Japan’s industry ministry began a review of the country’s basic energy plan on Wednesday, at a time when power-hungry data centers are increasing in line with the spread of artificial intelligence. The basic energy plan sets the direction of the country’s medium- to long-term energy policy and is updated once in three years. The review …
FILE PHOTO: European Union leaders summit in Brussels The Slovak government is considering building another nuclear power unit with capacity of up to 1.2 gigawatts (GW), and could reach a decision at a meeting on Wednesday, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday. The decision would be a basis for concrete steps to prepare the …
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. Yu Jianfeng, chairman of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), held in-depth talks with Chinese and French entrepreneurs about the green economy and low-carbon transition at the closing ceremony of the sixth meeting of the China-France Business Council on May …
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) expects nuclear construction work on its first small modular reactor (SMR) to begin in 2025, according to filings submitted to Canadian regulators. The provincial utility is planning to build a total of four SMRs at the Darlington nuclear site and would use GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 reactor technology. The four units once deployed would produce a …
Billionaire Bill Gates plans to visit Kemmerer next month for the groundbreaking ceremony of TerraPower’s nuclear reactor project, the company’s president said Wednesday. Gates has spent more than $1 billion of his own money on the project so far. Billionaire Bill Gates, who is among the richest people in the world, plans to visit Kemmerer …
The public and political perception of nuclear energy has significantly improved over the past few years, speakers agreed in a panel session during the recent World Energy Congress 2024. “The fact that we’re having this panel here at WEC is really a testament to the growing interest in nuclear,” session moderator John Gorman, president and CEO …
The Biden administration wants the United States to triple the global supply of nuclear power, with American-designed reactors running on fuel enriched in the West. The goal: Usurp Russia’s near monopoly on atomic energy exports, and keep China from gaining control of yet another green energy industry. But there’s one big problem: The U.S. isn’t …
The governments of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the development of nuclear power generation in support of both provinces’ need for affordable, reliable and sustainable electricity grids by 2050. The MoU will support collaboration and information sharing on key areas of nuclear power generation, including …
The emergence of new advanced modular reactors and new vessel concepts has elevated nuclear power as a viable option for the production of green fuels Over the last few years, the conversation around nuclear power has grown, intensified by societal pressures to meet climate agreement goals and underpinned by advancements in small modular reactors (SMRs) …
Data center developers in Northern Virginia are asking utility Dominion Energy Inc. for as much power as several nuclear reactors can generate, in the latest sign of how artificial intelligence is helping drive up electricity demand. Dominion regularly fields requests from developers whose planned data center campuses need as much as “several gigawatts” of electricity, …
