In 2015, India communicated its intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) for the period 2021-30 consisting of eight elements. Of these, two have a direct relationship with nuclear energy: to achieve about 40% cumulative electric power installed capacity from nonfossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030, and to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by …
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) decided to suspend the construction of Shin-Kori Nuclear Power Plant No. 5 and No. 6 in an emergency board meeting in Gyeongju on the morning of July 14. The board meeting of KHNP thwarted at its headquarters building in Gyeongju on the previous day moved to Gyeongju Suite Hotel …
Advanced fuel assemblies featuring chromia-doped fuel pellets and chromium-coated fuel cladding are to be loaded into a US nuclear power reactor. The fuel, developed by Areva NP under the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF) program, will be loaded into the Vogtle 2 plant in Georgia.Vogtle units 1 and 2 (Image: …
China is planning to transform Shanghai into world’s top nuclear energy innovation hub in the next five years. China is planning to transform Shanghai into world’s top nuclear energy innovation hub in the next five years. This is in accordance with the country’s ambitious plan to become the “global nuclear forerunner” in coming years, according …
By Kentaro Hamada and Osamu Tsukimori TOKYO (Reuters) – The governor of Japan’s Niigata prefecture, home to the world’s largest atomic power plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, will not take steps to restart the site until a nuclear advisory committee completes its work, delaying its operation at least three years. Governor Ryuichi Yoneyama told Reuters in an interview …
The total cost of Unit 3 and Unit 4 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, each with a capacity to produce 1,000 megawatt, is Rs. 39,894 crore. NEW DELHI: Construction work at Unit 3 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu started today. The project, in collaboration with a Russian company, is likely to be completed in …
Rusatom Overseas, a division of Russian State-owned atomic corporation Rosatom, on Monday signed a project development agreement (PDA) with Zambia, paving the way for a preliminary feasibility study into the proposed construction of a nuclear power plant. The signing took place during the yearly international nuclear forum Atomexpo 2017. Rosatom also signed several agreements with Zambian …
ANKARA (Reuters) – Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) won approval from Turkey’s energy watchdog on Thursday to go ahead with building its $20 billion Akkuyu nuclear power plant in southern Turkey. The project to construct four nuclear reactors has repeatedly run into delays, including being briefly halted after Turkey downed a Russian jet near …
Taipei, June 12 (CNA) The No. 2 reactor at the third nuclear power plant might resume operations on June 16 after obtaining approval from the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) Monday, according to the state-owned Taiwan Power Company (Taipower). Taipower said it will apply to the AEC on June 14 for the reactor to return to …
