The Canadian government has approved CAD74 million (USD55 million) of federal funding for small modular reactor (SMR) development in Saskatchewan. The funding – including over CAD24 million from the proceeds of Canada’s pollution pricing system – will support work to advance the project led by utility SaskPower. In 2022, SaskPower selected GE-Hitachi’s BWRX-300 SMR for …
Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress have recommended extending the lives of their existing nuclear power plants as well as building two new small modular reactors (SMRs) by 2035 in an energy portfolio that offers the most prudent way forward for North and South Carolina. A new Integrated Resource Plan filed with the Public Service Commission …
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has directed its staff to issue a final rule and associated regulatory guide that applies risk-informed, performance-based emergency preparedness requirements to small modular reactors (SMRs) and other new technologies. The rule will come into effect 30 days after it is published in the Federal Register, which is expected to happen …
CHINA’S investment in new nuclear power plants is expected to hit 231 billion yuan ($31.80 billion) by 2025, Citic Securities said on Monday. The investment scale is coordinated with China’s development plan for the nuclear power sector, Lin Boqiang, director of the China Center for Energy Economics Research at Xiamen University, told the Global Times …
You may have noticed a jump in your electric bill recently. The weather definitely plays a role but it also has to do with Georgia Power’s recent rate hike. Georgia’s Public Service Commissioner says they’re using the money to pay for new nuclear reactors. That new reactor at Plant Vogtle went live at the very …
A project led by BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC to assess the viability of deploying microreactors to supplement Wyoming’s existing power generation resources is set to be one of the first recipients of matched funding under a state-appropriated programme. But TerraPower has put its plans to apply for a construction permit for a Natrium reactor in …
Taiwan should not phase out nuclear energy, which is essential to the nation’s bid to boosting the share of renewable energy in its energy mix and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday. The Democratic Progressive Party has turned a blind eye to the …
Sweden said it needs to treble nuclear power capacity over the next couple of decades to meet a surge in electricity demand. At least 10 new conventional reactors need to be built by 2045, Romina Pourmokhtari, the nation’s climate and energy minister, said in a statement on Wednesday. The biggest Nordic nation has six reactors …
Two countries selected by Ugandan authorities, with negotiations taking place and agreements signed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced Tuesday that Russia and South Korea will soon start building nuclear power plants in the country. Addressing the 2nd G-25 Africa Coffee Summit, which is being attended by leaders and delegates from 25 African coffee-producing nations at …
New Taipei City Mayor and 2024 presidential candidate Hou You-yi (侯友宜) says he would seek to restart operations at all of Taiwan’s nuclear power plants if elected. Hou laid out his energy plan on Wednesday, which included restarting two nuclear power plants that were decommissioned in 2021 and 2023. Hou adds that he would enlist …
