SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC), a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, has been appointed as engineering supplier by Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor Ltd (SMR) as it enters a new phase of its pioneering program. Building on its role as a Phase One partner in the original UK SMR consortium, …
The Generic Design Assessment (GDA) for the UK HPR1000, the reactor technology proposed for Bradwell B, was successfully completed today, with the issuing of a Design Acceptance Confirmation (DAC) from the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and a Statement of Design Acceptability (SoDA) from the Environment Agency. This marks the end of a five-year process where the nuclear regulators have …
French electricity giant EDF prepared Monday to close a deal for the nuclear turbines business of General Electric, the latest step in President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to revive his country’s atomic power drive. Buying the turbines would give EDF a key component for the new EPR reactors it hopes to build in France while also …
New materials and equipment produced for Akkuyu NPP were delivered to the Eastern Cargo Terminal located on site. Departing from the Saint Petersburg Port in the northwest of Russia, the cargo ship arrived in Turkey, and in addition to the reactor pressure vessel of the 2nd power unit, the second layer sections of the inner …
Nucleoeléctrica Argentina and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) have signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract for the development of the Atucha 3 nuclear power plant. The nuclear power plant, to be sited near Lima, about 100 kilometres north west of Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, will use China’s Hualong One technology – the HPR1000 reactor, …
Company aims to accelerate the transition to a carbon-free future amid growing demand for climate solutions Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG) today announced the completion of its separation from Exelon Corp. (Nasdaq: EXC) and its launch as a standalone, publicly traded company and the nation’s largest carbon-free energy producer and leading supplier of clean energy solutions to …
Key Points – TVA’s power sales were relatively flat for the quarter, primarily driven by economic growth offset by milder than normal weather. TVA’s diversified power system – 59% of which came from nuclear, hydroelectric and renewables in the first quarter – helped maintain low rates even with higher fuel costs. TVA’s customers continue to …
Alberto Fernandez said that many infrastructure projects, including hydropower plants and nuclear power plants, were waiting for this agreement because they required foreign financing BUENOS AIRES, January 28. /TASS/. The Argentinian leadership is ready to resume negotiations on the possibility of building a nuclear power plant (NPP) with the participation of Russia, after the South …
Completing the construction of the two 700 MW nuclear power plants in Gujarat and Rajasthan, speeding up of other atomic power projects will be the focus in 2022, said a top official of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). He also said the construction of two 700 MW Pressurised Heavy Water …
The UK’s Nuclear energy industry is on course for recovery with employers forecasting the workforce will exceed pre-pandemic levels by five percent next year, reports the ECITB. But with the buoyant nuclear supply chain facing a raft of opportunities for growth, from decommissioning to new build, the sector must recruit to replace an ageing workforce …
