EDF’s plant gets designation under regulated asset base model Private investment is key hurdle for ambitious atomic plans The UK’s long-planned Sizewell C nuclear station took another step forward when the government approved its eligibility for a state-backed financing mechanism. Business Minister Grant Shapps designated Electricite de France SA’s power plant under the regulated asset base …
Kansai Electric Power Co’s Ohi nuclear power plant (from R-L) No.1, No. 2. No. 3 and No. 4 reactors are seen in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, January 26, 2012. REUTERS/Issei Kato Kansai Electric Power Co said on Friday that it will seek regulatory approval to extend the life of its Takahama No. 3 and 4 nuclear …
Close view of the Angra 3 nuclear plant (© Disclosure Eletronuclear) A consortium led by Tractebel has just finalized the first stage of the project that will enable to resume the construction of the Angra 3 nuclear power plant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The reactor will help secure energy supply in the country by …
The agreement was signed by NCBJ Krzysztof Kurek and JAEA President Koguchi Masanori in Tokyo on 22 November (Image: JAEA) A new agreement between the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Polish National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) has added the basic design of a research reactor to their ongoing collaborative R&D on high-temperature gas-cooled …
Japan has increased its reliance on renewables and nuclear power as it tries to achieve the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, the government’s report on energy supply and demand in fiscal 2021 showed Tuesday. But carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels for electricity generation and other purposes rose 1.2% to 980 million tons …
The Philippines will have to wait 10 years to see a working nuclear power plant, a top official of the Department of Energy (DOE) said Tuesday. “If we do it the regular way. You have to have siting, you have feasibility studies, then you have to develop the siting to make sure it’s durable enough …
Today, the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) is eligible for federal funding through the Civil Nuclear Credit Program. PG&E filed its application for federal funding on September 2, 2022, the same day California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 846 into law, …
The ceremony took place on Saturday (Image: NPPA) First concrete was poured into the foundation slab, marking the start of the main stage of construction for the second unit at Egypt’s first nuclear power plant. The occasion was attended by Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mohammed Shaker, Chairman of the Egyptian Nuclear Power …
How a VOYGR-6 plant at Idaho National Laboratory might look (Image: UAMPS) The latest cost estimate for a project to build the first NuScale small modular reactor (SMR) power plant in the USA underscores the need for scalable advanced nuclear technology that can produce cleaner, safer and cost competitive energy, the CEO of NuScale Power …
A general view shows the four cooling towers and the reactors of the Electricite de France (EDF) nuclear power plant in Cattenom, France, February 14, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo Plunging nuclear power output has forced France to boost liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports by more than any other major buyer so far in 2022, amplifying …
