Japan will stop building new unabated coal-fired plants as a measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a speech at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai on Friday. “Japan will implement thorough energy conservation and intends to achieve maximum deployment of clean energy through making renewable energy as the main …
European Union increased imports from Russia of nuclear fuel and services for the bloc’s Russian-designed reactors again in 2023 compared to 2021, the year before Moscow invaded Ukraine, Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) said. While such imports are not subject to EU sanctions, the bloc aims to reduce its dependence on Moscow. Its overall imports from …
Sweden’s parliament has approved a bill that will clear the way for new nuclear power in the country by removing the current limit on the number of nuclear reactors in operation, as well as allowing reactors to be built on new sites. The amendment will enter into force on 1 January. The Riksdag voted in …
The contract will see Urenco continuing to supply Ukraine’s Energoatom with enriched uranium until 2035, with an option to extend the contract to 2043. The contract was signed by Energoatom President Petro Kotin (pictured above, centre) and Urenco CEO Boris Schucht (third from the right) during the World Nuclear Exhibition 2023 in Paris. Urenco, a UK-Dutch-German company, …
“Unit-7 of Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP) 7&8, the third reactor in the indigenous 700 MW series, achieved a major milestone of successful completion of Hot Conditioning of the Primary Heat Transport (PHT) system on Nov. 30,” the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said in a statement. India’s third home-built 700 MW nuclear …
French company Framatome is planning the construction of a nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the UK as part of its plans to scale-up its operations in the country. In a separate development it also announced it was setting up a joint venture with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation. The company says that the proposed facility in …
Represents a major step toward realizing the Continent’s first SMRs Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced it is partnering with companies from Canada, the U.S., and France to ensure a fuel supply for the first unit of its four-unit Darlington New Nuclear Project. The historic arrangements signal a strengthening nuclear fuel supply chain and the self-sufficiency …
New large-scale atomic power plants are still in demand in the US as utilities brace for growing calls to provide low-carbon energy generation, according to the head of nuclear-technology giant Westinghouse Electric Co. New nuclear energy projects have been expanding in China, and are making a comeback in Europe, Canada and other regions as the …
French nuclear operator EDF announced on Tuesday it was signing a series of cooperation agreements with Canadian, Czech, Indian and French partners to secure local supply chains and suppliers essential for future nuclear projects. EDF signed a letter of intent with Ontario Power Group (OPG) at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris to launch a …
French nuclear operator EDF aims to build at least one large reactor a year during the 2030s, CEO Luc Remont said at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris on Tuesday. The company is working on the construction of six new EPR2 reactors in France, two new EPRs in Britain at the Sizewell site, as well …
