This isn’t the country’s first attempt at an atomic renaissance. Will the Dutch actually make it work this time? The Netherlands ― On this windswept peninsula near the Belgian border, the trees grow shrubby and the dune grasses bow horizontally before the North Sea’s gusts. But along the coast, industrial spires rise vertically, defying nature …
A development company backed by the Welsh Government says it is embarking on a programme to bring small modular reactor (SMR) technology to the site of the decommissioned nuclear power plant at Trawsfynydd. Cwmni Egino is wholly owned by the Welsh Government and was established last year to develop a new reactor at the Trawsfynydd …
Ukraine’s National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom and U.S.-based Westinghouse have discussed bilateral cooperation, including the preparation of regulatory documentation for the construction of new nuclear power units using AP1000 technology in Ukraine. According to Ukrinform, the press service of the Ukrainian company said this in a statement posted to messaging app Telegram. According to the …
In this photo taken with a slow shutter speed, taillights trace the path of a motor vehicle at the Naughton Power Plant, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Kemmerer, Wyo. While the power plant will be closed in 2025, Bill Gates’ company TerraPower announced it had chosen Kemmerer for a nontraditional, sodium-cooled nuclear reactor that will …
Turkish Minister of Electricity and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez said on Tuesday that Turkey’s first nuclear reactor and newly found Black Sea gas deposits will begin producing energy next year. Donmez made the statements while in Istanbul for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group conference. Donmez was cited as speaking by …
Kazakh authorities have decided on the site for the construction of a nuclear power plant and are studying the technologies of potential suppliers, the country’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Thursday. The president made the remarks while speaking at a meeting of the Foreign Investors’ Council, News.Az reports citing TASS. He noted that Kazakhstan has a number …
After the signing, there was a visit to Angra 3 (Image: Eletronuclear) Brazil’s Eletronuclear and France’s EDF signed a fresh Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) valid for five years promoting mutual cooperation in the development of nuclear energy projects. It is a renewal of a previous cooperation agreement from 2018, but with expanded scope and includes …
The government will spend 399.2 billion won ($321 million) over the next six years to foster small modular reactor (SMR) businesses. The plan to develop the country’s new growth driver has gained serious traction after passing the government’s feasibility test which is required for large, long-term state-run projects, the science and industry ministries said Wednesday.SMRs …
Ukraine’s Energoatom has taken a UAH1.5 billion (USD51 million) loan from Ukrgasbank to buy more nuclear fuel from Westinghouse. It follows the energy giant’s decision to stop using Russian fuel earlier this year. In a statement Energoatom said “the borrowed funds will increase the purchase of American fuel and ensure the efficient operation of Ukrainian …
The concreting has been completed of the inner containment dome of unit 1 at the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China’s Fujian province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) affiliate China Nuclear Industry 24 Construction Company (CNI24) has announced. Zhangzhou unit 1, the first of two Hualong One units at the site, is scheduled to enter …
