Boris Johnson says it is ‘time to make big new bets on nuclear power’ to end the UK’s ‘addiction’ to Russian oil and gas as he also signals the Government will increase North Sea energy production

Boris Johnson said ‘now is the time to make a series of big new bets on nuclear’ The Prime Minister said that the UK must end its ‘addiction’ to Russian oil and gas He also signalled Government will boost domestic North Sea energy production Boris Johnson said the UK must make ‘big new bets’ on developing …

BHEL despatches its 42nd Nuclear Steam Generator to NPCIL for installation at Rajasthan Atomic Power Project

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved a major milestone with the despatch of its 42nd Nuclear Steam Generator to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). The steam generator, to be installed for a 700 MWe unit at NPCIL’s Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP), was flagged off from BHEL’s Trichy plant in the …

Finnish EPR starts supplying electricity

Unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear power plant was connected to the national grid on 12 March and has started supplying electricity, operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced. The 1600 MWe EPR is scheduled to enter regular electricity production in July. Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) attained first criticality on 21 December, after which its power output …

L&T Dispatches 700 MWe Steam Generator to GHAVP ahead of schedule

Hazira (Surat, Gujarat), March 10, 2022: The Heavy Engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro, flagged-off the fourth Steam Generator (SG) for NPCIL’s indigenously designed 700 MWe Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) to be set up at Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP) in Fatehabad district of Haryana. The ceremony took place at L&T’s state-of-the-art Heavy Engineering Complex …

Top U.S. Nuclear Power Provider ‘Fully’ Backs Russia Sanctions

Constellation Energy Corp., owner of the largest U.S. fleet of nuclear power plants, would support “any limits” Washington may impose on Russian uranium. The company has enough nuclear fuel to run its reactors for multiple years and is working with vendors to head off any potential supply disruptions, Bill Gibbons, a spokesman for Baltimore-based Constellation, …

U.S. Weighs Sanctions on Russian Uranium Supplier Rosatom

The Biden administration is considering imposing sanctions on Russia’s state-owned atomic energy company, Rosatom Corp., a major supplier of fuel and technology to power plants around the world, according to people familiar with the matter. No final decision has been made and the White House is consulting with the nuclear power industry about the potential …

Olkiluoto 3 grid connection expected within days

Commissioning tests are progressing well at Olkiluoto 3, with grid connection now expected to take place on 15 March, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has said. Finland’s fifth nuclear reactor reached first criticality in December and is now undergoing commissioning tests before being synchronised to the grid. TVO yesterday said it had “tested the production of …