CNNC Rössing Uranium has been a feature of the Namibian economy for close to 44 years and has made significant contributions to the development of Namibia. I am confident that Rössing will continue to be a major supplier of energy to the world, as well as delivering value to shareholders and other stakeholders, for a …
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 …
Dive Brief: The Department of Energy is working to end U.S. reliance on Russia for nuclear fuel, Secretary Dan Brouillette told members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy last week. The department’s Nuclear Fuel Working Group wants American-sourced uranium and plans to begin processing U.S. uranium into high-grade fuel at a DOE facility …
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Transformational Challenge Reactor Program hopes to bring nuclear power into the 21st century by deploying 3D printing and AI to design and produce reactor core technology. We find out more. Nuclear power is in the midst of a crisis. In 20 years, only one nuclear plant has been built in …
The first of 163 nuclear fuel assemblies has been loaded into the VVER-1200 reactor of power unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2. Fuel loading marks the beginning of the physical start-up of an NPP. The plant is operated by ROSATOM’s Electric Power Division Rosenergoatom. Rosenergoatom‘s Director General Andrei Petrov said: “Beginning physical start-up procedures means that …
The IAEA and the Generation IV International Forum (GIF), an initiative involving 13 countries focused on next generation nuclear power technologies, called for greater efforts to support the early deployment of innovative nuclear reactor systems to address climate change. The appeal came during the annual 14th GIF-IAEA Interface Meeting, a gathering of senior IAEA officials …
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeated his support for new nuclear power. During Prime Minister’s Question Time in the House of Commons yesterday, Johnson told a member of parliament representing a constituency in Cumbria, “We believe that nuclear power is a significant potential contributor to our Net Zero ambitions, and I look forward to …
The US House Committee on Appropriations has denied a funding request from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for fiscal 2021 for establishing a uranium stockpile. The committee requested further information from the department on the justification for the reserve and how it will be implemented. The US Administration’s 2021 budget request unveiled on 10 …
Although former US Vice President Joe Biden’s just-released plan for dealing with climate change includes plenty of compromises with Greens from the left wing of his Democratic Party, the really good news is that he did not cave on nuclear power. Yes, his $2 trillion plan envisions enormous investments in renewable wind and solar energy. …
