Senior diplomats of Korea and the Czech Republic have agreed to work closely together to ensure the smooth completion of the Korea-led construction of two nuclear power plants in the European country, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Thursday. The two countries have finalized the estimated $18 billion project after overcoming long-standing legal hurdles involving foreign rivals, …
Russian and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday on the construction of small nuclear power plants in Iran, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said. The agreement was signed by Rosatom chief Alexei Likhachev and Iran’s top nuclear official, Mohammad Eslami, at a meeting in Moscow. Rosatom described it as a “strategic project”. Eslami, …
India and France have held detailed discussions on advancing the strategic partnership, including civil nuclear energy, and defence and security cooperation, with a special focus on small and modular reactors (SMRs), said people familiar with the matter. Building SMRs in India with support from France was the key focus at the second meeting of the India-France Special …
Sweden’s government will ask the Parliament to approve state loans worth $23.4 billion (220 billion Swedish crowns) to companies to build nuclear reactors in the Scandinavian country. Sweden plans to build two new nuclear reactors by 2035 in a hedge on low-carbon energy security, with 10 new reactors hoped for by 2045. The Swedish government moved to …
Kansai Electric Power Co. said Wednesday that it will complete a geological survey to build a safer next-generation nuclear reactor in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, around 2030. In the initial process, scheduled to start in November, boring tests will be conducted in two areas near the No. 3 reactor at the company’s Mihama nuclear plant …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Banswara in Rajasthan on September 25, where he will lay the foundation stone for the country’s largest nuclear power project, estimated at around Rs 45,000 crore. The mega project, planned near the Mahi Dam on the Rajasthan-Madhya Pradesh border, will be developed under the Nuclear Energy Mission and is …
A Chinese state-owned energy infrastructure group has proposed a decarbonization plan that would increase the country’s use of nuclear power. The China Energy Engineering Group Co. (CEEC) is studying ways to convert retiring coal-fired power facilities into nuclear power plants, according to recent research reports. CEEC has said its “Coal to Nuclear,” or C2N, strategy …
The Trump administration’s top energy official said the US should look to boost its strategic uranium reserve to buffer against Russian supplies and increase confidence in the long-term prospects of nuclear power generation. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s comments underscore the Trump administration’s plans to promote nuclear energy as the demand for power soars with …
A warning sign with the inscription “Radioactive” stands in unit 3 of the nuclear power plant. Russia, one of the largest users of nuclear energy, wants to significantly increase its capacity. Stefan Sauer/dpa Russia, one of the largest users of nuclear energy, wants to significantly increase its capacity. President Vladimir Putin has set a target …
Small modular reactors at Ontario’s Darlington nuclear power plant are on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s fast-track list of “nation-building” projects, along with other projects he argued are needed to diversify trade and strengthen a Canadian economy bruised and battered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war. Small modular reactors at Ontario’s Darlington nuclear power plant …