SK, Samsung see opportunities in President Yoon’s pro-nuclear pivot South Korean industrial giants like SK and Samsung are stepping up operations in nuclear power, zeroing in on small, easier-to-build reactors, as the country pivots back to nuclear energy under a new president. SK announced in May a wide-ranging partnership with Bill Gates-founded startup TerraPower with a …
An aging nuclear reactor in central Japan’s Fukui Prefecture will resume operating in August, about two months earlier than scheduled, with the unit expected to help ease tight electricity supply conditions during the busy summer season, its operator said Friday. After being offline for about 10 years, Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Mihama No. 3 reactor …
Cenovus CEO Alex Pourbaix speaks at a news conference on Thursday, January 30, 2020. PHOTO BY AZIN GHAFFARI/POSTMEDIA ‘If we’re able to commercialize small modular reactors, you could see a scenario where you could completely decarbonize the upstream in Alberta’ Nuclear power, meet the oilsands. As oilsands operators build a blueprint to reach net-zero emissions by …
A joint study by Vietnamese power engineering consultancy PECC2, Denmark’s Seaborg, designer of power barges using compact molten salt reactors (CMSRs) and manufacturer Siemens Energy looked at the case for floating nuclear power plants to provide electricity as well as hydrogen and ammonia production. The preliminary report sets out the milestones which would be needed …
After the signing, there was a visit to Angra 3 (Image: Eletronuclear) Brazil’s Eletronuclear and France’s EDF signed a fresh Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) valid for five years promoting mutual cooperation in the development of nuclear energy projects. It is a renewal of a previous cooperation agreement from 2018, but with expanded scope and includes …
Carlo Arcilla, director of the Department of Science and Technology, said the advanced nuclear reactors could provide the country with continuous energy with zero pollution. As the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. considers the inclusion of nuclear power in the country’s energy mix, the government’s nuclear science chief is pushing for the adoption …
Japan will move forward with the safe restart of nuclear power plants and include strict examinations in its nuclear regulatory oversight, the final draft of its annual economic policy outline seen by Reuters showed. The government aims to speed up decarbonisation and improve energy self-sufficiency, and the use of power sources with a high decarbonisation …
Australians want to explore the option of nuclear power plants to help reduce the soaring cost of energy, according to a new survey, that found even Greens voters were backing the idea Survey shows that most Australians are open to having nuclear power plants Coalition voters are the most in favour but even Greens and …
The governor of a prefecture in western Japan has made clear his intention to agree to the restart of a reactor at a nuclear power plant in the prefectural capital. Shimane Governor Maruyama Tatsuya told a prefectural assembly meeting on Thursday that he would give the nod to bringing back online the No.2 reactor at …
The government of Saudi Arabia sent an inquiry last week on the construction of two 1.4 GW nuclear power plants. The inquiry was sent to South Korea, France, China and Russia and the project size is estimated at 12 trillion won. According to industry sources, the Saudi government sent it to South Korea because the …
