The UK’s Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced that nuclear will “subject to consultation, be classed as environmentally sustainable in our green taxonomy” – he also launched a competition, to be completed by the end of the year, which could lead to co-funding for small modular reactors (SMRs). In his set-piece address to the House of …
France has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal to overhaul the EU’s electricity market which was unveiled on Tuesday (14 March), as it offers France the chance to develop and refurbish its nuclear fleet. Electricity prices soared last year following the war in Ukraine as Russia turned off gas supplies to Europe in a move denounced …
Westinghouse says the fuel boosts safety, reliability and improves fuel cycle economics (Image: Westinghouse) The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given approval to Westinghouse’s Advanced Doped Pellet Technology (ADOPT) fuel pellets for use in pressurised water reactors in the USA. Westinghouse’s president of nuclear fuel, Tarik Choho, called it an “important milestone” with the ADOPT …
The RAF and Zero Petroleum set a Guinness World Record in 2021 for the world’s first successful flight using only synthetic fuel (Image: MoD/gov.uk) Large-scale production of nuclear-derived net-zero synthetic fuels could help hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as aviation and shipping, according to a report by energy consultants Equilibrion and the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA). The …
French lawmakers start examining a new bill on Monday aimed at speeding up the construction of new nuclear reactors, which President Emmanuel Macron says are crucial to bolstering France’s energy independence. Critics of the bill, however, say it ignores pressing concerns over the safety of the country’s ageing reactors as well as the industry’s dependence on uranium imported from Russia. …
China National Nuclear Power Co (CNNC) recently unveiled its 2023 investment blueprint, worth of 80.02 billion yuan ($11.58 billion), which is a near 60 percent of year-on-year increase, also marking the highest annual investment since it was listed on the stock market. According to the announcement, the annual investment plan was devised based on the …
Small modular nuclear reactors like this design produced by NuScale Power could be the wave of the future, but the technology is still unproven. The Illinois General Assembly is one step closer to lifting the state’s moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants. House Bill 1079, proposing to allow such construction, passed out …
The completion of the main internal structure of the reactor building for the ACP100 small modular reactor (SMR) demonstration project at the Changjiang nuclear power plant has been announced by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). CNNC said the pouring of concrete for the wall panels over 7 metres above the internal structure of reactor building …
Germany will “acknowledge and not oppose” plans to recognise the contribution nuclear energy is making to the EU’s decarbonisation objective, a special advisor to the German Chancellor said on Thursday (9 March). Jörg Kukies, financial market and European policy advisor to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, told a Parisian crowd at a Jacques Delors Institute panel …
Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jim Risch (R-ID), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation to ban imports of Russian uranium. The bill is the Senate companion to H.R. 1042, which was introduced last month by U.S. Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), chair …
