Niger is the provider of 15 percent of France’s uranium needs and accounts for a fifth of the EU’s uranium stock. The military coup in Niger is raising fears, especially in France, over its potential impact on the import of uranium to power nuclear plants. Niger supplies 15 percent of France’s uranium needs and accounts for a fifth of the EU’s total uranium imports. …
Kansai Electric Power Co. on Friday restarted the 48-year-old No. 1 reactor at its Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture for the first time in 12 years. The Takahama No. 1 reactor is the oldest of Japan’s nuclear reactors not set for decommissioning. It is the second time that a reactor over 40 years old …
Today, the U.S. Senate voted 96-3 to agree to Senator Joe Manchin’s (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, S.Amdt.999, a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 that directs the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a nuclear fuel program with the purpose of onshoring …
Amadou Abdramane, center, during a televised statement, on July 26.Source: Télé Sahel/AFP/Getty Images Niger’s army chief has backed a coup in the West African country, a day after President Mohamed Bazoum was detained by soldiers. The army announced its support for the coup plotters in order to “avoid bloodshed,” it said in a letter released on social …
Canada’s plans to make nuclear power a central part of its decarbonization strategy are taking shape with major announcements around large nuclear builds, small modular reactors and medical isotopes. Nuclear power accounts for around 15% of Canada’s electricity generation with most capacity in Ontario where some 40% of the population resides. A total of 19 …
Electricite de France SA reiterated that it sees a gradual recovery in nuclear output after a plunge last year due to prolonged outages tied to stress corrosion issues at some of its plants. The French utility confirmed its nuclear output guidance through 2025 in statements published to its website late Friday. EDF expects 300 to …
The Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act provides $58.095 billion in total funding for the Department of Energy, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and independent agencies. “Our energy and water infrastructure need significant investment to meet the needs of Americans throughout the country, particularly in the West,” said Senator Dianne Feinstein …
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga last week sought an opinion from President Joe Biden’s administration on the restart of Palisades Nuclear Power Plant. Palisades owner Holtec International is currently seeking federal funds to restart the plant, which closed in May 2022 and is in the midst of decommissioning. Huizenga, R-Zeeland, brought up the efforts during a subcommittee …
The signing of the MoU between Daewoo E&C and ERBUD (Image: ERBUD) Among the agreements signed during a Polish-Korean business forum on 14 July was a memorandum of understanding between Poland’s KGHM Polska Miedź SA and South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corporation on the implementation of low and zero-emission technologies, including small modular reactors (SMRs). Daewoo …
France and India are to launch a cooperation programme on small modular reactors and advanced modular reactors. The announcement came after a meeting in Paris between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of France Emmanuel Macron, during which they noted progress made on the six-EPR power plant project in Jaitapur, India. At the invitation …
