France’s nuclear fleet is coming back online, with Bloomberg estimating that 73% of the country’s 56 reactors were available on Friday. That is significantly more reactors than in recent months, which eases some of the concerns about power supply in France and Europe. To compare, only 40% of France’s 56 reactors were available in August 2022, when …
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed progress on building Turkey’s first nuclear power plant as the latest landmark saw the inner containment dome installed in the design position at Akkuyu unit 1. Turkey’s President Erdoğan was reported by Russia’s official Tass news agency to have told his Russian counterpart during their phone call that “the …
DOE had previously purchased domestic U3O8 from miners Uranium will be stored as UF6 ready for enrichment Several US uranium companies plan production restart ConverDyn has received a $14 million award for uranium conversion services from the US Department of Energy under its $75 million program to create a domestic uranium reserve to boost energy …
The first power unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant (NPP), which is being built by Russia in Türkiye, is scheduled to be launched in 2023, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Wednesday, Trend reports citing Daily News. “The construction of the Akkuyu NPP is proceeding at a rapid pace. Its first power unit will be launched …
NuScale Power Corporation has submitted an application for approval of its updated small modular reactor design to US nuclear regulators. The company has also signed a contract with Romania’s RoPower Nuclear S.A. for front-end engineering and design work toward the deployment of a VOYGR-6 SMR power plant at Doicești. The NuScale Power Module, on which …
The cooling towers of the Slovak nuclear power plant are seen at Jaslovske Bohunice in western Slovakia, about 70 km (43 miles) north of the Slovak capital Bratislava, May 10, 2011. Petr Josek, Reuters Image used for illustrative purpose. Reuters Images The Rooppur nuclear plant, with a planned power generation capacity of 2,400 megawatts, will …
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has completed the conceptual design for the CMSR Power Barge – a floating nuclear power plant based on compact molten salt reactors – and obtained the basic certification of the design from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). In December 2020, ABS said it had completed a new …
French President Emmanuel Macron and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson deliver a joint statement before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes Reuters Sweden could potentially buy nuclear reactors from France to beef up the Nordic country’s energy supply, the Swedish prime minister was quoted as saying while …
The first new nuclear units in the U.S. in more than 30 years moved closer to operation while the sector is receiving a boost from the Inflation Reduction Act and bipartisan infrastructure law. Southern Company’s Vogtle units 3 and 4 moved closer to commercial operation in 2022 while existing nuclear plants are receiving a boost from the …
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing holds a mobile phone at the attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Germany’s transport minister called for an expert committee to examine whether the lifespan of the country’s nuclear plants should be extended, reopening a row within Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition. Germany’s …