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

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

Nuclear Technology
31-03-2023

Tractebel, NRG Pallas to Collaborate on New Nuclear at Borssele
Present at the MOU signing ceremony were, from left, Joost van den Broek and Bertholt Leeftink of NRG Pallas, Belgian ambassador Anick van Calste, and Philippe Van Troeye and Denis Dumont of Tractebel. (Photo: Tractebel)Belgium-based engineering firm Trac
Nuclear Technology
31-03-2023

Westinghouse to Supply Fuel to Czech Republic’s Dukovany
Westinghouse Electric Company and ČEZ have signed an agreement for the supply of VVER-440 fuel assemblies from next year for the Dukovany nuclear power plant as it switches from Russian-supplied fuel.Seated left to right: Bohdan Zronek, Tarik Choho and Az
Canada
31-03-2023

Canadian Budget Underlines Government Support for Nuclear
Inclusion of nuclear in the clean energy investment tax credit and making it eligible for a range of other tax incentives show the Government of Canada's "clear and strong" support for nuclear's indispensable role in the clean en
Nuclear Technology
31-03-2023

EDF Creates New Nuward SMR Subsidiary
France's EDF says that creating a wholly-owned subsidiary will enable the Nuward small modular reactor (SMR) to meet its "next key milestones" en route to achieving first nuclear concrete in 2030.A rendering of an SMR plant (Image: Nuwar
SMR
31-03-2023

UK Looks to Nuclear to Bolster Energy Independence
The UK government is committed to a programme of new nuclear projects beyond Sizewell C, giving industry and investors the confidence they need to deliver projects at speed, according to a new policy paper. It describes nuclear as "the critical basel
Nuclear Power Plant
30-03-2023

UN calls for demilitarised zone around Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
SMR
30-03-2023

U.S., Indonesia Partner on SMRs
Dignitaries assemble after the signing of a memorandum of agreement to help Indonesia develop a nuclear energy program. Among those at the signing were Indonesia's minister for economic affairs Airlangga Hartarto, U.S. ambassador to Indonesia Sung
Nuclear Reactor
30-03-2023

Last Energy Sets up Microreactor Deals for Poland and the U.K.
A rendering of Last Energy's nuclear power plant. (Image: Last Energy)Startup company Last Energy has announced power purchase agreements for 34 units of its 20-MWe nuclear power plants with four industrial partners in Poland and the United Kingdo
Nuclear waste
30-03-2023

DOE Updates Savannah River Waste Agreement With EPA, DHEC
The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS) has finalized a high-level waste tank milestones agreement with state and federal regulators that will guide the clean up of the South Carolina site.According to SRS, over the last several mon
Nuclear Technology
30-03-2023

Wanted: Information Leading to a Neutron Source for Fusion Energy R&D
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science published a notice in the March 27 Federal Register calling for input on technological approaches to a Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source (FPNS) for materials irradiation research under DOE-SC&rsquo
Nuclear Reactor
30-03-2023

UKAEA to Partner With the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) to co-operate in research and development for remote handling and the maintenance of future power plants. The
Nuclear Technology
30-03-2023

Cooking Up Plasmas With Microwaves
Lead author Yurii Victorovich Kovtun, despite being forced to evacuate the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology amid the current Russia-Ukraine war, has continued to work with Kyoto University to create stable plasmas using microwaves.Getting plasm
Nuclear Power Plant
30-03-2023

IAEA’s Grossi Visits Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA's) director general travelled to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to see first-hand the security situation at the facility which sits on the frontline of Russian and Ukrainian forces.This pict
Nuclear waste
30-03-2023

Sellafield AI Strategy ‘To Boost Safety and Speed up Site Remediation'
The UK's Sellafield nuclear facility has unveiled its AI (artificial intelligence) strategy intended to improve efficiency and safety, with the goal that by 2032 "AI will be driving safer, faster and better performance across our facilities a
Nuclear Reactor
30-03-2023

Final Fuel Transfer From Storage Basin at INL
Workers at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have completed the transfer of all the used fuel from the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) from wet to dry storage, a major milestone under a 1995 agreement with the state of Idaho. The fuel was the last
Nuclear Power Plant
30-03-2023

Mo-99 Production Reaches Non-proliferation Milestone
All major global molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production facilities are now using low-enriched uranium (LEU) targets instead of proliferation-sensitive highly-enriched uranium (HEU) following the completion of work to convert Belgium's National Institute
Nuclear Power Plant
30-03-2023

Contract for Shin Hanul 3 and 4 Major Components Signed
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Doosan Enerability have signed a KRW2.9 trillion (USD2.3 billion) contract for the supply of the main equipment for units 3 and 4 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant, South Korea's Ministry of Trade, In
Uranium Project
29-03-2023

Cameco Wins $220M Tax Refund, Seeks Hundreds of Millions More
A large refund shows light at the end of the tunnel for a tax dispute. Cameco’s Cigar Lake uranium mine, Saskatchewan. Source: CamecoCameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) has won C$300 million ($220m) back from Canada’s taxman in a dispute last
Nuclear Reactor
29-03-2023

ARC Clean Technology Signs Agreement on Deployment of SMRs in Alberta
ARC Clean Technology Canada (ARC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) for co-operation in the commercialisation in Alberta of ARC’s advanced Small Modular Reactor (aSMR) technology. The province o
Nuclear Power Plant
29-03-2023

Restart of Ringhals 4 Faces Further Delay
While the start-up of unit 4 of Sweden’s Ringhals NPP is ongoing, power generation from the unit is not now expected to start until 1 April, according to plant owner/operator Vattenfall. The plant was previously scheduled to begin operation on 2
Nuclear Reactor
29-03-2023

US, Canadian and Polish Companies to Support BWRX-300 Deployment
US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) are teaming up with Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Poland’s Synthos Green Energy (SGE) to advance global deployment of the GEH BWRX-300 small mo
Nuclear Power Plant
29-03-2023

Japanese High Court Supports Operation of Ikata NPP Unit 3
Japan’s Hiroshima High Court high court has rejected a petition by local residents to halt the operation of unit 3 at Shikoku Electric Power Co’s Ikata NPP in Ehime Prefecture, upholding a lower court decision. This will allow Shikoku
Carbon Emissions
29-03-2023

Fortum and Outokumpu to Use SMRs to Decarbonise Steel Production
Nordic power company Fortum and stainless-steel producer Outokumpu have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the decarbonisation of Outokumpu’s steel manufacturing operations using emerging nuclear technologies, such as small mo
Nuclear Power Plant
29-03-2023

Construction of Training Centre Begins at Russia’s Kursk-Ii NPP
Russia’s TITAN-2 (part of Rosatom) has begun construction of the training centre at the Kursk-II NPP in the operators town of Kurchatov. The centre is designed to cater for 200 employees of the new power units. The 2760m2 building will have thre
Poland
29-03-2023

Last Energy Secures Power Purchase Deals for 34 Smrs in Poland and the UK
US-based Last Energy has secured power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 34 PWR-20 small modular reactor (SMR) units with four industrial partners in the UK and Poland. Last Energy said the deals, worth $18.9bn in power sales, mark the largest pipeline of ne

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