Dafydd Wigley says that the case for nuclear power ‘has to be made with urgency’ to combat climate change

Former Plaid Cymru leader Dafydd Wigley has said that the case for nuclear power “has to be made with conviction and confidence and with some urgency”. Lord Wigley said that he was speaking in a personal capacity. His party said in its 2019 General Election manifesto that it “opposes the development of new sites for …

Gas and nuclear: Fate of EU green taxonomy ‘now in the hands of von der Leyen’

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has taken charge of a soon-to-be-published list of sustainable investments amid controversy around the possible classification of fossil gas and nuclear energy as “green” or “transitional” activities under certain conditions, according to several sources familiar with the process. The European Union is moving closer to integrating nuclear power …

Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm Highlights Clean Energy Investments on Tour of Exelon Nuclear Plant

Visit was part of statewide tour to promote historic climate investments contained in the bipartisan infrastructure law and Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda Exelon Corp. (Nasdaq: EXC) hosted U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm on a tour of Exelon’s Braidwood Generating Station in Will County to highlight the economic and environmental benefits of …

The West’s Nuclear Mistake

No government that really regarded climate change as its top energy priority would close nuclear plants before the end of their useful lives. By David Frum In Germany and here in the United States, politicians who want to be seen as environmentalists are increasing greenhouse-gas emissions by forcing the premature closing of serviceable nuclear-power plants. You …

Power prices soar on French nuclear questions, gas worries

By 1130 GMT, the February contract, called baseload for 24-hour supply in that month TRFRBMG2, hit 375 euros ($422.55) a megawatt hour (MWh) and Germany’s January contract was 5.4% higher at 246 euros TRDEBMF2. Elevated electricity costs caused by a wholesale power crunch this year have forced industries to curtail production and European consumers are paying more …

Hassan Allam, Titan launch new company to construct El-Dabaa nuclear power plant

Financial, contractual details of partnership will be announced next February: Al-Dahshoury Egypt’s leading engineering, construction, and infrastructure company Hassan Allam Holding has partnered with the Russian company Titan Holding to launch a joint company to carry out construction works of the El-Dabaa nuclear power plant. Mohamed Al-Dahshoury, CEO of Hassan Allam Construction (HAC), told Daily …

Gonzalez Introduces Bill to Spur Nuclear Energy Innovation

Today, U.S. Representatives Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16) and Elaine Luria (VA-02) introduced the Accelerating Nuclear Innovation through Fee Reform Act, legislation designed to accelerate innovation and catalyze private sector investment in advanced nuclear reactor technologies by eliminating Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) review fees for advanced reactor license applications. Currently, advanced nuclear companies face onerous application costs that can …

Nuclear heating project put into operation in South China

Southern China’s first nuclear heating phase-one demonstration project was put into operation on December 3 to provide winter heating service to about 460,000 square meters of residential property and benefit nearly 4,000 people in Haiyan county of Zhejiang province. Using residual thermal power from the Qinshan Nuclear Power plant of the China National Nuclear Corporation …