Using China’s currency to skirt bank restrictions could irk Western partners Bangladesh appears to have found a workaround for stalled payments it owes Russia for a nuclear power plant: settling them in Chinese yuan. With U.S. and European sanctions barring Russia from much of the international banking system, Dhaka has been scrambling for ways to settle …
Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland, which is due to come on line at full capacity on Monday, will significantly improve Estonia’s security of supply and also bring down energy prices. However, a shortfall in transmission capacity between Finland and Estonia means that price differences between the two countries will persist until the Estlink 3 …
Germany is shutting down its last three atomic power plants this weekend after previously delaying the nuclear phaseout due to the war in Ukraine. The energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine forced Germany last year to extend the life of the last three nuclear power plants in the country by a few months beyond the …
A joint special purpose vehicle – named PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa SA – has now officially been formed by Polish companies ZE PAK and Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) to implement the project to construct a nuclear power plant in Pątnów in central Poland. The plant will comprise two APR1400 reactors supplied by Korea Hydro & …
Owners of the Palisades nuclear plant in Southwest Michigan may seek $300 million in state funding to reopen the facility. The owner and operator of a shuttered Southwest Michigan nuclear power plant may ask for about $300 million in state funding to help reopen the facility. Holtec International has launched an unprecedented effort to reopen a …
The 730-tonne reactor cavity precast pool has been installed in Hinkley Point C unit 1’s reactor building, using the giant crane, called Big Carl. Meanwhile the final phase of the offshore work by the site is under way after the arrival of two large jack-up vessels. Tractebel, part of the ICOS consortium with Egis and Setec …
If the USA were to shut down its nuclear power plants, the pollution from the coal, gas, and oil that would be used to make up the generation shortfall would result in a worsening of air quality that could cause an additional 5200 pollution-related deaths over a single year, according to a newly published study …
Some Eastern European power plants seeking uranium contracts Kazatomprom is looking to open new trade route via China Kazakhstan’s state-owned uranium miner is preparing reserves for production as demand increases, including from Eastern European power producers looking to cut their reliance on Russia. Some nuclear plants in Eastern Europe, which previously sourced enriched uranium from …
Kazakh national atomic company Kazatomprom announced the completion of the shipment of uranium via the Caspian Sea to Romania. The uranium will be used by Nuclearelectrica to start production at its CNU Feldioara processing plant, which the Romanian company has said is now ready to begin operations. Kazatomprom said it won an open tender for …
Next Wave of Reactors Utilizing AP1000® Technology Moving Forward Westinghouse Electric Company congratulates CNNC Sanmen Nuclear Power Company Limited and their partners for the pouring of first nuclear concrete for Sanmen Unit 4. This significant milestone will further demonstrate the economic and schedule benefits of utilizing AP1000® technology through its Nth-of-a-kind deployment and modular construction. …
