Holtec says it wants to build its first SMR-160 small modular reactors (SMRs) for a four-unit power plant in the USA and to establish a “supersize factory to manufacture SMR-160s”, saying that the “first mover state will become the leader in the emerging industry”. The application for the second part of the loan comes …
Sizewell C has moved a step closer to starting construction after the Government today gave planning consent for the new power station in Suffolk. The DCO application was submitted in May 2020 and sets out the range of measures the project will take to mitigate the effects of construction and maximise the benefits for local …
Kansai Electric Power Co. will resume generating and transmitting electricity at the No. 3 reactor at the Takahama nuclear power plant on July 26, the company announced on July 19. The company had said the timing of resuming operations was undecided after a regular inspection that started in March discovered damage to heating tubes at the nuclear reactor …
Unit 1 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant entered test operation on 15 July, South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced. The unit – the first of four APR-1400 reactors at the site – is scheduled to enter commercial operation in September. The announcement came as the 2nd Vice Minister of …
On July 15, the Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kansai EP) restarted its Ohi-4 Nuclear Power Plant (PWR, 1,180MW), which had been undergoing a periodic inspection. Adjustment operations began two days later, and the unit will return to commercial service on August 12 following a final inspection by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) of Japan. On …
A general view of the nuclear power plant, whose last unit will be shut down at the turn of the year, in Gundremmingen, Germany, December 29, 2021. REUTERS/Lukas Barth Germany may extend the life of its three remaining nuclear power plants, the economy ministry said on Monday, as public support rises in the face of …
The three-unit Tihange plant (Image: Electrabel) The Belgian government has asked energy company Engie to see if it can extend the operating life of Tihange unit 2 until the end of the winter peak electricity season. “The government has asked the nuclear operator to prolong the functioning of Tihange 2 until the winter peak has …
Workers pouring concrete into the reactor building’s foundation raft (Image: SNERDI) The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 3 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (SNERDI) has announced. It marks the official start of construction of the first of two CAP1000 …
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he asked for as many as nine nuclear reactors to be online this winter to help with an expected power crunch. “There are concerns about a power shortage this winter,” Kishida told a news conference Thursday. “We must prevent this situation.” The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will …
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang (second from left) speaks during his policy briefing to President Yoon Suk-yeol (center) at the presidential office in Seoul, Tuesday. (Yonhap) South Korea will resume the construction of new nuclear reactors in the country’s southeastern industrial city of Uljin, speeding up the nuclear energy drive it announced …
