Advanced fuel assemblies featuring chromia-doped fuel pellets and chromium-coated fuel cladding are to be loaded into a US nuclear power reactor. The fuel, developed by Areva NP under the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF) program, will be loaded into the Vogtle 2 plant in Georgia.Vogtle units 1 and 2 (Image: …
China is planning to transform Shanghai into world’s top nuclear energy innovation hub in the next five years. China is planning to transform Shanghai into world’s top nuclear energy innovation hub in the next five years. This is in accordance with the country’s ambitious plan to become the “global nuclear forerunner” in coming years, according …
By Kentaro Hamada and Osamu Tsukimori TOKYO (Reuters) – The governor of Japan’s Niigata prefecture, home to the world’s largest atomic power plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, will not take steps to restart the site until a nuclear advisory committee completes its work, delaying its operation at least three years. Governor Ryuichi Yoneyama told Reuters in an interview …
The total cost of Unit 3 and Unit 4 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, each with a capacity to produce 1,000 megawatt, is Rs. 39,894 crore. NEW DELHI: Construction work at Unit 3 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu started today. The project, in collaboration with a Russian company, is likely to be completed in …
South Korean president Moon Jae-in has used the permanent shutdown of Kori unit 1 to outline his intended nuclear energy phase-out policy. He said no new reactors would be planned and existing units will not operate beyond 40 years. Moon addresses the Kori 1 closure ceremony (Image: presidential website)Kori 1 is a 576 MWe pressurized water …
Rusatom Overseas, a division of Russian State-owned atomic corporation Rosatom, on Monday signed a project development agreement (PDA) with Zambia, paving the way for a preliminary feasibility study into the proposed construction of a nuclear power plant. The signing took place during the yearly international nuclear forum Atomexpo 2017. Rosatom also signed several agreements with Zambian …
ANKARA (Reuters) – Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) won approval from Turkey’s energy watchdog on Thursday to go ahead with building its $20 billion Akkuyu nuclear power plant in southern Turkey. The project to construct four nuclear reactors has repeatedly run into delays, including being briefly halted after Turkey downed a Russian jet near …
BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) – French environment and energy minister Nicolas Hulot said on Monday that the government plans to close some nuclear reactors of state-controlled utility EDF (EDF.PA) to reduce nuclear’s share of the country’s power mix.He gave no indication of timing.Hulot told reporters at the G7 environment summit in the Italian city of Bologna …
Taipei, June 12 (CNA) The No. 2 reactor at the third nuclear power plant might resume operations on June 16 after obtaining approval from the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) Monday, according to the state-owned Taiwan Power Company (Taipower). Taipower said it will apply to the AEC on June 14 for the reactor to return to …
Energy experts say France’s plan to phase out nuclear reactors in the coming years will undermine the country’s global warming goals and actually end up increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. French President Emmanuel Macron will continue replacing nuclear power plants with wind and solar energy as part of a plan to fight global warming. But …
