuclear power generation makes up about 15 to 25 …
