A number of western municipal utilities are trying to avoid getting locked into a first-of-a-kind nuclear project if its costs continue to go up. The members of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) are in talks to potentially transform the structure of what would be the first commercial-scale small modular nuclear reactor facility in the …
Call for actions to address continuing and evolving nuclear security challenges India and the US have extended the memorandum of understanding for cooperation on nuclear energy by another decade. This was announced in a joint statement issued to mark 10 years of cooperation of the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) between the two …
TAKAHAMA, Fukui Prefecture–The town assembly here Nov. 25 approved the first restart of a nuclear power plant already past its initial 40-year shelf life. The No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama plant went offline in 2011 following the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant operated by …
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has invited comment on government’s plans to add 2,500MW in nuclear power to SA’s electricity mix. Currently, Koeberg is only supplying 1,940MW. A number of parties are interesting in building the nuclear station. On Monday, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) invited comment on government’s plans to add …
On November 18, the Agency for Natural Resources & Energy (ANRE), under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), announced results for Japan’s energy supply and demand in fiscal 2019 (preliminary report), which ended on March 31, 2020. Final energy consumption was 12,959 petajoules (PJ), down 2.0 percent from the previous year. The total …
A new IAEA data animation shows that extending the life of existing nuclear power plants significantly increases the availability of reliable low carbon power, helping to meet climate goals and the transition to clean energy by 2050. More than two thirds of the 442 nuclear power reactors in operation are over 30 years old …
Czech energy company CEZ is expected to move ahead with the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station construction project with either Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power or Rosatom of Russia. The Czech government is planning to send an invitation to bid within this year before the bidding scheduled for next year and partner selection in 2022. The …
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — A 3D-printed nuclear reactor, if built and demonstrated, could open a path to advanced commercial nuclear power stations that produce carbon-free electricity at a cost competitive with natural gas turbine power plants. That’s the hope of Kurt Terrani, director of the Transformational Challenge Reactor Demonstration Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. …
Work on Turkey’s first nuclear power plant is proceeding as planned, an official said Sunday. The plant’s first reactor is scheduled to be operational by 2023, the 100th anniversary of the Turkish republic. “We know how important 2023 is for Turkey. We are making serious efforts to complete the first unit by then,” said Sergey …
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) continues to make progress towards deployment of its first micro modular reactor (MMRTM) with the signing of the Project Host Agreement for the company’s initial deployment site in Canada. Global First Power (GFP) Ltd., the joint venture between Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear, has signed a …
