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 …
South Korea’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission has received an application for standard design approval for the Innovative Small Modular Reactor from the i-SMR Technology Development Project Group. The Innovative Small Modular Reactor (i-SMR) – being developed by a consortium led by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute …
TerraPower, a nuclear innovation company, received notification from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that the Commissioners have voted to award the first Natrium 1 plant, Kemmerer Unit 1, with a construction permit. This is the first commercial-scale, advanced nuclear power plant to ever receive this permit. TerraPower’s president and CEO, Chris Levesque, issued the following statement …
AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. (TSX: ATRL), a world-class engineering services and nuclear company with offices around the world, today announced that its subsidiary Candu Energy Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Türkiye Nuclear Energy Company (TUNAS) to explore opportunities for deploying CANDU® nuclear technology in support of the country’s plans to expand …