U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says it’s critical that the nation be out in front when it comes to artificial intelligence, and that means having reliable and affordable sources of electricity to meet the growing demands of the technology sector. Wright made the comments Tuesday before touring Sandia National Laboratories. On Monday, he visited Los Alamos National …
The construction of a new reactor forming part of a nuclear power project in the city of Lufeng in south China’s Guangdong Province began on Monday, according to China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN). Adopting CAP1000, a third-generation pressurized water reactor design, the construction of the No. 1 reactor will incorporate modular construction, digital building …
HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) is developing a project for a container vessel utilizing small modular reactor technology. A year ago it started joint research with United States–based startup TerraPower on next generation SMRs. The maritime transportation industry is designing solutions for a clean energy transition. Among them is a vision by HD Korea Shipbuilding …
Workers at Doosan Enerbility’s casting and forging plant in Changwon, South Korea, manufacture components for NuScale Power’s small modular reactor (SMR) in May 2023./Doosan Enerbility South Korea finalized its 11th Basic Plan for Long-Term Electricity Supply and Demand on Feb. 19, outlining energy supply and generation strategies for 2024 through 2038. Released every two years, …
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Kudankulam, India on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Indian state power company NTPC is looking to build 30 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear power capacity over the next two decades, three sources said. “NTPC plans to lead India’s nuclear power plan just as it …
Ukraine has launched the mass assembly of nuclear fuel while planning the expansion of Khmelnytskyi NPP with American Westinghouse technology We are currently preparing a project to expand our NPP with the involvement of American business. This project will strengthen energy security not only of Ukraine but of the entire European region” — President of …
Welding has been completed of the upper half of the VVER-1200 reactor vessel for El Dabaa nuclear power plant’s second unit, with Rosatom saying that new materials and welding technologies can help increase the service life of reactors to 100 years. (Image: Rosatom) The welding, at the Atommash production site in Russia, lasted for 20 …
TerraPower, a nuclear innovation company, announced today the selection of three supplier awards to support its first Natrium plant. These awards complete the procurement selection for long lead items for the United States’ first commercial advanced nuclear power plant. The Natrium Reactor Demonstration Project is currently under construction in Kemmerer, Wyoming, and is the first …
As the U.S. makes a U-turn on premature nuclear closures with plans to restart both Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania and Palisades in Michigan, Spain is sticking to the less than ideal model pioneered by the German nuclear phaseout: close the plants now and worry about grid reliability later. Spain has seven nuclear reactors currently operating. Spain’s misguided nuclear phaseout …
India wants more nuclear power, has pledged over $2 billion toward research and will change laws to boost investment to do it. The pledges were made by India’s finance minister earlier this month as part of a plan to expand electricity generation and reduce emissions. Nuclear power is a way to make electricity that doesn’t …
