Westinghouse Electric Company and CORE POWER today announced the formalization of a cooperative agreement for the design and development of a floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) using the industry-leading eVinci™ microreactor. FNPPs are a game-changing approach to deploying nuclear energy to islands, ports, coastal communities and industry. These innovative power plants can be centrally manufactured …
Kenya has shortlisted two coastal locations for the plant, which it hopes to bring online by 2034. Kenya is on track to start construction on its first nuclear power plant by 2027, with electricity generation to begin by 2034, officials from the Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) said at a parliamentary hearing last week. …
Slovakia is planning to launch a tender for a new nuclear power unit by mid-2025, with the supplier selection in 2027. Aiming for an operational start by 2040, the project hopes to boost the country’s nuclear capacity, aiding carbon-free energy production alongside European neighbors. Slovakia is set to increase its nuclear power capacity by launching …
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that Egypt seeks to complete the first stage of the construction of El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, built by Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, as scheduled due to the project’s strategic importance. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that Egypt seeks to complete the first stage of the construction …
Kenya is on track to establish its first nuclear power plant by 2034, with the Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (Nupea) confirming that the country is now in the final phase of the project. Winnie Ndumbai, Nupea’s Director of Strategy and Planning, shared this update during a session with the Senate Energy Committee, chaired by …
Cold functional tests have been completed at unit 1 of the San’ao nuclear power plant in China’s Zhejiang province, China General Nuclear has announced. The unit is the first of six HPR1000s (Hualong Ones) planned at the site. Cold functional tests are carried out to confirm whether components and systems important to safety are properly …
President Joe Biden’s administration is setting out plans for the US to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050, with demand climbing for the technology as a round-the-clock source of carbon-free power. President Joe Biden’s administration is setting out plans for the US to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050, with demand climbing for the technology …
The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) has decided in the first instance on the proposals of the companies Électricité de France and Westinghouse Electric Company LLC against the procedure of the contracting authority Elektrárna Dukovany II in the tender for the construction of a new nuclear power plant. …
Lim Seung-cheol, secretary general of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC), speaks in an interview with Yonhap News Agency at the NSSC headquarters in central Seoul on Oct. 22, 2024, in this photo provided by his office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) South Korea’s nuclear safety agency will work to “swiftly” devise safety regulations …
The No. 2 reactor, front center, at the Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue on April 12 (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Chugoku Electric Power Co. announced on Oct. 28 that it has begun loading nuclear fuel into the No. 2 reactor of Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue ahead of its planned restart later this …
