Tohoku Electric Power Company announced it has started loading fuel assemblies into the reactor of unit 2 at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Japan’s northeastern Miyagi Prefecture. The reactor has been offline since November 2010 and will become the 13th Japanese reactor to be restarted. Tohoku applied to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) in …
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced Kazakhstan will hold a national referendum on October 6 to decide on the construction of a nuclear power plant. The decision reflects the government’s push to address the country’s growing energy needs amid the global energy deficit. “I support the government’s proposal. The national referendum on the construction of a …
China’s rapid build-up of nuclear reactors is expected to see it top the global standings. On August 19, during a State Council meeting, Chinese Premier Li Qiang approved 11 nuclear reactors in the coastal provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Guangxi, with an estimated total investment of $33.3 billion. The development aligns with China’s broader …
The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has approved Westinghouse’s AP300 small modular reactor to enter the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process. GDA is a process carried out by the Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency – and where applicable Natural Resources Wales – to assess the safety, security, and …
India aims to build 40-50 Bharat Small Modular Reactors in eight years with a focus on standardisation, safety, and modularity The Department of Atomic Energy, in collaboration with Tata Consulting Engineers, is working to develop the Bharat Small Modular Reactor (SMR) by redesigning the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs). The initiative aims for a high …
At the end of December 2023, global operational nuclear power capacity was 371.5 GW(e), provided by 413 reactors in 31 countries. Source: IAEA While global nuclear power capacity has remained at a consistent level over the past decade, newly released data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suggests that more than two-thirds of the …
The mayor of a central Japan city that hosts part of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant has indicated his willingness to greenlight the restart of its suspended reactors. “We have reached a stage where we can accept a possible request for reactivation,” Masahiro Sakurai, the mayor of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, said during a meeting Thursday …
The Draft Law on Amendments to the Energy Law introduces several new provisions, including the regulation of the balancing market and the possibility for end consumers to become active participants and enter into contracts with variable pricing. Nuclear energy will be used to generate electricity in Serbia and certification for installers of renewable energy facilities …
The United States has confirmed it is studying a request by Armenia to ink a deal that would allow Washington to transfer civil nuclear technology to Yerevan. That could pave the way for the United States to design and build a new nuclear power plant in Armenia to replace the country’s aging, Soviet-era facility in …
Russia’s draft master plan for the placement of power generation facilities by 2042 envisions the construction of eleven new nuclear power plants, both large and small, in addition to those currently existing and under construction. This draft plan was presented for public discussion on Tuesday, News.Az reports citing Russian media. According to the attached documents, …
