Guangdong plans to build nuclear power industrial parks to ensure energy security

South China’s Guangdong Province, a major manufacturing hub, released its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) for energy on Wednesday, vowing to promote the development of clean energy while ensuring energy security. According to the plan released by the provincial government, Guangdong will develop the nuclear energy industry, with new nuclear power industrial parks to be built …

EGA plans shift to nuclear and solar for aluminium production as demand soars

Exclusive: a massive move to sustainability is driving the UAE’s industrial sector focus, says chief executive of Dubal Holding, which owns 50 per cent of EGA Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the UAE’s biggest industrial company outside the oil and gas sector, will soon make a complete shift to nuclear and solar energy to produce aluminium, …

French presidential election: Future of nuclear power and EDF down to voters

Both Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, the candidates that qualified for the second round of the French presidential election, support the revival of nuclear energy. However, they differ in their ambitions, strategies and modus operandi. EURACTIV France reports. EDF, the French multinational electric utility company, is looking to diversify its energy sources – in particular, focusing …

South Korea signals nuclear fuel U-turn as global energy crisis looms

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 …

France’s EDF could sell renewables to focus on nuclear – BFM

France is considering restructuring plans for debt-laden power firm EDF (EDF.PA) that include full nationalisation followed by the sale of its renewables business to focus on nuclear energy, BFM Business reported, citing unidentified sources. The website said the government was working with investment bank Goldman Sachs on several restructuring scenarios. The sale of the renewables business could …

Manchin, Risch Introduce The International Nuclear Energy Act Of 2022

Bipartisan legislation will promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of civil nuclear energy by reducing China and Russia’s influence on other nations’ civil nuclear energy programs U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the International …

MEPs demand full embargo on Russian imports of oil, coal, nuclear fuel and gas

Call for a special UN tribunal for war crimes in Ukraine Step up delivery of weapons to allow Ukraine to defend itself Use of weapons of mass destruction by Russia would be met with severest consequences Parliament expresses indignation over reported atrocities by the Russian armed forces and demands that perpetrators of war crimes be …

Indian minister provides uranium, construction updates

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 …