A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant was restarted Tuesday for the first time since the disaster after a safety upgrade, as the government pursues a renewed expansion of nuclear energy to provide stable power and reduce carbon emissions. The No. …
Japan is entering a period of political uncertainty following an Oct. 27 election where the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its junior partner lost their majority in parliament for the first time since a vote in 2009. The yen tumbled to a three-month low in the immediate aftermath as investors braced for a weaker administration. …
The No. 2 reactor, front center, at the Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue on April 12 (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Chugoku Electric Power Co. announced on Oct. 28 that it has begun loading nuclear fuel into the No. 2 reactor of Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue ahead of its planned restart later this …
A nuclear power reactor in northeastern Japan is set to be reactivated Tuesday, amid mixed feelings among local residents. The No. 2 unit at Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s Onagawa nuclear power station in Miyagi Prefecture will be the first reactor going back online in eastern Japan since the March 2011 powerful earthquake and tsunami, which …
Constellation Energy (CEG.O), opens new tab is making its case to restore the operating license for its Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in the first public meeting before the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday on the unprecedented project to restart a retired reactor. Constellation, which announced last month that it had signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft …
Conference in Park City details the push for deployment of advanced technology A couple of top Utah political leaders said it is not a matter of if but when the deployment of advanced nuclear technology happens in Utah to meet burgeoning energy needs. Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, and state Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, both …
Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness calls the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Limited for the advancement of nuclear technologies adoption a pivotal moment in Jamaica’s energy transformation. The partnership reflects the Jamaican government’s commitment to diversify the country’s energy portfolio with new, clean and sustainable …
Westinghouse Electric Company today announced it signed an extension to the current Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild for two AP1000® reactors. This extension builds on the progress being made on the Kozloduy expansion project, as well as the support Westinghouse is providing for nuclear fuel diversification and operations at Kozloduy. …
Japan set out to phase out the use of nuclear power plants after the country’s worst nuclear accident at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant in March 2011, when the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was in power. Since the Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in late 2012, however, the country has shifted …
Orano notes that since the announcements made last July, the financial difficulties of the mining company SOMAÏR, the 63.4% subsidiary of the group, which operates the Arlit uranium mine in Niger, have continued to grow. Since the events of July 26, 2023, and the closure of the main supply and export corridor, Orano and SOMAÏR …
