The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to save nuclear power plants at risk of closing, citing the need to continue nuclear energy as a carbon-free source of power that helps to combat climate change. A certification and bidding process opened on Tuesday for a civil nuclear credit program that is intended to …
On April 18, the second unit of HPR1000 overseas, K3 unit in Karachi, Pakistan, passed the temporary acceptance. By this time, the two units of the first overseas project of HPR1000 are in operation. The construction of HPR1000 Projects in Pakistan epitomizes the deepening comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between China and Pakistan in the New Era, and …
A little more than a month away from Palisades Nuclear Plant’s retirement date, the community is in the middle of an effort to quantify the plant closure’s impact on their economy — and on the electric grid. When the 811-megawatt plant goes offline May 31, Consumers Energy, which buys power from the Entergy-owned plant, will lose a …
The steel reactor pit has been installed for the ACP100 multi-purpose small modular reactor (SMR) demonstration project at China’s Changjiang NPP on the island province of Hainan China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said. The 4.85-tonne reactor pit was installed on 7 April in an operation lasting 40 minutes. The steel pit was designed and manufactured …
Exclusive: a massive move to sustainability is driving the UAE’s industrial sector focus, says chief executive of Dubal Holding, which owns 50 per cent of EGA Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the UAE’s biggest industrial company outside the oil and gas sector, will soon make a complete shift to nuclear and solar energy to produce aluminium, …
France is considering restructuring plans for debt-laden power firm EDF (EDF.PA) that include full nationalisation followed by the sale of its renewables business to focus on nuclear energy, BFM Business reported, citing unidentified sources. The website said the government was working with investment bank Goldman Sachs on several restructuring scenarios. The sale of the renewables business could …
A study that began in 2009 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has finished its third and final phase. The study provides important insight that will not only extend the life of the United States’ fleet of nuclear power plants but also provides an example of a …
The UK Government’s new Energy Security Strategy has given fresh hope to developing a nuclear power station at Wylfa on Anglesey. New nuclear was a prominent factor in the strategy and a new government body, Great British Nuclear, will be set up immediately to bring forward new projects as soon as possible this decade, including …
Russia’s state-owned nuclear power supplier Rosatom and its Finnish unit RAOS Project will proceed with a planned nuclear plant in Finland, RAOS said on Monday, despite uncertainty over government permits since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Rosatom and RAOS Project continue fulfilling their obligations under signed agreements and contracts relating to the Hanhikivi 1 project,” RAOS …
Westinghouse Electric Company signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with nine companies in the Czech Republic. The MOUs signed cover cooperation on the potential deployment of an AP1000® plant for the Dukovany 5 project as well as other potential AP1000 projects in Central Europe. These MOUs add to the seven agreements signed with local companies in …