Represents a major step toward realizing the Continent’s first SMRs Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced it is partnering with companies from Canada, the U.S., and France to ensure a fuel supply for the first unit of its four-unit Darlington New Nuclear Project. The historic arrangements signal a strengthening nuclear fuel supply chain and the self-sufficiency …
New large-scale atomic power plants are still in demand in the US as utilities brace for growing calls to provide low-carbon energy generation, according to the head of nuclear-technology giant Westinghouse Electric Co. New nuclear energy projects have been expanding in China, and are making a comeback in Europe, Canada and other regions as the …
French nuclear operator EDF announced on Tuesday it was signing a series of cooperation agreements with Canadian, Czech, Indian and French partners to secure local supply chains and suppliers essential for future nuclear projects. EDF signed a letter of intent with Ontario Power Group (OPG) at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris to launch a …
French nuclear operator EDF aims to build at least one large reactor a year during the 2030s, CEO Luc Remont said at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris on Tuesday. The company is working on the construction of six new EPR2 reactors in France, two new EPRs in Britain at the Sizewell site, as well …
Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment has issued a decision-in-principle for the country’s second large nuclear power plant. Two South Korean-supplied APR1400 reactors are planned in the Patnów-Konin region. PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa submitted an application for the plant to the ministry in August this year. The application included a description of project characteristics, indicating …
That’s in addition to six atomic plants France already plans Nuclear is part of country’s plan to shift from fossil fuels France will decide by the end of 2026 on whether to build another eight large nuclear reactors in addition to the six atomic plants it already plans to construct. President Emmanuel Macron has already said that France could build as …
The 340-tonne reactor vessel could now be installed before the end of the year at the new unit being built by Rosatom at the Kursk nuclear power plant. The reactor pressure vessel – one of five shipped this year by Rosatom – was transported by barge and road from the Atommash plant in Volgodonsk. For the last …
A ceremony has been held to mark the beginning of the installation – ahead of schedule – of the core catcher in the second unit at Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear power plant. The installation of the core catcher – or melt trap – was one of the construction targets for 2024 so its installation is …
Korea Electric Power Corp. CEO Kim Dong-cheol, sixth from left, poses with field workers at Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, Thursday (local time). Courtesy of Korea Electric Power Corp. Company chief inspects Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) CEO Kim Dong-cheol visited the Barakah Nuclear Energy …
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy report, Made in Britain: The Pathway to a Nuclear Renaissance, says multiple small modular reactor (SMR) units should be ordered to justify firms’ investment in UK production facilities – and calls for Wylfa in North Wales to be backed within the next year as the next large-scale plant. The …
