France’s nuclear fleet is coming back online, with Bloomberg estimating that 73% of the country’s 56 reactors were available on Friday. That is significantly more reactors than in recent months, which eases some of the concerns about power supply in France and Europe. To compare, only 40% of France’s 56 reactors were available in August 2022, when …
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing holds a mobile phone at the attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Germany’s transport minister called for an expert committee to examine whether the lifespan of the country’s nuclear plants should be extended, reopening a row within Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition. Germany’s …
Bruce Power and its partners have completed the bulk of the construction phase of the major component replacement (MCR) outage at Bruce unit 6 and are transitioning to activities to bring the unit back online in the fourth quarter of 2023. Meanwhile, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is preparing to start work on its third reactor …
On December 22, the Japanese government’s Green Transformation (GX) Implementation Council (chaired by Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio) held a meeting, at which a basic policy aimed at implementing the country’s green transformation was put forth together with a ten-year roadmap. Since July, the council had been deliberating on major reforms in the areas of energy, …
Japan’s nuclear watchdog approved new regulations Wednesday that will allow reactors to operate longer than the previous limit of 60 years as the nation looks to increase the share of power generated by nuclear energy. But realizing the plan could take time, as new legislation is needed in order to put the recommendations into practice. …
Sizewell B Plant Manager, Adam Anderson and Station Director, Robert Gunn Sizewell B has reached a major milestone notching up 10 million-million watts of electricity this year! The station hit the milestone today following a weekend when a record number of people were expected to tune into the World Cup. Adam Anderson, Sizewell B Plant …
Japan confirmed a major nuclear power policy shift on Friday to tackle an energy crisis more than a decade after the 2011 Fukushima disaster prompted it to idle most of its reactors. Public opinion has been hostile towards nuclear energy since a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, …
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) confirmed that Hanbit unit 4 resumed power generation at 3:40 am on 11 December, ending an outage that began in May 2017. The six-unit Hanbit nuclear power plant (Image: KHNP) The unit was taken offline for a “planned preventive maintenance” outage but remained offline after the discovery of “voids” …
French nuclear output surpassed 40 gigawatts (GW) for the first time in nine months this weekend as the country experiences a cold snap, in a sign that the resumption of three reactors was boosting production, grid operator RTE data showed on Sunday. The head of the country’s CRE energy watchdog had said on Friday that …
France’s EDF (EDF.PA) aims to start corrosion repairs at its Penly 2 nuclear reactor in mid January, pending regulatory approval of its plans next week, as the power utility battles to recover from an unprecedented number of outages. The news comes as the state-owned utility ramps up three reactors following repairs, just as a cold snap tests Europe’s resolve …
