The government’s newly released strategy maps out how Canada can seize the “generational opportunity” presented by a global energy transition underpinned by the exploration, extraction, processing, product manufacturing and recycling of critical minerals including uranium. The Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy was released on 9 December by Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson, who said it will position …
(Image: BEIS) The UK government’s funding of GBP60 million (USD 74m) for research into High Temperature Gas Reactors, a type of Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR), aims to help get a demonstration project up and running by the end of the decade. The UK government’s funding announcements on Tuesday also included GBP4 million for the AMR …
Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) confirmed that Hanbit unit 4 resumed power generation at 3:40 am on 11 December, ending an outage that began in May 2017. The six-unit Hanbit nuclear power plant (Image: KHNP) The unit was taken offline for a “planned preventive maintenance” outage but remained offline after the discovery of “voids” …
Unit 3 at the Barakah nuclear power station has been brought to 100% of its reactor power capacity for the first time as part of its testing activities, project company Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said. The milestone brings the third unit of the four-unit Barakah station – the first commercial nuclear power station in …
Constellation Energy CEO Joe Dominguez joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss completing the separation of Exelon, the energy sector outperforming in the S&P 500, the Inflation Reduction Act, demand for nuclear energy, carbon-free energy, and the climate crisis. JULIE HYMAN: One of the best performers in the S&P 500 this year is kind of a stealth …
The Dutch Council of Ministers has designated the existing Borssele nuclear power plant site as the preferred location for two new reactors. It has also called for a feasibility study into extending the operation of the existing Borssele plant beyond 2033. In December 2021, the Netherlands’ new coalition government placed nuclear power at the heart …
French nuclear output surpassed 40 gigawatts (GW) for the first time in nine months this weekend as the country experiences a cold snap, in a sign that the resumption of three reactors was boosting production, grid operator RTE data showed on Sunday. The head of the country’s CRE energy watchdog had said on Friday that …
The demonstration High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor-Pebble-bed Module (HTR-PM) at the Shidaowan site in Shandong province of China has reached its initial full power with “stable operation under the mode of ‘two reactors with one machine’”. The plant features two small reactors that drive a single 210 MWe turbine. It is owned by a consortium led …
France’s EDF (EDF.PA) aims to start corrosion repairs at its Penly 2 nuclear reactor in mid January, pending regulatory approval of its plans next week, as the power utility battles to recover from an unprecedented number of outages. The news comes as the state-owned utility ramps up three reactors following repairs, just as a cold snap tests Europe’s resolve …
The Netherlands is planning to build two new nuclear power plants by 2035, which should supply up to 13% of the country’s total electricity production by then, the Dutch government said on Friday. The power plants need to play an important role in the country’s energy transition, as the Netherlands aims to make its power …
