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

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

Nuclear Reactor
24-02-2023

Canadian University Launches Subcritical Assembly Project
Ontario Tech University has begun pre-licensing activities for a new facility to support its undergraduate nuclear engineering programmes and for applied nuclear engineering research. The facility will be unique in Canada.Graphite moderator rods and block
SMR
24-02-2023

Westinghouse Begins Joint Licensing Process for Microreactor in Us and Canada
Image: The Westinghouse eVinci microreactor is perfectly suited to provide power in remote locations (courtesy of Westinghouse)Westinghouse Electric Company has filed a Notice of Intent to submit key licensing reports for its eVinci microreactor to the US
Finland
24-02-2023

Posiva Crew Gets to Grips With Drilling Machine
Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva Oy has completed the drilling of the first two deposition holes at the Onkalo underground used nuclear fuel repository near Olkiluoto using a new boring machine which was operated by its own personnel. T
Nuclear Power Plant
23-02-2023

Reprieved Illinois Plants to Be Uprated
US utility Constellation has announced it will invest USD800 million in new equipment to increase the output of its Braidwood and Byron nuclear power plants in Illinois by some 135 MWe. They were among the Illinois nuclear plants saved from premature reti
Nuclear Power Plant
23-02-2023

Poland Moves Forward With Country’s First Nuclear Power Plant
Westinghouse and Poland’s Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) have finalized a contract for pre-design work on what would be that country’s first nuclear power plant (NPP).The agreement announced Feb. 22 moves forward a project that bega
China news
21-02-2023

Outer Dome Installed at Zhangzhou 1
The outer steel dome has been installed at unit 1 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province, China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corporation (CNECC) announced. Zhangzhou 1 is the first of two Hualong One units being bu
Nuclear Power Plant
21-02-2023

한전, 튀르키예·영국에 '원전 수주' 재도전
정승일 한전 사장(왼쪽)이 파티흐 된메즈 튀르키예 에너지천연자원부 장관과 신규 원전사업 협력 방안 협의 후 악수하고 있다.국내 원전산업계가 해외원전 수주에 박차를 가하고 있는 가운데 한국전력이 튀르키예 측에 원전사업 예비제안서를 제출한 데 이어 원전 종주국인 영국에도 재도전에 나섰다.한전에 따르면 정승일 사장은 지난달 30일(현지시간) 튀르키예를 방문해 파티흐 된메즈(Fatih Dönmez) 에너지천연자원부 장...
Energy Technology
21-02-2023

Nuclear-Hydrogen Economy: How Nuclear-Hydrogen Nexus Can Fit Together in Practice
The rapidly-expanding hydrogen economy is set to be a world-wide opportunity for nuclear and for an important new route to clean energy. Taking advantage of that option will present a complex challenge for developers, writes Janet Wood, an expert author o
Nuclear Reactor
20-02-2023

Further Delays, Higher Cost for Vogtle Project Announced
Vogtle Unit 3, in January. (Photo: Georgia Power)Already for the second time this year, Southern Company has announced a delay to the expected commercial operation of Unit 3 at the Vogtle nuclear plant’s two-unit construction site. In addition,
Nuclear Power Plant
18-02-2023

UAE Launches Nuclear Day
Date commemorates the issuance on 16 February 2020 of the licence to operate Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the UAEThe Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates has approved that the 16th of February will be observed as the Professional Day of the
Nuclear Decommissioning
17-02-2023

Finland Approves the Life Extension of the 1 GW Loviisa Nuclear Plant to 2050
The Finnish Government has granted an operating licence to Finland’s power group Fortum for the life extension of the Loviisa-1 and Loviisa-2 nuclear power units. The new operating licence allows energy production at the 1 GW Loviisa nuclear pow
Nuclear Technology
17-02-2023

Correction: Nuclear Removed From VA. Energy Fund Bill
O'QuinnNuclear Newswire erroneously reported this morning that the Virginia Senate’s Finance and Appropriations Committee on February 15 advanced legislation that included nuclear in a list of energy technologies that would receive resea
Nuclear waste
17-02-2023

Hanford Waste Tanks Moved for Disposal
Two empty waste tanks weighing more than five tons each were transported from outside the Hanford Site’s Effluent Treatment Facility to an onsite landfill. (Photo: DOE)Two large tanks near the Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF) at the Department
Nuclear Fusion
17-02-2023

SPARC Fusion Power Demo Construction Is Underway Outside of Boston
CFS CEO Bob Mumgaard showing Sen. Warren (left) and Secretary Granholm (center) around the SPARC facility. (Photo: CFS)Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) hosted visiting officials for a tour and ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open its new headquarte
Nuclear Fusion
16-02-2023

Commonwealth Fusion Systems Opens New Development Campus
Image: Commonwealth Fusion SystemsCambridge, Massachusetts-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ new campus is expected to accelerate its path to commercial operations.The 20ha campus at the company’s corporate headquarters includes an ad
Nuclear Power Plant
16-02-2023

River Bend Begins Its 22nd Refueling Outage
The River Bend nuclear power plant. (Photo: Entergy)Entergy’s River Bend nuclear power plant started its 22nd scheduled refueling and maintenance outage on February 11. The plant, located in St. Francisville, La., is a 967-MWe General Electric b
Nuclear Reactor
16-02-2023

Holtec Supplies Key Component for US Fusion Reactor
Holtec International has completed the fabrication and delivery of the Centre Stack Casing (CSC) for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's (PPPL's) National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U), a precursor to commercial nuclear
Nuclear Power Plant
16-02-2023

Pallas Construction Permit Granted
A construction licence has been granted by the Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS) for the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands. The new reactor will replace the existing High Flux Reactor (HFR).How the Pallas reacto
Nuclear Power Plant
16-02-2023

Modernisation Projects Under Way at Czech Plants
Czech energy company ČEZ is making investments at both its Dukovany and Temelín nuclear power plants to allow their long-term operation. A contract with Framatome will see the modernisation of the existing instrumentation and control (I&C)
Nuclear Technology
15-02-2023

Work Starts on Belgian Isotope Residue Recycling Facility
A ground-breaking ceremony has been held in Mol in north-east Belgium to mark the start of construction of a facility to recycle radioactive residues from the production of medical radioisotopes. The RECUMO facility - which will recover uranium - is sched
Nuclear Decommissioning
15-02-2023

NRA Approves Use of Japanese Reactors Beyond 60 Years
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved draft legislation to extend the operating life of the country's nuclear power reactors beyond 60 years. It also approved an amendment to the Nuclear Reactor Regulation Law to remove t
Nuclear Technology
15-02-2023

UK Grant for Deep Isolation Corrosion-Resistant Canister
US-based Deep Isolation EMEA Ltd has been awarded a grant by the UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (formerly part of BEIS) to develop a corrosion-resistant canister for the deep disposal of used nuclear fuel. The project is a collaboration
Nuclear Technology
15-02-2023

Poland’s Industria Selects Rolls-Royce SMR for Green Energy Projects
Polish industrial group Industria has signed a memorandum of intent (MOI) with Rolls-Royce SMR to deploy small modular reactors (SMRs) in Poland. Government-owned Industria, as part of the Industrial Development Agency (IDA) Group, is leading efforts to d
Nuclear Technology
14-02-2023

ITER: Russian Poloidal Field Coil Arrives at Construction Site
A poloidal field coil - the largest component being produced in Russia for the multinational fusion project - has completed its journey to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) construction site in France.The poloidal field coil arri
Nuclear Power Plant
13-02-2023

Japan's nuclear-power industry hikes hiring

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