The China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) informed the IAEA yesterday that a minor fuel cladding failure had occurred at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant. What are fuel cladding failures, and what do they mean for safety? Read our explainer to find out. Nuclear power plants are designed with multiple back-up and diverse safety systems as part of …
The Illinois Senate is coming back to session Tuesday, and one issue they’re expected to take up is a bill regulating the state’s energy industry. Last week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said an energy deal is in the hands of the General Assembly. He wants to close coal-fired power plants by 2035. After going into overtime, …
Russia will help Armenia extend the life of its nuclear power plant in Metsamor for another 10 years, according to the director of the station. Addressing a conference in Yerevan on the development of nuclear energy in Armenia on March 18, Movses Vardanian said that a working group is being set up jointly with the …
French power group EDF said on Wednesday it could double its growth target for renewable energy and become a European champion in the field provided a planned re-organisation, code-named Hercules, can get the go-ahead. State-controlled EDF says the revamp, which will separate the debt-laden nuclear power business from the rest of the company’s assets, will …
OSAKA – The mayor of the town of Takahama in Fukui Prefecture granted permission Monday for the restart of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama Nuclear Power Plant, becoming the first local leader in the nation to approve use of nuclear reactors more than 40 years old. The Takahama No. …
The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRC) has approved a 10-year extension to the operating licence of unit 5 at the Zaporozhe nuclear power plant. The VVER-1000/V-320 reactor was commissioned in August 1989 and its original 30-year licence expired on 27 May 2020. The new licence extends the operation of unit 5 as well …
Nuclear power capacity able to supply roughly 60 million homes is scheduled to close this decade as utilities struggle to replace northwest Europe’s ageing reactors, raising the risk of higher carbon emissions as fossil fuels plug the gap. Nuclear power provides around a quarter of the European Union’s electricity generation, with 15 of the 27 …
TAKAHAMA, Fukui Prefecture–The town assembly here Nov. 25 approved the first restart of a nuclear power plant already past its initial 40-year shelf life. The No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama plant went offline in 2011 following the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant operated by …
A new IAEA data animation shows that extending the life of existing nuclear power plants significantly increases the availability of reliable low carbon power, helping to meet climate goals and the transition to clean energy by 2050. More than two thirds of the 442 nuclear power reactors in operation are over 30 years old …
Japan now has 16 reactors at nine nuclear power plants that have cleared government requirements adopted after the 2011 Fukushima accident. The No.2 reactor at Tohoku Electric Power Company’s Onagawa plant in Miyagi Prefecture, and the reactor at Japan Atomic Power Company’s Tokai No.2 plant in Ibaraki Prefecture were affected by the 2011 earthquake and …
