At the second Central Asia-Russia summit in Dushanbe, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed establishing a regional council in Kazakhstan focused on nuclear fuel cycle expertise and radioactive waste management. The proposal follows last year’s national referendum in which over 70% of voters supported building a nuclear power plant (NPP) in Kazakhstan. Since then, the government …
This morning, Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce and MPP for Northumberland-Peterborough South David Piccini, alongside Ontario Power Generation (OPG), provided an early look of the Port Hope Nuclear Discovery Centre – a new hub for learning, exploration, and community engagement related to potential new nuclear generation at the Wesleyville site. The Centre officially opens to the …
Protesters in Belgium are working to keep nuclear power as a plant operator moves to shut a reactor down A 50-year-old reactor here was about to shut permanently last week after years of antinuclear protests, when a mysterious projection appeared on its massive cooling tower: the title of the Queen song “Don’t Stop Me Now” …
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. plans to contribute about 100 billion yen ($653 million) to a regional fund in Niigata Prefecture, home to its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, according to sources. The move is part of a broader effort to gain local support for restarting the facility, which has faced prolonged shutdowns following the …
Poland, along with Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia, has adopted a declaration supporting the expansion of nuclear energy in a bid to strengthen the region’s “energy security.” The declaration was adopted on Tuesday in Stockholm during a nuclear energy conference attended by the countries’ energy ministers. “We, ministers and high-level representatives from Estonia, Finland, …
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico says his government has approved an agreement with the United States to build a new nuclear reactor. He announced the Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday his government has approved an agreement with the United States to build an additional nuclear reactor. Fico announced the multi-billion-dollar deal during …
Kazakhstan’s nuclear energy ambitions are tilting eastward, strengthening Moscow and Beijing while leaving Europe with little room to manoeuvre Kazakhstan has identified a second site for the construction of a nuclear power plant in the Almaty region. While negotiations with potential suppliers are underway, China will be considered a “priority contractor”. Almasadam Satkaliyev, chair of …
It’s been more than three years since the former Palisades Nuclear Power Plant was shut down and the decommissioning process began. A lot has changed since the initial closure, with a lengthy effort to repower the Covert Township plant which has included various public hearings with a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel, hundreds of hirings, …
Soaring demand for electricity will drive a $350 billion nuclear spending boom in the US, boosting output from reactors by 63% by 2050. The investment will add 53 gigawatts of reactor capacity, bringing the total nuclear fleet to 159 gigawatts, driven by power-hungry data centers running artificial intelligence systems. The expansion will primarily use small …
The New Nuclear Age: Why the World Is Rethinking Atomic Power After decades of underinvestment, a convergence of generational technological breakthroughs, intensifying geopolitical competition, and the need for clean, dense, reliable power are positioning nuclear energy for a renaissance. Executive Summary Throughout history, the commercialization of new forms of energy has given rise to fossil …