As the U.S. makes a U-turn on premature nuclear closures with plans to restart both Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania and Palisades in Michigan, Spain is sticking to the less than ideal model pioneered by the German nuclear phaseout: close the plants now and worry about grid reliability later. Spain has seven nuclear reactors currently operating. Spain’s misguided nuclear phaseout …
India wants more nuclear power, has pledged over $2 billion toward research and will change laws to boost investment to do it. The pledges were made by India’s finance minister earlier this month as part of a plan to expand electricity generation and reduce emissions. Nuclear power is a way to make electricity that doesn’t …
Germany’s nuclear exit was meant to be final. But with energy costs soaring, conservatives are reopening the debate. Only two years after Germany switched off its last reactor, the country’s nuclear debate is back with a vengeance, with the conservative Christian Democrats leading the charge to revive atomic power ahead of an election they are …
BHP says it can double copper production in Australia without increasing the volume of uranium that comes from the same mines, hosing down investor fears that a multibillion-dollar expansion of Olympic Dam would create a flood of unwanted supply. BHP made that disclosure in the paperwork submitted to authorities as part of the proposal to …
Jindal Nuclear plans to build 18GWe of nuclear power generation capacity in India over the next two decades, various local media reported citing a company statement. Jindal Nuclear, which is a part of the Naveen Jindal Group, and a 100% subsidiary of Jindal Renewables, said that the plan will include Bharat small reactors, small modular reactors …
UK-based AI cloud provider Fluidstack has signed a memorandum of understanding with the French government to construct one of the world’s largest decarbonised AI supercomputers in France. Meanwhile, utility EDF has identified four sites on its own land that it will offer for data centres. Announced at the AI Action Summit in Paris, under the …
Vietnam formally approved a nuclear power development plan with the aim of having a reactor online in the next decade, an ambitious strategy to lift energy security and meet aggressive economic growth targets. The Southeast Asian nation launched a regulatory framework and plans to establish human resources and research infrastructure needed to develop atomic energy …
Canada’s critical minerals sector would suffer a significantly less punishing blow from U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs compared with the broader Canadian economy if he moves ahead. Mr. Trump earlier this week temporarily backed off from imposing 25-per-cent tariffs on most Canadian imports, but the risk remains high, with the possibility that he’ll follow …
The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) announced a multi-state initiative to accelerate advanced nuclear energy projects. The initiative was first previewed by Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York last month and will be co-chaired by New York, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Wyoming. They will be joined by Maryland, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and West …
Aziz Dag, Managing Director of Westinghouse Electric Sweden, in an official letter to the NNEGC, emphasized that Westinghouse will be able to supply its fuel if Khmelnytskyi NPP units 3 & 4 are completed and equipment from the Bulgarian Belene NPP is installed. “Westinghouse confirms the possibility of providing a compatible fuel design in time …
