Unit 3 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the first Hualong One nuclear unit serving western China, went into operation on Saturday, 168 hours after trial operation, said its operator China General Nuclear Power Corp. Hualong One is China’s third-generation nuclear power technology with full intellectual property rights. With …
Kansai Electric finishes cable works for No. 4 Takahama reactor To restart No. 1, No. 2 Takahama reactors June-July Unclear about restart of No. 2 Maizuru coal-fired unit Japan’s Kansai Electric said March 23 it plans to restart the 870 MW No. 4 Takahama nuclear reactor March 24 and resume power generation the following day …
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Synthos Green Energy (SGE) are teaming up to advance the global deployment of the GEH BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR). Through a technical collaboration agreement that was announced today in Washington, D.C., TVA, OPG and SGE will invest in the development …
The owners of Palisades Nuclear Power Plant are hoping to decide this summer if the plant will be reopened. Representatives of Holtec Decommissioning International, which took ownership of the plant shortly after it shut down last May, met with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday, March 20, to discuss the “regulatory path” for reopening …
China National Nuclear Corp announced this morning that the first tank of concrete (FCD) was poured on the nuclear island of Unit 4 of the Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant in east China’s Zhejiang province. It thus became the first nuclear power unit to start construction in China this year. The Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant Unit …
Agency reports released Tuesday highlight possible solutions to the challenges facing the technologies and routes to commercializing them. The U.S. Department of Energy Tuesday issued reports charting pathways to commercialize long-duration storage, advanced nuclear reactors and clean hydrogen. The Pathways to Commercial Liftoff reports are designed to help industry, investors and stakeholders make decisions about the emerging …
On March 21, 2023, the first heavy and oversized equipment for the El-Dabaa NPP, the core catcher for Unit 1, arrived to the El-Dabaa NPP construction site in Egypt (the general designer and general contractor is ROSATOM Engineering Division). In the beginning of March 2023, the ship carrying three main components of the core catcher …
France’s parliament voted in favour of the government’s nuclear investment plan with a large majority on Tuesday, a day after the government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote over its pension reform plan. The nuclear renewal plan, whose key plank is the planned construction of six new nuclear reactors, was approved with 402 votes in favour …
Energoatom and Cameco have signed agreements covering the supply of Ukrainian uranium and the production of nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants in Ukraine. Energoatom President Petro Kotin and Cameco’s President Tim Gitzel, signed the agreements in London at an event attended by the UK ambassadors of Canada and Ukraine, with Ukraine’s energy minister Herman …
The USA and Indonesia have announced a strategic partnership to help Indonesia develop its nuclear energy programme, supporting Indonesia’s interest in deploying small modular reactor (SMR) technology to meet its energy security and climate goals. A Memorandum of Agreement, as well as affiliated grants and contracts, was signed during the Indo-Pacific Business Dialogue in Bali, Indonesia. The …
