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German energy minister calls nuclear phase-out 'huge mistake'

German energy minister calls nuclear phase-out 'huge mistake'

Energy Technology
04-04-2023

Dynamic Radioisotope Power System Development for NASA Missions
The multimission radioisotope thermoelectric generator for NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is tested at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 2020. The choice of an MMRTG as the rover’s power system gave mission planners signifi
Energy Technology
04-04-2023

Partnership Unveils Plan For Helium Test Facility
X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC and Kinectrics have announced a partnership to design, construct and operate a commercial-scale facility to test and verify the performance of critical structures, systems, and components of X-energy’s Xe-100 advanc
Nuclear Technology
04-04-2023

Application Submitted to Extend Swedish Repository
Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) has submitted an application to the Radiation Safety Authority, SSM, to extend the existing SFR final repository for low and intermediate-level wa
Energy Technology
04-04-2023

UK Assessment of Rolls-Royce SMR Design Progresses
Rolls-Royce SMR Limited's 470 MWe small modular reactor (SMR) design has successfully completed Step 1 of the UK's Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process and progressed to the next phase.A cutaway of the Rolls-Royce SMR design (Image: ONR
Nuclear Power Plant
04-04-2023

The Future Looks Bright for Nuclear Power—Dare We Use the ‘R’ Word Again?
The term nuclear renaissance was very popular in the early 2000s. Nuclear power plant operators had substantially improved existing plant performance, and many new plants were being considered around the world, including in the U.S. In fact, later in the
Nuclear Power Plant
04-04-2023

India Eyes Major Expansion of Nuclear Power
India’s government is pushing for construction of more nuclear power plants as the country looks to increase its supply of cleaner energy. Officials have made some ambitious pronouncements, calling for as many as 20 new nuclear power facilities
Nuclear Power Plant
04-04-2023

Vogtle Unit 3 Generates Electricity, Connects to Power Grid
Georgia Power has announced another milestone for the two-unit reactor expansion at the Plant Vogtle nuclear power site, as Unit 3 on April 1 successfully generated electricity for the first time.The utility said the unit has been synchronized and connect
Energy Technology
04-04-2023

Kronos Fusion Energy Unleashes Groundbreaking S.M.A.R.T. 40 Approach: Ushering in a New Era of Clean, Boundless Energy
Kronos Fusion Energy
Nuclear Reactor
03-04-2023

EDF CREATES NUWARD TO STRENGTHEN DEVELOPMENT OF ITS SMR
EDF (Electricité de France) announced the creation of its subsidiary NUWARD to boost the development of its small modular reactor (SMR) now entering the basic design phase.NUWARD is a 340MWe SMR plant with two independent reactors (170MWe each)
Nuclear Technology
03-04-2023

Innovative Filtration System Shortens Schedule and Delivers Radwaste Savings
BWR spent fuel pool dual SCF system with shields.The return of low natural gas prices combined with the advent of high efficiency renewables has placed more pressure on nuclear power plant operators to reduce their operational and maintenance costs and to
Nuclear Power Plant
03-04-2023

Watch for It—Advanced Nuclear “Liftoff” Needs 5–10 Reactor Contracts by 2025
These graphs illustrate how rapidly scaling the nuclear industrial base would enable nearer-term decarbonization and increase capital efficiency, versus a five-year delay to reach the same 200 GW deployment by 2050. (Source: DOE, Pathways to Commercial Li
Nuclear Power Plant
03-04-2023

Rosatom Plans Development of Pilot Nuclear Thermal Power Plant
Rosatom is considering construction of a pilot nuclear thermal power plant (ATST) Elena-AM, designed for use in small remote villages. According to documents posted on Rosatom’s public procurement website, the contract price for development of t
Nuclear Power Plant
03-04-2023

Used Fuel From US EBR-II Reactor Transferred to Dry Storage
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has transferred all of the used nuclear fuel from the closed Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) from wet to dry storage. The target was achieved almost nine months ahead of schedule.The transfer is one of several re
Energy Security
03-04-2023

Xcel Says Leak Is Fixed at Monticello NPP
US Xcel Energy says workers have repaired the leak at the Monticello NPP, which will resume power production shortly. The company temporarily shut down the plant, after monitoring equipment detected a second lead of radioactive tritium in groundwater. A s
SMR
03-04-2023

Polish-US Nuclear Cooperation Expands to USNC Microreactors
Grupa Azoty Police, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation and the West Pomeranian University of Technology have signed an agreement to build a nuclear energy research facility based on Ultra Safe Nuclear's Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) technology. Meanwhil
Nuclear Power Plant
03-04-2023

New Isotope-Producing Research Reactor for Missouri
The University of Missouri has launched an initiative to build a new, larger research reactor, NextGen MURR. The university's existing MU Research Reactor (MURR) - in operation for more than half a century - is the highest-powered university resea
Nuclear Power Plant
03-04-2023

Mochovce 3 Output Increased to 55%
Slovenské elektrárne says that Mochovce 3's energy start-up has now seen its output increased to 55% - with the final trial run at 100% power for six days and nights expected to take place in May and June.The new unit at the
Nuclear Power Plant
03-04-2023

Fortum Permitted to Operate Loviisa Repository Longer
Finland's State Council has granted a new operating licence to Fortum for its low and intermediate-level waste (LLW/ILW) disposal facility at the Loviisa nuclear power plant. The new licence allows the repository to be operated until 2090, instead
Nuclear Reactor
03-04-2023

Third Egyptian Reactor Receives Construction Permit
Egypt's nuclear regulator has issued a construction licence for unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant, which will eventually house four Russian-supplied reactors. Construction of unit 3 is scheduled to begin in the coming months.Workers prepa
Nuclear Technology
03-04-2023

Investigating the Effects of Cosmic Radiation on Seeds
The IAEA and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have sent seeds into space, to investigate the effects of cosmic radiation and harsh space conditions on breeding new crop varieties to withstand the effects of climate change
Nuclear waste
31-03-2023

Environmental Permits Issued for Sizewell C NPP
The UK Environment Agency (EA) has issued three new environmental permits to NNB Generation Company (Sizewell C) Limited for the new NPP planned at Sizewell in Suffolk. Sizewell C Limited applied to the EA for the permits in May 2020. The Environment Agen
Nuclear Technology
31-03-2023

Doosan Enerbility to Supply Key Equipment for Korea’s Shin-Hanul 3&4
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Doosan Enerbility signed a KRW2,900bn ($2.3bn) component supply agreement construction of units 3&4 at the Shin-Hanul NPP in Uljin, North Gyeongsang, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry& Energy (
Nuclear Technology
31-03-2023

Virginia Nuclear Bills Signed Into Law
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin participates in a bill-signing ceremony at Energy DELTA Lab in southwest Virginia. (Photo: Christian Martinez/Office of Gov. Glenn Youngkin)Declaring it a great day for Virginia energy and American energy, Gov. Glenn Youngkin
Nuclear Technology
31-03-2023

Get To Know McRe, the Fast-Spectrum Msr From Southern and Terrapower
MCRE could be built inside the ZPPR cell (shown here) at INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex. (Photo: INL)A tiny 200-kWt reactor the Department of Energy says would be the first critical fast-spectrum circulating fuel reactor and the first fast-sp
Nuclear Power Plant
31-03-2023

Grossi Focusing On ‘Realistic and Viable’ Plan For Zaporizhzhia
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general says that the plan for a safety and security zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "is evolving" to focus on the plant itself and the principle that a nuclear power plant

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