Norsk Kjernekraft has submitted a proposal to Norway’s Ministry of Energy for an assessment into the construction of a power plant based on multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) in the county of Finnmark. The company said it marks the first step in the formal process to establish a nuclear power plant there. In April last …
Favorable Opinion of Nuclear Energy at Record High The 2024 National Nuclear Energy Public Opinion Survey shows that favorable public opinion of nuclear energy continues at a record high. For four years in a row, more than three-fourths of the U.S public said that they favored the use of nuclear energy. That is a sea …
French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Wednesday a project to build eight new nuclear reactors in France which he said were “essential” to the country’s energy transition. Macron made the comment during a speech addressing his decision to call a snap parliamentary election after the far-right pummeled his party in Sunday’s European Parliament election. Source: …
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi address the Nuclear Pools’ Forum in Zurich. (Photo: D. Candano Laris/IAEA) IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is in Switzerland this week to engage with insurance executives about the potential of nuclear power. As part of growing interest from non-traditional audiences about the potential of expanding nuclear energy to …
Nearly three years after TerraPower announced it would build its inaugural Natrium nuclear plant in Wyoming, the company’s founder — Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates — was on hand to celebrate the first major construction milestone for the project. Approximately 300 local and state officials, as well as business partners attended the groundbreaking ceremony. “This reactor …
Britain’s governing Conservatives promised to scale up nuclear power to bolster the country’s energy security, including through two new fleets of small modular reactors and a gigawatt power plant in North Wales, if they win the upcoming election. In a manifesto, outlining its policy plans ahead of the July 4 election, the Conservative Party said …
Italian energy company Nucleo confirms it is seeking to build 20 mini reactors in the United Kingdom. Nucleo says it is aiming to take advantage of plans for nuclear power expansion in the UK and wants to build 20 mini reactors at various locations on six sites close to energy intensive industries. The plants would …
Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Monday that restarting a nuclear power plant on Lake Michigan is necessary to reach her goal of generating all the state’s electricity without burning fossil fuels. Whitmer was part of an economic forum in Detroit, where she said affordable and accessible energy is critical to the state’s future. And she said …
The launch of the first block of a small nuclear power plant (SNPP) in Uzbekistan is planned for the end of 2029, according to the press service of Rosatom. Representatives of Rosatom noted that the introduction of SNPP blocks will occur gradually and modularly. According to information from the Russian company, the completion of all …
Memorandums of understanding (MoUs) covering education and training, infrastructure development and public opinion have been signed in the next stage of Burkina Faso and Russia’s cooperation on peaceful uses of nuclear technology. The MoUs were signed by Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev and Burkina Faso’s Minister of Energy, Mines and Quarries, Yacouba Zabre Guba, on …
