The reactor vessel for unit 7 of Tianwan nuclear power plant in Jiangsu province, China, has arrived at the site after a two month journey by sea from Russia. The reactor vessel’s delivery came the day after four steam generators were delivered. In April, Rosatom reported that the reactor vessel and steam generators had set …
The nuclear facility project that is planned for the Kemmerer area has a key issue: it lacks a fuel source. But officials say they now have an answer to that problem. The opening date for TerraPower’s facility, called Natrium, was pushed back two years, from 2028 to 2030, due to the fuel issue. They need a special kind of …
Country reviewing law, with an eye to adding small reactors Atomic energy minister Singh comments in reply to parliament India’s state-controlled nuclear power industry is considering allowing greater participation of private firms, with an aim to developing small modular reactors to help decarbonize industry. The country is reviewing its six-decade-old atomic energy law to allow …
The ECNEC meeting, chaired by Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Mohammad Ishaq Dar, took place in Islamabad on 27 July (Image: Government of Pakistan Press Information Department) Pakistan’s Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has formally given its approval to the project to build unit 5 of the Chashma nuclear power plant, …
China has approved expansion projects at three nuclear power plants, according to a statement from the State Council released on Monday. Six new nuclear power generation units have been approved to expand three existing plants in Shandong province, Fujian province and Liaoning province, according to reporting from state-backed media outlet the Paper. The State Council …
1. The Dukovany nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic has four VVER-400 pressurized-water reactors that were put into operation between 1985 and 1987. Officials want to add another 1,200-MW reactor at the site. Courtesy: CEZ The Czech Republic is looking to expand its use of nuclear power, with utility CEZ launching another tender looking …
Vogtle Unit 3 (pictured above) is one of two AP1000 reactors at Plant Vogtle – the first new nuclear build projects in the U.S. in more than 30 years. Image courtesy of Georgia Power. The first U.S. Gen III+ advanced nuclear Westinghouse AP1000® reactor today entered commercial operation at Southern Nuclear’s Plant Vogtle. Westinghouse …
Gov. Whitmer Signs ‘Make it in Michigan’ Budget Balanced, bipartisan FY24 budget lowers costs, grows the economy, and delivers on kitchen-table issues LANSING, Mich.— Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a balanced, bipartisan general government state budget for Fiscal Year 2024 to grow the economy, lower costs, deliver on kitchen-table issues, and help anyone “Make it in Michigan.” The FY24 budget, when combined with the education budget previously signed by the governor, lowers costs on health care, preschool, meals for kids, higher education, housing, and workforce …
Georgia Power announced today the receipt of the 103(g) finding from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for Vogtle Unit 4. This finding was confirmed in an official letter received by Southern Nuclear and signifies that the new unit has been constructed and will be operated in conformance with the Combined License and NRC regulations. No …
Kansai Electric Power Co. on Friday restarted the 48-year-old No. 1 reactor at its Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture for the first time in 12 years. The Takahama No. 1 reactor is the oldest of Japan’s nuclear reactors not set for decommissioning. It is the second time that a reactor over 40 years old …
