This morning, Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce and MPP for Northumberland-Peterborough South David Piccini, alongside Ontario Power Generation (OPG), provided an early look of the Port Hope Nuclear Discovery Centre – a new hub for learning, exploration, and community engagement related to potential new nuclear generation at the Wesleyville site. The Centre officially opens to the …
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. plans to contribute about 100 billion yen ($653 million) to a regional fund in Niigata Prefecture, home to its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, according to sources. The move is part of a broader effort to gain local support for restarting the facility, which has faced prolonged shutdowns following the …
Regulatory approval means Disa Technologies Inc’s High-Pressure Slurry Ablation technology can be used to remediate abandoned uranium mine waste at inactive mine sites while opening the possibility of recycling uranium recovered from the waste. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted Disa’s application for a licence to use its technology to remediate abandoned mine waste …
Fishing boats in Luanda Kotieno. Image by Victor Ochieng via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0). The proposal to build a 1,000-MW nuclear power plant on Kenya’s southeastern coast has faced strong opposition from residents and environmental experts, who warn of potential harm to communities, fisheries and the environment. Government agencies are now holding consultations at another prospective location …
Poland, along with Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia, has adopted a declaration supporting the expansion of nuclear energy in a bid to strengthen the region’s “energy security.” The declaration was adopted on Tuesday in Stockholm during a nuclear energy conference attended by the countries’ energy ministers. “We, ministers and high-level representatives from Estonia, Finland, …
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico says his government has approved an agreement with the United States to build a new nuclear reactor. He announced the Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday his government has approved an agreement with the United States to build an additional nuclear reactor. Fico announced the multi-billion-dollar deal during …
Kazakhstan’s nuclear energy ambitions are tilting eastward, strengthening Moscow and Beijing while leaving Europe with little room to manoeuvre Kazakhstan has identified a second site for the construction of a nuclear power plant in the Almaty region. While negotiations with potential suppliers are underway, China will be considered a “priority contractor”. Almasadam Satkaliyev, chair of …
At least six private companies, including Reliance Industries and Adani Power, have evinced interest in setting up Bharat small modular reactors (BSMRs) and identified 16 probable sites across six states. The six corporates who have responded to the request for proposals by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to set up small modular …
Soaring demand for electricity will drive a $350 billion nuclear spending boom in the US, boosting output from reactors by 63% by 2050. The investment will add 53 gigawatts of reactor capacity, bringing the total nuclear fleet to 159 gigawatts, driven by power-hungry data centers running artificial intelligence systems. The expansion will primarily use small …
The New Nuclear Age: Why the World Is Rethinking Atomic Power After decades of underinvestment, a convergence of generational technological breakthroughs, intensifying geopolitical competition, and the need for clean, dense, reliable power are positioning nuclear energy for a renaissance. Executive Summary Throughout history, the commercialization of new forms of energy has given rise to fossil …