Resistance to nuclear power is starting to ebb around the world with support from a surprising group: environmentalists. This change of heart spans the globe, and is being prompted by climate change, unreliable electrical grids and fears about national security in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In California, the state’s last remaining power …
A Japanese technician checks radiation levels at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Photo: AFP PM Kishida signals nuclear policy shift just as the shuttered industry’s manufacturing and technical expertise is slipping away Japanese Prime Minister Kishida has expressed support for investigations that will probably lead to the first construction of new nuclear power plants in …
One of Pacific Gas & Electric’s Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s nuclear reactors in Avila Beach, Calif., is viewed Nov. 3, 2008. California legislators and Gov. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and a group of legislators reached a late-hour compromise bill released late Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, to extend the lifespan of the state’s last operating nuclear …
THE BUZZ: Lawmakers were cutting it a little close last night as they hurried to get bills into print before the 72-hour deadline. They’ve had weeks to make a deal, but, hey, sometimes work is best done under pressure, right? We’ve got a slew of new legislation to dig into, including 13 bills that are up in the …
Head of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority Amjad Al-Wakeel, revealed that, according to the agreed timetable for the Dabaa nuclear plant project, concrete will be poured for the second reactor with a capacity of 1200 megawatts on November 19. This will coincide with the celebrations of the Nuclear Energy Day. He further added that the first nuclear …
Hungary’s nuclear energy agency has issued a license for construction of two reactors for Paks II, a power generation project first launched in early 2014 as part of an inter-governmental agreement between Hungary and Russia. Officials said Paks II would be the first nuclear plant in the European Union to use Rosatom’s Generation III+ VVER-1200 …
Slovenske Elektrarne’s new nuclear power unit at Mochovce will begin fuelling in the next two weeks and start production by early 2023 after a watchdog’s ruling cleared the way, the Slovak utility’s chairman said on Thursday. Slovenske Elektrarne’s new nuclear power unit at Mochovce will begin fuelling in the next two weeks and start production …
The UK government will announce its financial commitment for a new nuclear plant next week as the country attempts to boost its long-term energy security, according to three people familiar with the plans. The decision, which will come as soon as Tuesday, is aimed at helping the government and Electricite de France SA seek private funding for …
A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two companies will see NuScale Power support Fermi Energia in evaluating the deployment of a NuScale small modular reactor (SMR) plant in Estonia by 2031. Fermi’s plans for SMR deployment are growing in popularity in Estonia, according to the company’s latest survey.\ NuScale’s technology was one of …
Share Rolls-Royce SMR has signed an exclusive agreement with Dutch nuclear energy development company ULC-Energy BV to collaborate on the deployment of Rolls-Royce small modular reactor (SMR) power plants in the Netherlands. ULC-Energy – established in 2021 and based in Amsterdam – aims to accelerate decarbonisation in the Netherlands by developing nuclear energy projects that …