Changes to nuclear funding model and desire for greater energy security behind big bet on nuclear Ministers are increasingly confident of being able to fund a set of new nuclear power stations at a fraction of previous costs as the Government prepares to make nuclear power the centre point of its energy strategy this week. …
Britain could build up to seven new nuclear power stations as part of a radical expansion of homegrown energy following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told The Sunday Telegraph. “There is a world where we have six or seven sites in the UK” by 2050, Kwarteng told the newspaper. The Sunday Telegraph …
Public comments on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s proposal to install nuclear reactors at the Clinch River Reactor site in Oak Ridge are due Monday, April 4. TVA has proposed a technology park which would contain one or more advanced nuclear reactors with a cumulative electrical output not to exceed 800 megawatts. Electronic comment submissions are …
The Centre has given in-principle approval for six new reactors at Kovvada nuclear plant in Andhra Pradesh. The overall estimated investments in Kovvada project would be as high as two lakh crore. Centre has given in-principle approval for setting up six reactors of 1,208 MW each at Kovvada nuclear power plant in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam. …
One of German government’s economic advisers, Volker Wieland, said on Wednesday he was in favor of longer operating times for the country’s nuclear power plants in light of the looming energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. “We have to change course and use all levers to become less dependent on Russian raw material …
The Prime Minister hints at details contained in Government’s delayed energy strategy as he is grilled by MPs on the Liaison Committee Offshore wind and nuclear power could be the key to the future energy plans of the UK, Boris Johnson told MPs. The Prime Minister hinted at the details contained in his delayed energy strategy as he was …
A new poll reveals that only 9% of Belgians would support an immediate closure of all nuclear power plants in the country – a considerable swing in popular support for the power source with 15% backing a complete withdrawal from nuclear energy just three months ago. In light of Europe’s ongoing energy crisis, questions about the provision …
Four provinces are working together to advance small modular reactors in Canada through an inter-provincial Memorandum of Understanding. Small modular reactors are nuclear reactors that are significantly smaller and more flexible than conventional nuclear reactors. (Gary Solilak/CBC) Provinces say Canada could become global exporter of reactor technology Four provincial governments are pushing ahead with a plan …
With the first pour of concrete for a 700 MW atomic power plant in Karnataka’s Kaiga scheduled in 2023, India is set to put in motion construction activities for 10 ‘fleet mode’ nuclear reactors over the next three years. The first pour of concrete (FPC) signals the beginning of construction of nuclear power reactors from …
The government on Thursday (24 March) informed the Parliament that as many as 22 nuclear power plants with power generation capacity of 6,780 megawatt (MW) are operational in the country at present and the capacity is set to be increased to 22480 MW by the year 2031 . “The present installed nuclear power capacity in …
