Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed interest on Friday in collaborating with Russia to construct small-sized nuclear power plants. The potential cooperation signifies a shared interest in advancing nuclear energy capabilities between the two nations. The specifics of this potential collaboration, such as the number of plants or the timeline for construction, were …
The Chinese group China Huaneng has announced the start of construction of the 1.2 GW second unit of the Shidaowan nuclear power plant (Phase 1), located in China’s Shandong Province, as first concrete was poured for the new Hualong One reactor. China Huaneng plans to construct four Hualong One reactors, in two phases, at Shidaowan with …
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has stated that Hungary will not support the European Commission’s plan to phase out Russian energy sources. However, he acknowledged that Hungary cannot block the plan if it is adopted by majority vote rather than consensus within the European Union (EU), Azernews reports, citing TASS. “They can adopt it by a majority …
Construction will create 18,000 Canadian jobs, add up to $500 million annually to Ontario’s economy and help secure clean, reliable energy With electricity demand in Ontario set to soar by at least 75 per cent by 2050, the Ontario government has approved Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) plan to begin construction on the first of four …
All three of Denmark’s governing parties have said they are open to relaxing atomic energy laws, in part to reduce dependence on Russia. Europe’s slow march towards accepting the benefits of nuclear energy took another step forward on Tuesday when Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she was looking at the energy source “with open …
It wasn’t enough of a vote-winner to reverse conservative fortunes. There’s a notable dog that didn’t bark amid the results of Australia’s election. The opposition Liberal-National Coalition and its leader, Peter Dutton, led a shambolic campaign that resulted in a historic defeat, losing roughly a quarter of its seats to the government at a time when high inflation …
A French uranium mining firm said Tuesday that it was “very worried” after losing contact with its representative in Niger, where the company has become embroiled in a standoff with the military government. The Orano company said in a statement that it had been told of raids Monday on the offices of its subsidiaries in …
The EU will end its dependency on Russian energy by stopping the import of Russian gas and oil and phasing out Russian nuclear energy, while ensuring stable energy supplies and prices across the Union. The REPowerEU Roadmap, presented today by the European Commission, paves the way to ensure the EU’s full energy independence from Russia. Despite the …
It’s been more than a decade since the US last broke ground on a large-scale nuclear power plant that came online. Xcel Chief Executive Officer Bob Frenzel is raising the idea that it’s time to start again. Many in the utility industry are trying to puzzle out how to meet the expected boom in power demand that’s forecast from …
The Czech government has announced plans to acquire an 80% stake in Elektrarna Dukovany (EDU) II, a subsidiary of the state-owned energy company CEZ, which is building two new nuclear units at the $18bn Dukovany power plant project. The 80% stake in EDU II is valued at Kč3.6bn ($164m). CEZ will continue holding a 20% …
