A nearly four-decade moratorium on the construction of nuclear plants in Illinois will end next year under a measure signed Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who vetoed an earlier version of the bill. Legislators passed a new iteration of the bill last month that addressed concerns Pritzker raised in an August veto message about the size …
Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment has issued decisions-in-principle for the construction of power plants based on GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at six locations. A total of 24 BWRX-300 reactors are planned at the sites. In mid-April, Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) announced it had shortlisted seven locations in Poland …
Leaders from the United States, Canada, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom today announced plans to mobilize $4.2 billion in government-led investments to develop a secure, reliable global nuclear energy supply chain. These investments will enhance uranium enrichment and conversion capacity over the next three years and establish a resilient global uranium supply market free …
Legislation that would bar the import of enriched Russian uranium into the US has been teed up for a vote in the US House of Representatives. The Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act, by Washington Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, has been scheduled for consideration next week under an expedited procedure that requires two-thirds majority to pass, …
Global electricity production from nuclear energy dropped by 4% last year from 2021, with the technology’s share of gross electricity generation falling to its lowest since the 1980s, an industry report showed on Wednesday. Nuclear energy generated 2,546 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity worldwide last year, accounting for 9.2% of total gross electricity generation, the annual …
There is no way around it. West, or Sweden, has always been the direction Finland has modelled itself on. Calling Sweden the big brother of Finland is not unheard of, either. This is no surprise, considering the long period of time that the two were part of the same country. However, in nuclear power policy, …
The Saskatchewan government says the province’s electrical utility is to remit carbon charges into an nuclear energy investment fund. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks during Saskatchewan Party Convention in Regina on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. PHOTO BY HEYWOOD YU/THE CANADIAN PRESS The Saskatchewan government says the province’s electrical utility is to remit carbon charges into a nuclear …
France and around twenty other countries signed a pledge to ‘triple nuclear energy capacity from 2020 by 2050’ at Dubai’s COP28 international gathering on Saturday. This declaration, which is not legally binding, recognises “the key role of nuclear energy in achieving global net-zero greenhouse gas emissions/carbon neutrality by or around mid-century”, in line with the …
Leading Union (CDU/CSU) and FDP politicians want Germany to return to nuclear power. They argue that this would be the answer to the country’s budget crisis and the weakening condition of German industry, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) portal reported on Saturday. The politicians are demanding that recently shut-down reactors be restarted and that preparations …
A consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction has been selected by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) as the contractor for the construction of the main facilities at units 3 and 4 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant. The winning bid – from a consortium comprising Hyundai E&C, Doosan Enerbility and Posco E&C …
