A global pledge to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050 has drawn support from two more nations, meaning 33 countries now back efforts to expand the world’s fleet of atomic plants. Senegal and Rwanda signed up to the goal Friday during the COP30 talks in Belém, Brazil, as the World Nuclear Association said its latest assessment indicates the target …
A Trump administration pilot program aims for three nuclear startups to reach a key milestone by July 4, 2026. Valar Atomics says it’s the first to do so—but it had some help. Startup Valar Atomics said on Monday that it achieved criticality—an essential nuclear milestone—with the help of one of the country’s top nuclear laboratories. The …
State-owned electricity producer NTPC plans to set up nuclear power projects with 700 MW, 1,000 MW and 1,600 MW capacity across various locations in the country, a senior company official said. NTPC is targeting a 30 per cent share (30 GW) of India’s proposed 100 GW nuclear capacity by 2047. Industry estimates indicate that a …
The Belarusian nuclear power plant, which already has two power units, will have another one. Deputy Prime Minister Viktar Karankevich announced this following a meeting with Alyaksandr Lukashenka on the development of nuclear energy, BelTA reports. “Following the results of the meeting, a decision was made to develop the Astravets nuclear power plant, implement the …
Nuclear energy is undergoing a new wave of popularity as a carbon-neutral energy source in this era of energy-intensive data centers and artificial intelligence, according to former Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair Chris Hanson. “Public support for nuclear hasn’t been this high in decades, or maybe forever,” he said. “There’s a big interest in nuclear in …
Work will begin next year at the Wylfa site (pictured above), with the aim of generating power by the mid 2030s A first-of-its-kind nuclear power station is to be built on Anglesey, bringing up to 3,000 jobs and billions of pounds of investment. The plant at Wylfa, on the Welsh island’s northern coast, will have …
Urenco publishes small modular reactor report during COP30. The small modular reactor (SMR) market could support the decarbonisation of at least 11 industrial sectors that make up the majority of industrial energy demand by 2050 in North America and Europe with a potential market of 700GW by 2050, an independent study published today has found. …
The Turkish government has publicly acknowledged its dependence on Russia for uranium fuel at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, an admission that reflects both growing discomfort in Ankara and a wider effort to rebalance relations toward the West. Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told parliament’s budget committee on November 7 that Turkey relies entirely on Russia’s …
Nuclear power plants will receive the bulk of the money from the Energy Department’s loan office, Secretary Chris Wright said. The Trump administration struck a deal last month with the owners of Westinghouse to invest $80 billion to build nuclear plants across the U.S. Nuclear power will receive most of the money from the Energy …
The governor of Japan’s Niigata Prefecture will make a rare visit to one of the country’s most-troubled nuclear power plants this week, an event that will be watched closely by gas traders for any hint that the facility might be restarted. Hideyo Hanazumi is scheduled to visit Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant …
