AFTER almost four years of building, the UK’s biggest nuclear plant is nearly 40 per cent complete. The project is Electricite de France’s (EDF) Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first new nuclear power plant in more than 20 years. It is now facing delays as the coronavirus pandemic hampered work on-site and hit supply chains. …
The Philippines may soon establish modular nuclear power plants off the grid, subject to the issuance of relevant legislative laws, the Department of Energy said over the weekend. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said during an international nuclear forum the government already projected the inclusion of nuclear power in the Philippine Energy Plan by 2027.He said …
For more than a half century, nuclear power has been focused on one kind of plant: a huge, complicated, expensive facility, with armed guards, located away from cities and next to a river. Now, a new generation of nuclear engineers focused on climate change is designing plants that are smaller and cheaper, and could be located closer …
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) today announced that its operating and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) has successfully started up Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, located in the Al Dhafrah Region of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This step is the most historic milestone to date in the delivery …
India’s atomic power plants operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) plans to start construction of four more nuclear power units this year, said a top official of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). He said two units of 700 MW will be in Haryana and two 1,000 MW units in Tamil Nadu and added …
The Philippines has taken a big step towards tapping nuclear power, its energy minister said on Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte created an inter-agency panel to study the adoption of a national nuclear energy policy. As power demand soars in what has for years been among the world’s fastest-growing economies, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has …
KAPP-3, which attained criticality on Wednesday morning, is India’s first 700 MWe unit, and the biggest indigenously developed variant of the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor. The third unit of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP-3) in Gujarat achieved its ‘first criticality’ — a term that signifies the initiation of a controlled but sustained nuclear fission reaction — …
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Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is launching the Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainability in Pickering, a world class facility that will attract skilled jobs, innovative businesses and economic development to the Durham region as well as advance solutions for minimizing nuclear materials and recycling clean materials. “OPG and the nuclear industry in Ontario are already recognized …
The third unit of Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant (KAPP) in Gujarat is ready to generate electricity, with the 700 MWe reactor achieving ‘criticality. A nuclear reactor reaches ‘criticality’, when it is ready for ongoing nuclear reaction or fission that generates energy. “Congratulations to our nuclear scientists for achieving criticality of Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant-3! This …