President says green power gains under Tsai may be insufficient TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has signaled openness to nuclear energy as a potential power source for Taiwan’s growing AI sector. Speaking at a gathering of the National Cultural Association of Taiwan, Lai said the government is advancing AI development plans and …
Regulators weigh final safety checks as KHNP targets late‑March restart for Kori Unit 2 Kori Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 has entered the final procedures for restart after its continued operation was approved. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) said it has completed more than 100 facility upgrades, including replacing life-expired equipment and reinforcing …
Taipei, March 18 (CNA) Restarting nuclear power generation in Taiwan would have to follow established procedures, with the exception of an emergency order by the president, Nuclear Safety Commission chief Chen Min-jen (陳明真) said Wednesday. Chen, who was at the Legislature to report on Taiwan’s plans to restart the decommissioned No. 3 Nuclear Power Plant …
The commission will start accepting public comment and requests for public hearings this week. Liz Fulton grew up in Middletown, where the cooling towers of the former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant were visible from her Dauphin County school. She recalled visiting as a student and being given a tiny piece of plastic the …
Operators carry out reactor startup operations in the central control room of Unit 6 at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 21. Japan yesterday switched on the world’s biggest nuclear power plant again, its operator said, after an earlier attempt was quickly suspended due to a …
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. Today, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. received approval from the Nuclear Regulation Authority for the test use of the reactor in preparation to confirm the integrity verifications of systems including the pre-operational operator inspection to be conducted after reactor startup. Preparations for the reactor startup have been underway …
Russian nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has approved a five-year life extension for Leningrad nuclear power plant’s unit 4 – which will take the RBMK-1000 reactor to 50 years of operation. The licence approval followed what it called a comprehensive analysis and inspection of equipment and documentation “to ensure compliance with modern safety and reliability requirements” and “the …
West Michigan’s shuttered nuclear power plant won’t start generating electricity until 2026, the company confirmed in a statement to FOX 17. Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is in the middle of the first restart of a nuclear reactor in U.S. history. The plant was estimated to restart by the end of 2025 at the earliest, but …
The Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously Monday night to recommend approval of the NextEra Duane Arnold Energy Center’s rezoning to the Board of Supervisors. In October, NextEra announced a partnership with Google to restart the plant to power data center operations. The overwhelming majority of the output will go to power Google’s artificial intelligence and cloud …
This is Browns Ferry’s second licence renewal, clearing the three boiling water reactors in Athens, Alabama, to operate for a further 20 years – a total operating life of up to 80 years for each unit. In the USA, commercial nuclear power plants are initially licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to operate for …