Hydro-Québec is evaluating the Gentilly-2 power plant and the potential of nuclear power to meet energy needs, but nothing is decided yet, Pierre Fitzgibbon says. Hydro-Québec is evaluating the current state of the Gentilly-2 power plant, which closed in 2012, in order to “feed into its reflections on Quebec’s future energy supply.” The news has created …
The new Mochovce unit has supplied approximately 650 thousand MWh to the grid that covers average annual consumption of about 260 thousand Slovak households. After successful completion of all power start-up tests at the power level up to 75 % of the nominal reactor power and submission of the test report to the Nuclear Regulatory …
Unit 1 of the Tricastin nuclear power plant in southern France can operate for a further ten years, the country’s nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), has decided. It becomes the first French power reactor licensed to operate beyond 40 years. In February 2021, ASN set the conditions for the continued operation …
Taiwan should not phase out nuclear energy, which is essential to the nation’s bid to boosting the share of renewable energy in its energy mix and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday. The Democratic Progressive Party has turned a blind eye to the …
Hydro-Québec has confirmed it is assessing the current state of the plant which closed in 2012, as it looks at options to increase its production of clean electricity. Gentilly 2, with an installed capacity of 675 MWe, was Québec’s only operating nuclear power plant when the provincial government announced in September 2012 that a planned …
The first fuel for Rooppur 1’s initial load has been formally accepted by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) after an inspection at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP) in Russia. Meanwhile, installation of the unit’s eight heat exchangers has been completed at the plant site in Bangladesh. NCCP is an enterprise of TVEL, the …
On August 10th, the core module of the Linglong One reactor, a multi-purpose modular small reactor in Hainan, a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), was lifted and moved towards the nuclear island. Pressure vessel, evaporator and other key equipment were installed in one step, marking the peak phase of Linglong One’s installation. This is the …
Sweden said it needs to treble nuclear power capacity over the next couple of decades to meet a surge in electricity demand. At least 10 new conventional reactors need to be built by 2045, Romina Pourmokhtari, the nation’s climate and energy minister, said in a statement on Wednesday. The biggest Nordic nation has six reactors …
Two countries selected by Ugandan authorities, with negotiations taking place and agreements signed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced Tuesday that Russia and South Korea will soon start building nuclear power plants in the country. Addressing the 2nd G-25 Africa Coffee Summit, which is being attended by leaders and delegates from 25 African coffee-producing nations at …
New Taipei City Mayor and 2024 presidential candidate Hou You-yi (侯友宜) says he would seek to restart operations at all of Taiwan’s nuclear power plants if elected. Hou laid out his energy plan on Wednesday, which included restarting two nuclear power plants that were decommissioned in 2021 and 2023. Hou adds that he would enlist …