Illinois currently has the most nuclear reactors in the country, at six, and legislators in Springfield want more. A new bill, coming up for a vote in the General Assembly after passing out of the House, would lift a decades-long ban on constructing new nuclear facilities. Business leaders say nuclear power is necessary to provide …
On March 24, the Nuclear Energy Subcommittee held its first meeting since the Cabinet approved the 7th Strategic Energy Plan on February 18. The subcommittee—part of the Japanese government’s Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy—is chaired by Professor KUROSAKI Ken of Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science (KURNS). The session began …
Minister of State Jitendra Singh has told the Indian Parliament that the process has begun to discuss and propose amendments to the Atomic Energy Act and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, to encourage private sector participation in nuclear projects. India has plans for a rapid expansion of its nuclear energy capacity – from …
Some 55% of Germans favor a reversal of nuclear policy according to a marketing poll. The issue has been a point of contention between parties seeking to form a coalition government. A new poll released Friday by the marketing company Innofact found that 55% of Germans questioned were in favor of a return to nuclear power. The issue of …
NTPC, India’s top power producer, is seeking global partners to build large nuclear reactors with about 15 gigawatts (GW) combined capacity, according to a tender, the first major one since the country moved to open up its much-guarded sector. The state-run company, which mainly runs coal-fired plants, is looking for partners to help set up …
The Coalition has pledged to establish a nuclear regulatory agency within the first term of government, with the first nuclear reactors expected to come online in 2035. The Coalition has pledged to establish a nuclear regulatory agency within the first term of government, with the first nuclear reactors expected to come online in 2035. Opposition …
Japan should accelerate its efforts to revive some of the country’s dormant nuclear power plants to meet growing demand for electricity, according to the head of the International Energy Agency. “The restart of nuclear power plants is critical,” Fatih Birol, executive director of the Paris-based intergovernmental organization, said at an event in Tokyo on Thursday. …
Electricity restart for Germany with nuclear energy: Safe. Affordable. Always available. Now! Germany has voted – and is now facing another decisive election. It is time to make the right decision now for a stable and sustainable energy policy. Because deindustrialization, excessively high electricity prices, dependence on electricity imports and the uncertain supply situation must …
Sweden will offer public loans to fund new nuclear power projects as the nation seeks ways to meet an expected surge in demand for electricity. The total debt package offered will cover financing for as many as four new large-scale reactors, Financial Markets Minister Niklas Wykman said at a press conference in Stockholm. The loans will be …
President Andrzej Duda signs into law plans to raise $15.6B in financing for country’s first nuclear power plant, pending EU permission Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday signed into law legislation that provides €14.5 billion ($15.6 billion) in financing for the country’s first nuclear power plant, local media reported. Warsaw needs EU approval for such …
