Rwanda plans to invest up to $6 billion in nuclear power plants as part of its strategy to secure reliable electricity and support long-term economic growth, President Paul Kagame said on Tuesday. Rwanda plans to invest up to $6 billion in nuclear power plants to secure reliable electricity for economic growth. President Paul Kagame announced …
Rosatom expects to sign a framework agreement on the construction of the third unit of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP) by the end of 2026. This was announced by Director General of the state corporation Aleksei Likhachev at the industry event “Information Day”. “Together with our Belarusian colleagues, we are working on the financial and technical …
South Korea will speed up the restart of nuclear reactors undergoing maintenance to secure energy amid the ongoing war in the Middle East . The nation will seek to start two units in March, and a further four by mid-May, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment said in a statement after an emergency meeting on March …
Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union was “completely dependent” on expensive and volatile fossil fuel imports. She has announced new ambitions to harmonize nuclear regulations and roll out smaller reactors. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that Europe’s turn away from nuclear power had been a “strategic mistake” that was now exposed by …
South Africa has joined a global effort to expand nuclear energy by officially endorsing an international declaration that aims to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050. The announcement was made during the Africa Energy Indaba held in Cape Town by Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, the country’s Minister of Electricity and Energy. With this step, South Africa becomes …
A new effort to rekindle a former nuclear power site in northeastern Wisconsin comes amid growing bipartisan interest around nuclear energy in the state. One of Wisconsin’s major utilities, WEC Energy Group, is working on the project with Utah-based EnergySolutions. The companies earlier this year announced plans to explore options for new nuclear generation at Kewaunee Power …
A Korean delegation plans to visit the United States for talks with Washington on Seoul’s efforts to secure rights for uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Friday. Cho made the remarks during a National Assembly session, amid little progress in advancing the security agreement reached under their joint fact sheet, …
GBE‑N has secured its Electricity Generation Licence from Ofgem, marking a key step toward delivering new nuclear power for the UK. Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) has successfully obtained an Electricity Generation Licence from the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), representing a landmark moment in its mission to deliver Europe’s first Small …
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power said Friday it had jointly hosted a small modular reactor technology seminar with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand in Bangkok on Thursday and Friday, aimed at expanding bilateral cooperation in next-generation nuclear energy. The event was organized as a follow-up to a memorandum of understanding signed in June last …
– Japan and the US plan to include a nuclear power project in Japan’s $550B investment package. – The project will involve Westinghouse and potentially Japanese firms like Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Toshiba, and IHI. – Japanese Trade Minister Ryosei Akazawa will visit the US to advance talks ahead of a March 19 meeting. Japan and the United States are working to include a nuclear power project in …