The Office Decides on the Proposals of Westinghouse and EDF Against the Nuclear Tender Procedure In the First Instance

The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) has decided in the first instance on the proposals of the companies Électricité de France and Westinghouse Electric Company LLC against the procedure of the contracting authority Elektrárna Dukovany II in the tender for the construction of a new nuclear power plant. …

Nuclear safety agency to ‘swiftly’ devise regulations to support SMR development, exports

Lim Seung-cheol, secretary general of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC), speaks in an interview with Yonhap News Agency at the NSSC headquarters in central Seoul on Oct. 22, 2024, in this photo provided by his office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) South Korea’s nuclear safety agency will work to “swiftly” devise safety regulations …

Curtis: Utah ‘ready’ to be a big player in nuclear energy

Conference in Park City details the push for deployment of advanced technology A couple of top Utah political leaders said it is not a matter of if but when the deployment of advanced nuclear technology happens in Utah to meet burgeoning energy needs. Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, and state Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, both …

Westinghouse Extends Key Contract to Build AP1000® Reactors in Bulgaria

Westinghouse Electric Company today announced it signed an extension to the current Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild for two AP1000® reactors. This extension builds on the progress being made on the Kozloduy expansion project, as well as the support Westinghouse is providing for nuclear fuel diversification and operations at Kozloduy. …

World-1st nuclear reactor-powered ‘civilian’ ship to raise half-a-billion dollars

To enable worldwide adoption, CORE POWER aims to build advanced reactors, designed for commercial insurance approval. Shipping nuclear propulsion startup CORE POWER will shortly reach its funding milestone of $500 million, which will allow it to finish the technology design and move on to the next steps. The startup, based in the United Kingdom, is planning to …

Nuclear Island of CNNC Zhangzhou Nuclear Power’s Unit Fourth Starts Construction

The fourth nuclear power unit on the second phase of the Zhangzhou nuclear power project in Zhangzhou, Southeast China’s Fujian province, recently started the pouring of its first batch of concrete, marking the full-scale construction of the nuclear power plant installed with Hualong One technology. According to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), Hualong One is …

New nuclear clean energy agreement with Kairos Power

To accelerate the clean energy transition across the U.S., we’re signing the world’s first corporate agreement to purchase nuclear energy from multiple small modular reactors (SMR) to be developed by Kairos Power. Since pioneering the first corporate purchase agreements for renewable electricity over a decade ago, Google has played a pivotal role in accelerating clean …