Germany is pushing for the European Union to include the civilian nuclear sector in the bloc’s new sanctions package against Russia, the Economy Ministry said on Monday (17 April). The European Union in February approved a 10th package of Russia sanctions on the anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but hundreds of millions of euros’ …
Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and a bipartisan group of their colleagues, introduced legislation to boost the development and deployment of new nuclear technologies, and put America on a path to be the undisputed international …
Wisconsin could see new nuclear power as Dairyland explores advanced reactors As the nation shifts away from fossil fuels to combat climate change, federal energy officials and some lawmakers in Wisconsin say nuclear power plays a key role in meeting carbon reduction goals. The remarks were part of a Thursday discussion about nuclear power hosted …
Test production has been completed at the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR in Finland and the plant has now started regular electricity production, operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has announced. TVO said the reactor will soon be declared to be in commercial operation. OL3 attained first criticality on 21 December 2021 and was connected to the …
Using China’s currency to skirt bank restrictions could irk Western partners Bangladesh appears to have found a workaround for stalled payments it owes Russia for a nuclear power plant: settling them in Chinese yuan. With U.S. and European sanctions barring Russia from much of the international banking system, Dhaka has been scrambling for ways to settle …
Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland, which is due to come on line at full capacity on Monday, will significantly improve Estonia’s security of supply and also bring down energy prices. However, a shortfall in transmission capacity between Finland and Estonia means that price differences between the two countries will persist until the Estlink 3 …
Germany is shutting down its last three atomic power plants this weekend after previously delaying the nuclear phaseout due to the war in Ukraine. The energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine forced Germany last year to extend the life of the last three nuclear power plants in the country by a few months beyond the …
A joint special purpose vehicle – named PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa SA – has now officially been formed by Polish companies ZE PAK and Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) to implement the project to construct a nuclear power plant in Pątnów in central Poland. The plant will comprise two APR1400 reactors supplied by Korea Hydro & …
One team showed how nuclear plant shutdowns could cause 1000s of pollution-related deaths; another found nuclear has the least environmental impact among low-carbon energy sources. The Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 was a death knell for nuclear power. Rising fear and anxiety about nuclear power plants prompted many countries to phase out this form of …
A pressuriser for Kudankulam 5, one of four VVER reactors currently under construction in Tamil Nadu, begins its journey of 17,000 km to the site on 4 April. The pressuriser, made by AEM-Technologies Izhora (part of Rosatom’s machine-building division, Atomenergomash), weighs more than 187 tonnes and is about 14 metres in length (Image: AEM) Installed …
