Westinghouse announced the launch of a small version of its flagship AP1000 nuclear reactor on Thursday. The new reactor, called the AP300, aims to be available in 2027, and will generate about a third of the power as the flagship AP1000 reactor, enough to power about 300,000 homes. It’s expected to cost about $1 billion …
First concrete has been poured into the foundation slab marking the start of the main construction phase for unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant project, and follows the issuing of a construction licence by the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority on 29 March. Chairman of Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA), Amged …
Georgia Power today announced the completion of hot functional testing for Unit 4 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga. The completion of hot functional testing marks a significant step towards operations and providing customers with a reliable, carbon-free energy source for the next 60 to 80 years. Unit 4 is projected to enter service …
Vogtle Electric Generating Plants with the original units 1 & 2 in the background, and units 3 & 4 expansion in the foreground U.S. energy company Southern Co on Thursday stuck with the previously announced timing and cost estimates for its Georgia Power utility’s share of two nuclear reactors under construction in Georgia. The Vogtle …
First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 4 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China’s Shandong province. It marks the official start of construction of the second of two CAP1000 pressurised water reactors planned as Phase II of the plant. The pouring of concrete began on 22 April and was …
Energoatom President Petro Kotin at the signing ceremony (Image: Energoatom) Up to 20 Holtec SMR-160 plants will be built in Ukraine under a cooperation agreement signed between Holtec International and Ukrainian national nuclear operator Energoatom. The agreement calls for the first plant to begin supplying power by March 2029. The agreement was signed on 21 …
How a completed plant could look (Image: Rosatom/Telegram) Nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor has granted a licence to build the country’s first land-based small modular reactor (SMR), in the Republic of Sakha (also known as Yakutia) in Russia’s Arctic north. Rosatom’s SMR is a water-cooled RITM-200N reactor that has been adapted from the RITM-200 series used to …
After touring the as-yet uncompleted fourth reactor at Plant Vogtle, U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Augusta and U.S. House Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, had a message — the United States needs more Vogtles. “I’ll go back to Washington with Rick and we’ll share with our colleagues on Energy …
Using China’s currency to skirt bank restrictions could irk Western partners Bangladesh appears to have found a workaround for stalled payments it owes Russia for a nuclear power plant: settling them in Chinese yuan. With U.S. and European sanctions barring Russia from much of the international banking system, Dhaka has been scrambling for ways to settle …
Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland, which is due to come on line at full capacity on Monday, will significantly improve Estonia’s security of supply and also bring down energy prices. However, a shortfall in transmission capacity between Finland and Estonia means that price differences between the two countries will persist until the Estlink 3 …
