Egypt signs agreement with Russia to build first nuclear power plant

Egypt has signed a deal to use Russian investment to develop the country’s first nuclear power plant at Dabaa, on the Mediterranean coast. The Associated Press reports that the agreement was signed on Monday after two years of negotiations. The reports came after Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China, where they were …

Tepco’s nuclear reactors will likely pass safety review

Still unclear if and when Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility will restart TOKYO — Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority appears set to certify the safety of two units at Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings key nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. Passing the safety review is a prerequisite for Tepco to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, which …

Energy Giant EDF eyes faster India nuclear deal as other projects stall

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – French energy giant EDF is making progress in talks to sell India six nuclear reactors, said its chief executive on Thursday, with the stalled projects of rivals making him more confident a contract could be agreed sooner than first expected. CEO Jean-Bernard Lévy declined to commit to a timeline for when …

Brazil to request Chinese assistance to complete nuclear power plant

The Brazilian president Michael Termer is to look to Chinese financial and sector expertise to complete the country’s third nuclear power plant. The Angra 3 plant’s construction was commenced in 1984, but has for various reasons been delayed over the last three decades. The Brazilian nuclear energy company Eletronuclear will sign a cooperation agreement with China National …

Putin Tells Hungary’s Orban Nuclear Plant Expansion To Start Next Year

Russian President Vladimir Putin says work on expanding Hungary’s only nuclear power plant may begin early next year. “Work at the [Paks] construction site may start already at the beginning of the next year,” Putin told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on August 28 during a visit to Hungary’s capital, Budapest. During a visit to …

Ukraine Buys Nuclear Fuel for $213 Mln in Six Months of 2017

KYIV. Aug 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine in January-June this year purchased nuclear fuel for a total of $212.808 million. According to the State Statistics Service, during this period Ukrainian nuclear power plants purchased Russian fuel for $130.076 million, Swedish products worth $82.732 million. Thus, the share of purchases of nuclear fuel by Ukraine in January-May …

Russia set to finish Akkuyu nuclear plant licensing by year-end

Russia hopes to finalize all necessary licenses and permits for Akkuyu, Turkey’s first nuclear plant, by the end of the year, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has said. Contracting parties are working to obtain the last of the licenses for Akkuyu, Novak told state-run Anadolu Agency over the Aug. 19-20 weekend. Russia’s Rosatom and Turkish consortium Cengiz-Kolin-Kalyon …