The global nuclear industry is in the middle of a renaissance but still faces financing challenges and needs government support for projects, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Fatih Birol said on Tuesday. The sector should take advantage of the global energy crisis as well as the climate crisis to launch a “second …
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Nuclear power is set to be a hot topic during discussions at COP28 in Dubai. Of particular interest to observers will be a ministerial event called “Atoms4NetZero” on Dec. 5. The debate around nuclear power and its role in the planet’s shift to a more sustainable future is often polarizing. The role that nuclear power …
Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment has issued a decision-in-principle for the country’s second large nuclear power plant. Two South Korean-supplied APR1400 reactors are planned in the Patnów-Konin region. PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa submitted an application for the plant to the ministry in August this year. The application included a description of project characteristics, indicating …
China’s first project to bring nuclear-generated heat to multiple prefecture-level cities has begun operation in Shandong province, supplying heat from the Haiyang nuclear power plant to the cities of Haiyang and Rushan through a 23 km pipeline. The project is the third phase of a commercial heating project called Warm Nuclear No 1 operated by …
The European Parliament has adopted its position on the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which is intended to bolster Europe’s manufacturing output in technologies needed for decarbonisation. MEPs included nuclear fission and fusion among a list of 17 technologies covered by the legislation. Europe largely imports these decarbonisation technologies, and many non-EU countries have stepped …
That’s in addition to six atomic plants France already plans Nuclear is part of country’s plan to shift from fossil fuels France will decide by the end of 2026 on whether to build another eight large nuclear reactors in addition to the six atomic plants it already plans to construct. President Emmanuel Macron has already said that France could build as …
Ontario Power Generation subsidiary Laurentis Energy Partners (LEP) and Saskatchewan utility SaskPower have announced details of a Master Services Agreement that will see them collaborate to advance the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Saskatchewan. The LEP-SaskPower agreement will run for up to five years and serves as a foundation for a long-term strategic …
Korea Electric Power Corp. CEO Kim Dong-cheol, sixth from left, poses with field workers at Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, Thursday (local time). Courtesy of Korea Electric Power Corp. Company chief inspects Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) CEO Kim Dong-cheol visited the Barakah Nuclear Energy …
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power station restart, a key toward the dual goals of energy security and decarbonization is now strengthening counterterrorism measures. (Captured on November 6 in Kariwa Village, Niigata Prefecture. (© Sankei by Aya Yonezawa) Tokyo Electric Power Holdings is accelerating preparations for the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture. In the face …
