John Ketchum, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Nextera Energy, speaks during the 2023 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum said the company is “very interested” in restarting the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa. The plant is seeing strong interest …
In a recent interview with Bloomberg News, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) expressed a more open stance toward modern nuclear energy technologies. This has raised questions among opposition party members about what they consider an inconsistent stance from the DPP regarding this policy area. Cho told Bloomberg reporters that Taiwan is “very open” to the use …
At the end of a dirt road leading to a prime surfing spot in this vacation town on the northwest coast sits a giant, hemispheric bulb bulging out from between the palm trees. When the structure popped up more than six decades ago, federal scientists called it the “dome of the future.” Beneath its rounded …
To enable worldwide adoption, CORE POWER aims to build advanced reactors, designed for commercial insurance approval. Shipping nuclear propulsion startup CORE POWER will shortly reach its funding milestone of $500 million, which will allow it to finish the technology design and move on to the next steps. The startup, based in the United Kingdom, is planning to …
Vietnam will amend its national power development plan, known as PDP8, to include options for nuclear energy and hydrogen, the Minister of Industry and Trade said on Monday. The PDP8 will be amended in a way to also add more renewables to the mix, including solar and wind, Nguyen Hong Dien told the National Assembly …
France’s lower house finance committee has voted to scrap a plan to tax the sale of EDF’s nuclear power on the wholesale market from 2026, the National Assembly of the parliament said on Friday. The finance committee vote occurred late on Thursday, and the controversial plan is now due to be debated by the lower …
Utah historically has produced energy from coal, oil, and gas, but with Utah’s growing energy demands, state officials are considering turning to nuclear energy within the next decade. State officials held a conference last week to discuss what Gov. Spencer Cox is calling a “looming energy crisis” in the state of Utah. Due to Utah’s rapid population …
European Union ministers agreed to support nuclear energy as part of the fight against climate change ahead of next month’s COP29 summit, a marked shift on a power source that has long divided the bloc. The Netherlands, France, and some eastern European nations called for more “institutional support” for nuclear energy, as well as for …
The aging No. 1 reactor of the Takahama nuclear power plant in central Japan was given the all clear by the nuclear regulator Wednesday to continue operations, making it the first reactor in the country to get approval to operate beyond 50 years. The Nuclear Regulation Authority gave the green light to Kansai Electric Power …
Amazon.com Inc. and billionaire financier Ken Griffin are among the backers anchoring a $500 million investment in small nuclear reactors, a burgeoning technology heralded as the next era for atomic energy. The Seattle-based company has signed agreements to develop the new breed of reactors — dubbed small modular reactors, or SMRs — in both Washington …
