The U.S. has been preparing since 2022 for the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin would stop selling it nuclear power fuel, and a pending ban on Russian imports will help boost domestic capacity to process uranium fuel, the outgoing top nuclear energy official told Reuters. The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that bans the imports …
The emergence of new advanced modular reactors and new vessel concepts has elevated nuclear power as a viable option for the production of green fuels Over the last few years, the conversation around nuclear power has grown, intensified by societal pressures to meet climate agreement goals and underpinned by advancements in small modular reactors (SMRs) …
Data center developers in Northern Virginia are asking utility Dominion Energy Inc. for as much power as several nuclear reactors can generate, in the latest sign of how artificial intelligence is helping drive up electricity demand. Dominion regularly fields requests from developers whose planned data center campuses need as much as “several gigawatts” of electricity, …
The move could set uranium prices up for a return to $100 a pound or more: analyst A ban on U.S. imports of Russian uranium is set to shake up the market for nuclear power, and lift prices back above $100 a pound for the nuclear fuel which has been tight on supplies. “The Russia …
US company Holtec International has established a wholly-owned subsidiary aiming to “energise the presently placid business sector of modification and maintenance”, with the initial project being the restart of the Palisades plant. Holtec Maintenance & Modification International (HMI) is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is being headed by Christopher Bakken. In its statement announcing the …
The agreement between the municipality of South Bruce and Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) was signed following a vote by the municipality’s council on 1 May. The area is one of two potential host sites for a deep geologic repository selected in a process launched by the NWMO in 2010. The NWMO is tasked …
The Group of Seven (G7) nations have committed to support the use of nuclear energy in those countries that opt to use it, a communique released at the end of the G7 Ministerial Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Turin, Italy, says. “Those countries that opt to use nuclear energy or support its use recognise its …
The inner containment dome has been installed at unit 5 of the Lufeng nuclear power plant in China’s Guangdong province. It is the first of two HPR1000 (Hualong One) under construction at the site, where four CAP1000s are also planned. The steel dome – measuring 45 metres in diameter and almost 14 metres in height, …
The Senate voted Tuesday evening to approve legislation banning the import of enriched uranium from Russia, sending the measure to the White House which has said it supports efforts to block the Kremlin’s shipments of the reactor fuel. The Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act, approved by unanimous consent, would bar US imports 90 days after …
Talks underway about banning imports of Russian reactor fuel Russia provides almost 25% of the uranium fueling US reactors The Biden administration is considering banning imports of enriched Russian uranium using executive authority as congressional efforts to block the Kremlin’s shipments of the reactor fuel stall, people familiar with the matter said. Officials from the White House National …
