The Cabinet agreed on a package of bills Tuesday to allow nuclear reactors to operate beyond their current 60-year limit, marking a major shift in government policy since the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima Prefecture. The government aims to pass the bills in the current Diet session. The package of bills will revise five laws: …
The first new nuclear reactor for a British power station for more than 30 years has arrived in Somerset. At just 13-metres long and weighing 500-tonnes, the “reactor pressure vessel” will create the heat needed to make steam for the world’s largest turbines. It is the first of two nuclear reactors which will be installed …
The semi-state company JESS has asked for the permit to build the plant in Jaslovské Bohunice. While the dominant electricity producer Slovenské Elektrárne is intensively working on completing the third and fourth units of its nuclear power plant in Mochovce, the semi-state company JESS has advanced in its preparation of a brand new power plant …
Largest nuclear operator calls for renewed focus on reliability measures after nearly a quarter of PJM generation goes offline, resulting in up to $2 billion in penalties for generators that failed to produce during Winter Storm Elliott Nuclear plants operated by Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG) performed at 100 percent capacity and proved instrumental in preventing rolling …
Building new nuclear plants is ‘one pathway’ toward a fully electrified system, Energy Minister Todd Smith said in an interview. Ontario is exploring the possibility of building new, large-scale nuclear plants in order to meet increasing demand for electricity and phase out natural gas generation. A report late last year by the Independent Electricity System …
The inner dome for unit 3 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant was successfully hoisted into place on Feb 21, in South China’s Hainan province, marking the Hualong One unit’s shift from the construction stage to the equipment installation stage. The steel dome is located atop the nuclear island and is an important component in guaranteeing reactor …
The outer dome for unit 1 of the China National Nuclear Corporation’s (CNNC) Zhangzhou nuclear power plant was successfully hoisted into place on Feb 17, in East China’s Fujian province. It marks the completion of the main structure of the first Hualong One mass construction unit, and lays a solid foundation for subsequent construction, cold functional tests and …
Czech electricity producer CEZ’s logo is seen on the company’s headquarters in Prague March 17, 2013. The prosecution in Bulgaria requested CEZ license revocation over massive regulatory breaches, local media reported. REUTERS/David W Cerny Czech utility CEZ (CEZP.PR) will start talks with bidders for a multi-billion dollar project to build a new unit at its Dukovany nuclear …
A startup company wants to build fast nuclear reactors, and the company’s CEO said Wyoming may be on the list of possible locations for its plants. The Aurora-brand reactors that Silicon Valley-based Oklo is looking to build are much smaller than the TerraPower Natrium reactor planned to replace a retiring coal plant in Kemmerer. Aurora …
For the first time since the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in 2011, an Asahi Shimbun poll has found that a majority of respondents support restarting nuclear plants. The Asahi Shimbun conducted a national telephone survey on Feb. 18-19 in which 51 percent of respondents said they are in favor …