Jindal Nuclear plans to build 18GWe of nuclear power generation capacity in India

Jindal Nuclear plans to build 18GWe of nuclear power generation capacity in India over the next two decades, various local media reported citing a company statement. Jindal Nuclear, which is a part of the Naveen Jindal Group, and a 100% subsidiary of Jindal Renewables, said that the plan will include Bharat small reactors, small modular reactors …

France tempts AI firms with its nuclear electricity

UK-based AI cloud provider Fluidstack has signed a memorandum of understanding with the French government to construct one of the world’s largest decarbonised AI supercomputers in France. Meanwhile, utility EDF has identified four sites on its own land that it will offer for data centres. Announced at the AI Action Summit in Paris, under the …

How China Became The World’s New Nuclear Energy Superstar

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 approves nuclear power plan aiming for reactor online in next decade

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 …

New York leads multi-state consortium to drive nuclear energy deployment and support state clean energy goals

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 …

Westinghouse has officially confirmed that Bulgarian VVER-1000 reactors from Belene NPP, which are planned to be installed at Khmelnytskyi NPP Units 3 & 4, will be able to operate on US fuel

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 …

Trump to help spark a nuclear energy ‘renaissance,’ investor says

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 …

Tata Power keen on building small nuclear reactors as India opens up sector, CEO says

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 …