The Estonian government has appointed Edinburgh, UK-based law company Castletown Law to advise it on law and legislation for the country’s advanced civil nuclear energy programme. Last week, Fermi Energia selected GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor for potential deployment in the Baltic country by the early 2030s. Castletown said the work will …
The reactor internals – including a 10-metre internal shaft, a baffle and a block of protective pipes – have been delivered to the construction site of the first power unit at Kursk II in western Russia. The internals were manufactured by the Volgodonsk branch of JSC AEM-Technologies (part of the machine-building division of Rosatom – …
Early work across the Sizewell estate is continuing to prepare the site for construction of the new power station, which is anticipated to start in 2024. Ecologists are overseeing the activity to ensure that wildlife is able to disperse naturally into surrounding habitat or is re-homed in replacement habitat that has been created over many …
Though it still has only a single-digit share in total electricity production, India has been looking to tap nuclear power faster. Recent government announcements on accelerating the use of nuclear power in India suggests a significant increase in the pace. Earlier in January, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that public sector companies would be roped …
The Nuclear Policy Council (Conseil de Politique Nucléaire, CPN) – headed by President Emmanuel Macron – met on 3 February to “take stock of the entire French nuclear dossier, both in the short and long-term”. The council has called for a new skills development programme, as well as studies into how radioactive waste will be …
Workers mark the installation of the first containment module (Image: CNNC) The initial steel lining module of the inner containment has been installed at unit 4 of the Xudapu nuclear power plant in China’s Liaoning province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. The module – with an inner diameter of 44 metres and an overall …
This photo, provided by South Korea’s Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) on Jan. 31, 2023, shows its chief Cheong Seung-il shaking hands with Turkey’s energy minister, Fatih Donmez, after submitting a preliminary proposal to take part in a project to build four nuclear power plants in the European country. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) South …
President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) tours a nuclear reactor factory of Doosan Enerbility in Changwon, 301 kilometers southeast of Seoul, in this June 22, 2022, file photo. Yoon pledged to rebuild the nuclear power industry and support its expansion overseas, underscoring his commitment to reversing the nuclear phase-out policy of the previous administration. (Yonhap) South …
The No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Mihama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture in 2022. The other two reactors are in the process of decommissioning. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) The government is backtracking on the issue of where to build new nuclear reactors. It is now set to limit construction of new facilities at …
Kazakhstan is continuing discussions with French company EDF including proposals for an EPR-1200 reactor, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy has confirmed. EDF is one of four potential nuclear suppliers the country is now considering. Minister of Energy Bolat Aksholakov met with Vakis Ramani, EDF’s senior vice president for the development of new international nuclear projects, …
