China is on a clear course to become the world’s first “electrostate” — and is likely to eclipse the U.S. in atomic power in the next decade. Maani-Ana Yikpotey saw the world changing. In his three decades of life, the rain patterns shifted dramatically in his native village in northwestern Ghana. Drought parched the land. …
Vietnam formally approved a nuclear power development plan with the aim of having a reactor online in the next decade, an ambitious strategy to lift energy security and meet aggressive economic growth targets. The Southeast Asian nation launched a regulatory framework and plans to establish human resources and research infrastructure needed to develop atomic energy …
The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) announced a multi-state initiative to accelerate advanced nuclear energy projects. The initiative was first previewed by Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York last month and will be co-chaired by New York, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Wyoming. They will be joined by Maryland, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and West …
Aziz Dag, Managing Director of Westinghouse Electric Sweden, in an official letter to the NNEGC, emphasized that Westinghouse will be able to supply its fuel if Khmelnytskyi NPP units 3 & 4 are completed and equipment from the Bulgarian Belene NPP is installed. “Westinghouse confirms the possibility of providing a compatible fuel design in time …
Nuclear energy is set for a “renaissance” under U.S. President Donald Trump, according to Tema ETFs’ Yuri Khodjamirian. The chief investment officer noted that the Trump administration is “very, very interested” in backing new nuclear energy technology. “There’s a lot of excitement there, and equally, a lot of loss-making companies that have unproven technologies, and …
There are currently only eight designated sites for reactors UK government is encouraging energy investment to spur growth The UK is set ease the rules around where nuclear power plants can be built in a bid to revitalize the struggling sector. That will give developers more freedom over where they can build new atomic reactors, …
TATA-POWER-RESULTS:Tata Power keen on building small nuclear reactors as India opens up sector, CEO says India’s Tata Power is interested in setting up small modular nuclear reactors, CEO Praveer Sinha said on Tuesday, days after the country said it will open up the much-guarded sector to private investments. In the federal budget on Saturday, Finance …
Southeast Asia’s only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 40 miles from the Philippine capital Manila, was built in the 1970s but left idle due to safety concerns and corruption. It has never produced a single watt of energy. Now the Philippines and other countries in fast-growing Southeast Asia are looking …
Thammasat lecturer says SMRs critical for country to achieve net zero emissions Development of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) is essential to achieve the country’s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2065, says Praipol Khumsap, an economics lecturer at Thammasat University and an independent energy scholar. He spoke recently to Krungthep Turakij about the …
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Kudankulam, India, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. India, the world’s most-populous nation, has signaled that it will reduce its dependence on the fossil fuel, but growing energy needs complicate the equation. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg Photo by Prashanth Vishwanathan /Bloomberg India’s government will amend its nuclear laws to draw private capital …
