Paik Un-gyu, South Korean minister of trade, industry and energy, (R) shakes hands with Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih (L) during their meeting in the Middle Eastern nation on March 12, 2018, in this photo provided by the Korean ministry. (Yonhap) South Korea and Saudi Arabia have discussed ways to step up cooperation in …
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. intends to start at an early date business collaboration discussions with other companies for its Higashidori nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa said in a recent interview. “We hope that companies will sit at the negotiating table as early as possible to sort …
Sudan plans to sign a memorandum with Russia on the construction of a nuclear power plant, Sudan News Agency (SUNA) said on Monday, citing an official from the ministry of water resources, irrigation and electricity. Sudanese Minister of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity Mutaz Mohamed Musa Salim set off for a visit to Moscow on …
Saudi Arabia is enlisting blue-chip lobbyists in Washington as it prepares for a fight over its ambition to build nuclear power plants. Three law firms have filed disclosures saying they’re advising the kingdom on the issue, as American and Saudi leaders negotiate the contours of a possible nuclear technology-sharing agreement that could allow the enrichment of …
Russia has today connected unit 1 of the Leningrad Phase II nuclear power plant to the grid and it has started producing its first power, state nuclear corporation Rosatom has announced. The VVER 1200 reactor was brought to the minimum controllable power level on 6 February. “The new, super-powerful Leningrad power unit has begun to …
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s first nuclear power plant is likely to miss its 2023 target start-up date as Russian builder Rosatom struggles to find local partners, two people familiar with the matter said. The $20 billion project is part of President Tayyip Erdogan’s “2023 vision” marking 100 years since the founding of modern Turkey. Rosatom …
BEIJING, March 7 (Reuters) – China plans to start construction on six to eight nuclear reactors this year and raise its total nuclear generating capacity by as much as 6 gigawatts, the country’s energy administration said on Wednesday. The National Energy Administration said China also aimed to complete two long-delayed, foreign-designed third-generation reactor projects this …
Swiss utility Axpo has received regulatory approval to bring unit 1 of the Beznau nuclear power plant (KKB) back into service this month after evidence it submitted last December proved aluminium oxide inclusions in the reactor pressure vessel do not affect the unit’s safety. The RPV was manufactured in the Creusot Forge in France in …
The Russian state-owned corporation, Rosatom, plans to start building of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey in April 2018. To start the construction are required 101 licenses are required, while the company already received 90 of them. “At the beginning of April, the first concrete is planned to be poured out on the ground …
Taipei, March 5 (CNA) Taiwan Power Co.’s (Taipower’s) application to restart the second reactor at its No. 2 nuclear plant in New Taipei’s Wanli District has gained approval from the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) following a 30-day safety review, according to the results of the AEC safety review released Monday. Taipower’s application will now proceed …
