A US nuclear reactor that stopped generating power in 2019 has passed an environmental review tied to its proposed restart. The Christopher Crane Clean Energy Center in Pennsylvania, formerly known as Three Mile Island unit 1, could return 835 MW of power to the grid in 2027. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Department …
Saskatchewan’s future power generation will include nuclear energy, with an announcement on plans and the location of potential reactors expected Tuesday afternoon. Speaking to reporters at the Oil and Gas Show in Lloydminster on Sept. 17, Premier Scott Moe confirmed the province is considering potential nuclear power sites along the North Saskatchewan River. The …
First concrete was poured for the nuclear island of Bailong Nuclear Power Plant’s unit 2 at 18:27 on Sunday 27 September. The landmark moment at the State Power Investment Corporation site, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of southern China, means two units are now officially under construction. According to the report on China’s CCTV …
Two South Korean-designed APR1400 reactors would be included alongside two additional AP1000 reactors in the second phase. The final third phase would consist of two more AP1000 reactors. The government’s reference to a six-month period does not establish a deadline for signing the APR1400 contract. Instead, it refers to the interval between the engineering, procurement …
Taiwan has approved a preliminary plan to restart an idled atomic power plant, marking a reversal of the ruling party’s anti-nuclear stance as the island pursues greater energy security. The Nuclear Safety Commission has cleared its review of an initial proposal to restart the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant, it said in a statement. Taiwan Power …
A former Interior Department Secretary and now candidate for Governor in New Mexico says the state should adopt a moratorium on renewed uranium mining. Deb Haaland, the former Democratic U.S. Representative who was appointed Secretary of the Interior in the Biden administration, is now running for Governor. “New Mexico has given enough,” the former U.S. …
The initiative aims to concentrate fuel fabrication, advanced reactors, spent fuel reprocessing, and data centers in large regional complexes, although it will require changes to nuclear waste legislation. This week, the Senate began reviewing the legal changes needed to advance the so-called Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, a Department of Energy initiative that seeks to concentrate …
Nuclear power remains an indispensable tool for Hungary to ensure energy supply security and achieve its climate objectives amid ongoing geopolitical instability, Hungarian State Secretary for Energy András Tótth declared. At the FIRST Europe regional conference on the potential deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs), Secretary Tótth emphasized that the government in Budapest remains fully …
The agreement advances negotiations on the EPC contract for the construction of a three-unit AP1000® plant in Pomerania The Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium and Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) have agreed on the main commercial terms of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract that will deliver Poland’s first nuclear power plant. Reaching agreement on these terms advances …
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that negotiations with several countries are continuing over the planned construction of a new nuclear power plant in Armenia to replace the aging Metsamor facility. “We have a nuclear power plant [Metsamor] that was built during the Soviet era, and the operating life of that nuclear power plant is nearing …