South Korea is the world’s fifth-largest nuclear power producer © SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg Incoming administration cites rising greenhouse gas emissions and Russian invasion of Ukraine South Korea’s incoming government will reverse the country’s nuclear phaseout plan, which had been criticised for intensifying the east Asian country’s dependence on fossil fuels. Won Hee-ryong, policy chief on President-elect …
Up to eight more nuclear reactors could be approved on existing sites as part of the UK’s new energy strategy. The strategy, which aims to boost UK energy independence and tackle rising prices, also includes plans to increase wind, hydrogen and solar production. But experts have called for a bigger focus on energy efficiency and …
India has imported just over 7600 tonnes of uranium in the past three years, mostly from Kazakhstan and Canada, according to official figures released by the government. Minister of State Jitendra Singh provided the data, as well as figures for domestic uranium production, and updates on nuclear construction projects, in written answers to questions in …
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 …
