Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, on Thursday ignored pleas from the Green party to scrap a nuclear agreement with Brazil. “Our cooperation in this area has worked well for decades,” Parliamentary State Secretary for the Environment Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) said. “There are currently no plans to cancel the agreement.” The …

A supplier for a new unit at Czech utility CEZ’s Dukovany nuclear power plant should be chosen by the end of 2022, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Wednesday. The Czech government, which owns 70% of CEZ, has been locked in discussions with the utility for years over how to expand nuclear power and to …

The ceremony is attended by Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi The construction of the second stage of the Bushehr nuclear power plant conducted jointly by Russia has begun in Iran, according to the IRIB broadcaster. Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi has attended the ceremony. …

Saudi Arabia is in talks with five vendors, including US-based Westinghouse, to build its first nuclear power plant with two reactors, according to an energy ministry presentation. The other companies in the discussions are France’s EDF, Russia’s Rosatom, South Korea’s KEPCO and China National Nuclear Corp, according to the presentation, shown Wednesday at the Future …

The Philippines will prepare a detailed plan for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on how it could embark on a nuclear power programme, its energy chief said on Wednesday, backing a push for the country to tap nuclear energy. “We are set to meet with the IAEA next month to discuss further collaboration efforts,” …

Another nuclear power plant in southern region, PM said. The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved a project to develop infrastructure for safety supervision of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) involving Tk1,710.63 crore. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting held at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital. According to the project …

Brazil’s state nuclear power company Eletronuclear plans to complete its long-delayed Angra 3 plant by partnering with either China’s National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), France’s EDF (EDF.PA) or Russia’s Rosatom, its president Leonam Guimaraes told Reuters. Eletronuclear will decide by the end of the year whether to create a subsidiary joint venture or if the foreign …

Russia has allocated $190 million to the infrastructure of Egypt’s Dabaa nuclear plant, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday. During the Egyptian-Russian summit in Sochi, Putin said that Egypt and Russia cooperate in fighting against terrorism. The Russian president also referred to the trade cooperation between the two countries, the construction of the Russian Industrial …

To increase standardisation and bring modularity in building atomic power reactors, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited or NPCIL is going for fleet mode construction for future projects, Department of Atomic Energy Secretary KN Vyas said on Friday. Speaking at the India Energy Forum’s Nuclear Conclave, Vyas said 17 new reactors are now in …

Construction licences have been issued for units 1 and 2 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China’s Fujian province. The units were originally planned to be based on Westinghouse’s AP1000 design, but will now feature domestically-designed Hualong One reactors. China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the construction licences on 9 October to CNNC-Guodian …