Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment has given a decision-in-principle for Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) to construct a nuclear power plant in Pomerania. It is a formal confirmation that the company’s investment project is in line with the public interest and the policies pursued by the state, including energy policy. PEJ – a special purpose …
According to a senior official, India’s first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactors at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat have commenced commercial operations. The official stated, “With great pleasure, this is to inform that our first indigenous 700 MWe Unit, KAPP-3, has become commercial on 30th June 2023 at 1000 Hrs.” Currently, the reactor is …
Four steam generators and the reactor vessel for unit 3 at the Xudapu nuclear power plant have a combined weight of 1700 tonnes and are being transported from Russia to China by road, barge and then sea from St Petersburg. The production of the equipment was carried out by AEM-Technologies, part of Rosatom-Atomenergomash. Xudapu units 3 …
Turkey is in talks with Russia, China and South Korea over its planned second and third nuclear power plants, and with the USA and United Kingdom over small modular reactors (SMRs), Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar is reported to have told a media briefing. In comments reported in a variety of Turkish media outlets, Bayraktar said the country …
The fourth and last unit of the Barakah nuclear reactor in the United Arab Emirates built by Korean companies [KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION] Korea is looking to become a powerhouse in nuclear power plant exports with government plans to export 10 nuclear plants by 2030. Poland, the Czech Republic, Turkey and Romania are potential candidates …
Belgium has reached an agreement with operator Engie (ENGIE.PA) to extend the use of the country’s nuclear reactors by 10 years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted Belgium’s governing coalition to rethink plans to rely more on natural gas. Belgium was to have exited nuclear power entirely by 2025, but will now extend the lives of its …
EDF is engaged in the authorisation procedures required for the launch of the construction of the first pair of EPR2 reactors at Penly, as well as the administrative procedures for its completion and its link-up to the electricity grid. EDF’s target is to start preparatory work mid-2024. Following the analysis of the results of the …
A memorandum of cooperation has been signed for the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China’s Zhejiang province to supply steam to the Rongsheng Taizhou New Material project. It will be the country’s largest nuclear energy steam supply project. The memorandum was signed on 21 June by China National Nuclear Power Corporation (CNNC) subsidiary Sanmen Nuclear …
Hungary will need to build at least one small modular reactor (SMR) on top of the already planned extension of the Paks nuclear plant, the minister of energy said in an interview on Monday. “The earliest date for their procurement in Hungary is 2029-2030,” Csaba Lantos told online newspaper Vilaggazdasag.hu. “I don’t think it should …
The future of Spain’s nuclear power industry hinges on next month’s election, with the opposition party that now leads the polls campaigning to extend the use of the plants that the government wants to start closing from 2027. The debate, which comes as the country faces a sweltering summer blamed on climate change, reflects competing views between …
