Taiwan has approved a preliminary plan to restart an idled atomic power plant, marking a reversal of the ruling party’s anti-nuclear stance as the island pursues greater energy security. The Nuclear Safety Commission has cleared its review of an initial proposal to restart the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant, it said in a statement. Taiwan Power …
A former Interior Department Secretary and now candidate for Governor in New Mexico says the state should adopt a moratorium on renewed uranium mining. Deb Haaland, the former Democratic U.S. Representative who was appointed Secretary of the Interior in the Biden administration, is now running for Governor. “New Mexico has given enough,” the former U.S. …
The initiative aims to concentrate fuel fabrication, advanced reactors, spent fuel reprocessing, and data centers in large regional complexes, although it will require changes to nuclear waste legislation. This week, the Senate began reviewing the legal changes needed to advance the so-called Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, a Department of Energy initiative that seeks to concentrate …
Nuclear power remains an indispensable tool for Hungary to ensure energy supply security and achieve its climate objectives amid ongoing geopolitical instability, Hungarian State Secretary for Energy András Tótth declared. At the FIRST Europe regional conference on the potential deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs), Secretary Tótth emphasized that the government in Budapest remains fully …
The agreement advances negotiations on the EPC contract for the construction of a three-unit AP1000® plant in Pomerania The Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium and Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) have agreed on the main commercial terms of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract that will deliver Poland’s first nuclear power plant. Reaching agreement on these terms advances …
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that negotiations with several countries are continuing over the planned construction of a new nuclear power plant in Armenia to replace the aging Metsamor facility. “We have a nuclear power plant [Metsamor] that was built during the Soviet era, and the operating life of that nuclear power plant is nearing …
There are a lot of wild nuclear bets in the market. One enrichment company holds a strong hand. Uranium enrichment—a key step in making nuclear fuel—is a unique corner of the energy market. Only two companies, both in Europe, hold enrichment capacity outside Russia and China. American company Centrus Energy LEU 1.30%increase; green up pointing …
Framatome has signed a groundbreaking commercial contract to deliver the world’s first nuclear fuel reload with uranium-235 enrichment above the industry standard of 5 wt% to a U.S. nuclear reactor in operation. This landmark agreement represents a major advancement for the global nuclear industry, enabling the first reactor in operation to extend its cycle lengths …
Existing Intellectual Property Settlement Amended Westinghouse Objected, but Washington Pressed for Change According to political sources on Wednesday, the government reported at a full committee meeting of the National Assembly’s Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs and Startups Committee that it is negotiating a “nuclear framework” with Washington that bundles the construction of eight large reactors in …
Saskatchewan is exploring the possibility of building a small modular nuclear reactor in the western part of the province, with Lloydminster directly named as a potential location by Premier Scott Moe. Saskatchewan is exploring the possibility of building a small modular nuclear reactor in the western part of the province, with Lloydminster directly named as …