Italy aims to finalise by the end of 2027 a plan allowing the use of nuclear power again after it was banned almost 40 years ago, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said in an interview published on Thursday by Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government has said small modular …
Santee Cooper, the big power provider in South Carolina, has tapped financial advisers to look for buyers that can restart construction on a pair of nuclear reactors that were mothballed years ago. The state-owned utility is betting interest will be strong, with tech giants such as Amazon.com and Microsoft in need of clean energy to fuel data centers for …
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is mulling the idea of building a second nuclear power plant (NPP) to improve the country’s energy security and earn more money from exports to Russia. Lukashenko is due to discuss the project with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a Telegram channel linked to the Belarusian leader’s press service. “In …
Sanction clauses will be included in contracts for the construction of Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant (NPP) with a capacity of 2.4 gigawatts (GW), according to the Ministry of Energy’s response to an inquiry from Kursiv.media. «As part of ongoing negotiations with companies bidding to construct the NPP in Kazakhstan, issues related to sanctions are …
Legislators are proposing to create a group dedicated to developing commercial nuclear energy in the state of Utah just months after Gov. Spencer Cox announced a plan to combat Utah’s “looming energy crisis.” State officials first publicly introduced the idea of building nuclear power plants in October, saying it would help satisfy Utah’s increasing energy demand …
The leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Germany, Friedrich Merz has said he would prioritise revitalising the country’s industrial base ahead of climate protection. In a speech in the industrial western German city of Bochum on Monday, January 13th, Merz said that climate protection should not be more important than the preservation of Germany’s …
The Ford government has taken the first step on a potentially long path to building a large new nuclear power generation station near Toronto by confirming early work is underway to find local consensus for construction on the shores of Lake Ontario. Energy Minister Stephen Lecce was in Port Hope, Ont., on Wednesday to promote Ontario Power Generation’s Wesleyville …
Amid China’s push for leadership in the SMR sector, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s visit to India aimed to bolster the innovation alliance through the US-India iCET initiative In a pivotal policy update on January 3, US President Joe Biden issued a National Security Memorandum (NSM) introducing updated guidance for the United States’ implementation …
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin have discussed enhancing their countries’ Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, including in nuclear energy, as Hanoi sets up a steering committee to implement the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant project. The prime ministers review a guard of honour (Image: Vietnam.gov.vn) The two prime ministers signed a joint communique …
In a significant development for nuclear power generation in India, the nuclear reactor for the sixth unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu has been shipped from Russia. In a significant development for nuclear power generation in India, the nuclear reactor for the sixth unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant …
