The governor of Japan’s Niigata Prefecture will make a rare visit to one of the country’s most-troubled nuclear power plants this week, an event that will be watched closely by gas traders for any hint that the facility might be restarted. Hideyo Hanazumi is scheduled to visit Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant …
Story highlights The Indo-Russian Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is the largest nuclear facility in India. Of its six VVER-1000 type reactors, units 1 and 2 were connected to India’s national power grid in 2013 and 2016 respectively. The third unit of the six-unit Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu …
Developing new large and small-scale nuclear power plant projects and wider nuclear fuel cycle cooperation were discussed during talks between Rosatom and India’s Department of Atomic Energy. According to the Russian state corporation, the technical specifications for the construction of a new Russian-designed nuclear power plant in India with VVER-1200 reactor units are currently being …
State-owned French power utility EDF is aiming to finalise the conceptual design of a small modular reactor next year, a senior executive said on Thursday, as the nuclear giant looks to compete in an increasingly crowded global market for the new technology. The company aims to have up to 30 of the small reactors in …
Framatome and TerraPower have achieved a key milestone in uranium metallization for advanced reactor fuel commercialization, producing successful elements of uranium metal. These metallic uranium ‘pucks’ represent a critical component in advancing the fuel supply chain for TerraPower’s Natrium® reactor. The metallization fabrication line was completed at Framatome’s Richland, Washington, nuclear fuel manufacturing facility. The …
Kansai Electric Power Co. will start a survey in early November to assess whether it can build a new nuclear reactor in or near its Mihama nuclear power plant in central Japan, Jiji Press learned Monday. The survey will mark the first concrete move toward nuclear reactor construction in Japan since the March 2011 meltdowns …
The logotype of Iberdrola is illuminated atop the 165-metre (541 feet) Cesar Pelli designed Iberdrola Tower, in Bilbao, Spain, February 29, 2024. Spanish energy companies Iberdrola (IBE.MC), Endesa (ELE.MC), and Naturgy (NTGY.MC) have requested to extend the operational life of their Almaraz nuclear power plant by about three years, until June 2030, a spokesperson for …
Dunkirk power plant Chautauqua County leaders say they are ready to host New York’s next nuclear power plant — and they’ve got a location in mind. Chautauqua County officials are trying to make the case with Albany that they have the best site to locate a new nuclear power plant. It comes as the New …
The second of two steam generators for the nuclear island has been installed at unit 1 of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China’s Guangdong province, marking the completion of installation of key equipment. Steam generators are heat exchangers which convert heat generated by the reactor core into steam, which is transported to the conventional …
The Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Ontario will work together to explore small modular reactor technology as a clean energy option. According to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on 23 October by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, who is also Minister of Energy, and Ontario Minister of Energy and Mines Stephen Lecce, the two provinces …