A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant was restarted Tuesday for the first time since the disaster after a safety upgrade, as the government pursues a renewed expansion of nuclear energy to provide stable power and reduce carbon emissions. The No. …
Japan is entering a period of political uncertainty following an Oct. 27 election where the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner lost their majority in parliament for the first time since a vote in 2009. The yen tumbled to a three-month low in the immediate aftermath as investors braced for a weaker administration. …
A nuclear power reactor in northeastern Japan is set to be reactivated Tuesday, amid mixed feelings among local residents. The No. 2 unit at Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s Onagawa nuclear power station in Miyagi Prefecture will be the first reactor going back online in eastern Japan since the March 2011 powerful earthquake and tsunami, which …
Constellation Energy (CEG.O), opens new tab is making its case to restore the operating license for its Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in the first public meeting before the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday on the unprecedented project to restart a retired reactor. Constellation, which announced last month that it had signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft …
Conference in Park City details the push for deployment of advanced technology A couple of top Utah political leaders said it is not a matter of if but when the deployment of advanced nuclear technology happens in Utah to meet burgeoning energy needs. Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, and state Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, both …
Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness calls the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Limited for the advancement of nuclear technologies adoption a pivotal moment in Jamaica’s energy transformation. The partnership reflects the Jamaican government’s commitment to diversify the country’s energy portfolio with new, clean and sustainable …
Westinghouse Electric Company today announced it signed an extension to the current Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild for two AP1000® reactors. This extension builds on the progress being made on the Kozloduy expansion project, as well as the support Westinghouse is providing for nuclear fuel diversification and operations at Kozloduy. …
Japan set out to phase out the use of nuclear power plants after the country’s worst nuclear accident at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant in March 2011, when the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was in power. Since the Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in late 2012, however, the country has shifted …
John Ketchum, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Nextera Energy, speaks during the 2023 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum said the company is “very interested” in restarting the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa. The plant is seeing strong interest …
In a recent interview with Bloomberg News, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) expressed a more open stance toward modern nuclear energy technologies. This has raised questions among opposition party members about what they consider an inconsistent stance from the DPP regarding this policy area. Cho told Bloomberg reporters that Taiwan is “very open” to the use …
