A third round of federal loans has been approved to support the restart of the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Van Buren County, Michigan. U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright made the disbursement announcement Wednesday, releasing $46,709,358 from a total $1.52 billion loan guarantee to Holtec International. The federal loan with the Loan Programs Office …
The government has been told it must “fix” its international nuclear strategy in the face of strong exports of nuclear fuel and technology from Russia and China, by a former defence secretary. Former Conservative secretary of state for defence, now backbench member of parliament (MP) Gavin Williamson made the comments following a response from the …
Saskatchewan’s uranium industry is responding to growing global demand by setting new records for annual sales and production in 2024. Last year, uranium sales reached a new high of $2.6 billion, exceeding Saskatchewan’s Growth Plan target of increasing the annual value of uranium sales to $2 billion dollars by 2030. Uranium production also reached a …
Wisconsin’s only operating nuclear power plant is Point Beach near Two Rivers. State lawmakers want to give the industry a boost. Bipartisan momentum is growing in Wisconsin to bolster the state’s use of nuclear power with an expected rise in demand for electricity, despite past skepticism of the industry. A group of lawmakers with members …
A ceremony has been held to mark the final official acceptance of unit 3 at the Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan’s Sindh province. Constructed by China National Nuclear Corporation, it is the second Chinese-supplied Hualong One reactor at the site. The ceremony was held at the Karachi site on 18 April, with representatives from China and …
India’s first prototype-breeder reactor in Tamil Nadu’s Kalpakkam is set to be commissioned next year marking the second stage of India’s three-stage nuclear programme aiming to recycle spent fuel to reduce the inventory of radioactive waste. According to officials, this comes nearly two years after the nuclear regulator’s nod. The first of its kind nuclear …
Your comments on India’s nuclear energy scenario roadmap. Nuclear power is clean and environment friendly, apart from having an enormous potential to ensure the country’s long-term energy security. A large nuclear power expansion programme is therefore under implementation. Today, we have 25 operational nuclear power reactors in the country contributing about 9 GW of clean …
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said it plans to start producing clean hydrogen using heat from its High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) in Ibaraki Prefecture close to Tokyo by 2028. The agency said it sought authorization to do so on March 27 from the Nuclear Regulation Authority. The project would mark the world’s first …
Evaluating the potential of today’s putative nuclear renaissance requires a critical look at what has changed, what hasn’t, and what would be required to avoid the pitfalls that turned prior periods of nuclear boom to bust. A recent flurry of activity around nuclear energy—driven by an upsurge of interest and incipient investment from technology companies …
India is preparing to amend its nuclear liability legislation to cap accident-related penalties for equipment suppliers, in a bid to revive stalled foreign investment in its nuclear sector, particularly from US firms. According to three government sources cited by Reuters, the proposed changes would remove a key clause in the 2010 Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage …