NuScale Power Corporation has submitted an application for approval of its updated small modular reactor design to US nuclear regulators. The company has also signed a contract with Romania’s RoPower Nuclear S.A. for front-end engineering and design work toward the deployment of a VOYGR-6 SMR power plant at Doicești. The NuScale Power Module, on which …
The cooling towers of the Slovak nuclear power plant are seen at Jaslovske Bohunice in western Slovakia, about 70 km (43 miles) north of the Slovak capital Bratislava, May 10, 2011. Petr Josek, Reuters Image used for illustrative purpose. Reuters Images The Rooppur nuclear plant, with a planned power generation capacity of 2,400 megawatts, will …
French President Emmanuel Macron and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson deliver a joint statement before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes Reuters Sweden could potentially buy nuclear reactors from France to beef up the Nordic country’s energy supply, the Swedish prime minister was quoted as saying while …
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing holds a mobile phone at the attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Germany’s transport minister called for an expert committee to examine whether the lifespan of the country’s nuclear plants should be extended, reopening a row within Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition. Germany’s …
Bruce Power and its partners have completed the bulk of the construction phase of the major component replacement (MCR) outage at Bruce unit 6 and are transitioning to activities to bring the unit back online in the fourth quarter of 2023. Meanwhile, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is preparing to start work on its third reactor …
On December 22, the Japanese government’s Green Transformation (GX) Implementation Council (chaired by Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio) held a meeting, at which a basic policy aimed at implementing the country’s green transformation was put forth together with a ten-year roadmap. Since July, the council had been deliberating on major reforms in the areas of energy, …
Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez has said that the first unit at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant will be commissioned at the end of 2023, and that nuclear power plants will be seen in various parts of the country in the next 10 to 20 years. “We laid the foundation of the fourth unit in Akkuyu this year and …
Japan’s nuclear watchdog approved new regulations Wednesday that will allow reactors to operate longer than the previous limit of 60 years as the nation looks to increase the share of power generated by nuclear energy. But realizing the plan could take time, as new legislation is needed in order to put the recommendations into practice. …
Turkey’s government and private companies are in talks with the US for purchases of small nuclear reactors, as the country looks to wean itself off coal. “There is a serious interest in nuclear as a way to replace coal-fired power plants,” Justin Friedman, senior advisor for commercial competitiveness in nuclear energy at the US State …
“It is a very important law, which I hope will be adopted as soon as possible by my colleagues in the Parliament, in order to move forward with the project of the new units from Cernavodă,” Energy Minister Virgil Popescu said in a news release. [EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT] A draft law regarding the agreement to build …
