Westinghouse Electric Company today announced it signed an extension to the current Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild for two AP1000® reactors. This extension builds on the progress being made on the Kozloduy expansion project, as well as the support Westinghouse is providing for nuclear fuel diversification and operations at Kozloduy. …
John Ketchum, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Nextera Energy, speaks during the 2023 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum said the company is “very interested” in restarting the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa. The plant is seeing strong interest …
In a recent interview with Bloomberg News, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) expressed a more open stance toward modern nuclear energy technologies. This has raised questions among opposition party members about what they consider an inconsistent stance from the DPP regarding this policy area. Cho told Bloomberg reporters that Taiwan is “very open” to the use …
At the end of a dirt road leading to a prime surfing spot in this vacation town on the northwest coast sits a giant, hemispheric bulb bulging out from between the palm trees. When the structure popped up more than six decades ago, federal scientists called it the “dome of the future.” Beneath its rounded …
Vietnam will amend its national power development plan, known as PDP8, to include options for nuclear energy and hydrogen, the Minister of Industry and Trade said on Monday. The PDP8 will be amended in a way to also add more renewables to the mix, including solar and wind, Nguyen Hong Dien told the National Assembly …
France’s lower house finance committee has voted to scrap a plan to tax the sale of EDF’s nuclear power on the wholesale market from 2026, the National Assembly of the parliament said on Friday. The finance committee vote occurred late on Thursday, and the controversial plan is now due to be debated by the lower …
Utah historically has produced energy from coal, oil, and gas, but with Utah’s growing energy demands, state officials are considering turning to nuclear energy within the next decade. State officials held a conference last week to discuss what Gov. Spencer Cox is calling a “looming energy crisis” in the state of Utah. Due to Utah’s rapid population …
European Union ministers agreed to support nuclear energy as part of the fight against climate change ahead of next month’s COP29 summit, a marked shift on a power source that has long divided the bloc. The Netherlands, France, and some eastern European nations called for more “institutional support” for nuclear energy, as well as for …
Amazon.com Inc. and billionaire financier Ken Griffin are among the backers anchoring a $500 million investment in small nuclear reactors, a burgeoning technology heralded as the next era for atomic energy. The Seattle-based company has signed agreements to develop the new breed of reactors — dubbed small modular reactors, or SMRs — in both Washington …
Chugoku Electric Power said its nuclear reactor will restart in early December, a move that will boost the nation’s power supply this winter. The Shimane No. 2 reactor — which was shut in 2012 following the Fukushima disaster — will be connected to the grid by the end of December, according to a statement on …
