Further extending the operating life of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant’s second unit was identified as a priority during a meeting between Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. During the meeting, in Yerevan, the two “agreed on specific steps for the near future, which will allow the re-extension work to …
Westinghouse announced the launch of a small version of its flagship AP1000 nuclear reactor on Thursday. The new reactor, called the AP300, aims to be available in 2027, and will generate about a third of the power as the flagship AP1000 reactor, enough to power about 300,000 homes. It’s expected to cost about $1 billion …
Two South Korean national financial institutions – Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) – have each entered into agreements with Holtec International and Hyundai Engineering & Construction to provide financial support for SMR-160 projects around the world. Holtec participated in the Korea-US Advanced Industry and Clean Energy Partnership Event …
The French State has requested the country’s Financial Markets Authority (AMF) reopens the simplified public tender offer for the outstanding shares of EDF after the Paris Court of Appeal dismissed a claim lodged by minority shareholders in EDF challenging the deal. EDF’s board of directors on 27 October last year approved an offer by the …
First concrete has been poured into the foundation slab marking the start of the main construction phase for unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant project, and follows the issuing of a construction licence by the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority on 29 March. Chairman of Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA), Amged …
Georgia Power today announced the completion of hot functional testing for Unit 4 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga. The completion of hot functional testing marks a significant step towards operations and providing customers with a reliable, carbon-free energy source for the next 60 to 80 years. Unit 4 is projected to enter service …
The nuclear industry’s big bet on going small. Inside the Transient Reactor Test Facility, a towering, windowless gray block surrounded by barbed wire, researchers are about to embark on a mission to solve one of humanity’s greatest problems with a tiny device. Next year, they will begin construction on the MARVEL reactor. MARVEL stands for Microreactor …
Several American startups are working on building a new generation of small reactors that could push nuclear energy into a new phase, with support from the US government. During a recent hearing before the House Appropriations Committee, US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm restated the “importance of nuclear energy” for the current administration regarding America’s …
OSGE Vice President Dawid Jackiewicz handed in the application to the ministry on 27 April, the company said in a tweet (Image: OSGE) Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) has submitted applications to Poland’s Ministry of Climate for a decision-in-principle on the construction of power plants based on GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor …
The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station previously supplied 5 percent of Michigan’s electricity. Just months after it was supposedly shut down for good, a Michigan nuclear power plant could come roaring back to life with help from the very company charged with its demolition. According to an AP report published on Wednesday, Holtec Decommissioning International hopes to resurrect the 800 megawatt …