Georgia Power announced today that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the subsequent license renewal for the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley. The approval authorizes continued operation of the facility for an additional 20 years by extending the operating license for Plant Hatch Unit 1 through 2054 and Unit 2 through …
Bruce Power Unit 3 returned to grid seven months early with $150 million savings, generating clean, reliable electricity to power 800,000 homes and support 27,000 jobs Today, the Ontario government announced the most successful completion and return to service of a nuclear unit in Ontario history, as Bruce Power’s Unit 3 reactor refurbishment was completed …
U.S. energy regulators granted a waiver to speed up the connection of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, which is being restarted to serve Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab data centers in the region, a filing showed this week. Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox from The Daily Docket …
The document explicitly states in its conclusions that the nuclear facility should not be shut down, describing the decision as one driven solely by political and ideological motives. The European Parliament has called on the Spanish Government of Pedro Sánchez to reconsider its decision to close the Almaraz nuclear power plant, warning of the negative …
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the operating licenses for both reactors at the St. Lucie nuclear plant in Southeast Florida, allowing the facility to continue generating electricity for another 20 years and extending its operations into the 2050s and 2060s. The decision enables the plant to keep providing reliable, carbon-free power to homes and …
Unit 5 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant is scheduled to be taken offline on 9 May for its planned annual maintenance and refuelling, including the loading of American nuclear fuel, according to information presented in the annual report of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency. The outage is expected to continue until mid-June, when new fuel assemblies produced by Westinghouse are set to be …
Following a rigorous multi-year application and review process, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved subsequent license renewals for St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Units 1 and 2, extending operations through 2056 and 2063, respectively. In 2024, the NRC approved subsequent license renewals for the two units at Turkey Point, Florida’s only other operational nuclear …
Today, following the issuance by the Nuclear Regulation Authority of a pre-operational confirmation certificate and a certificate of passing for the pre-operational inspection for Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Unit 6, TEPCO recommenced commercial operation at 4:00 p.m. TEPCO has worked diligently to earn understanding from the local community, Niigata Prefecture, and society as a whole, …
France’s power-grid operator can now require Electricite de France SA to keep nuclear plants online even when there’s more than enough supply and prices are low. The move is aimed at maintaining stable grid voltage, which has become increasingly difficult with the boom in renewables. The decision, announced by the country’s energy regulator this week, comes a …
A Constellation executive told an energy industry conference Thursday his firm still does not have a green light to send power from a reopened Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear power station to the grid next year. In fact, as a Reuters correspondent reported Thursday, Constellation’s senior vice president and chief external affairs officer David Dardis said …