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

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

Nuclear Fuel
13-06-2024

Bulgaria's Kozloduy Using First Westinghouse Fuel
Following its annual scheduled shutdown, Kozloduy unit 5 has been restarted with 43 Westinghouse-produced cartridges loaded into the reactor as part of its transition from Russian-supplied fuel.Kozloduy 5 and 6 (Image: KNPP)Bulgaria is one of a number of
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
13-06-2024

Westinghouse Increases Its Presence in Canada
Westinghouse has opened a new global engineering hub in Kitchener, Ontario, to support its growing Candu and global new-build business. Canada is now the third largest engineering centre for the AP1000.The opening of the new global engineering hub in Kitc
Nuclear Technology
13-06-2024

US Company Claims Nuclear Battery Breakthrough
California-based Infinity Power says it has successfully developed a very powerful and long-lasting nuclear battery that uses electrochemical energy conversion.A metal-encased coin-cell packaging is developed to guarantee sufficient shielding and no leaka
SMR
13-06-2024

Vattenfall Narrows Search for SMR Supplier
Sweden's Vattenfall has shortlisted Rolls-Royce SMR and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy as potential suppliers of small modular reactors for its Ringhals site. Meanwhile, the country's nuclear regulator has proposed making the early evaluation o
Isotopes
12-06-2024

Rosatom's Scientific Division Sent First Shipment of Lutetium-177 Isotope to China
Isotope JSC (Rosatom’s scientific division) sent the first shipment of lutetium-177 produced by a company of Rosatom to the People's Republic of China.The supply of Russian-produced lutetium-177 opens up new opportunities for cooperation
Nuclear Reactor
12-06-2024

The World's Only Coal-To-Nuclear Reactor Plant Just Broke Ground in Wyoming
Bill Gates’ TerraPower broke ground yesterday on its Natrium nuclear reactor plant, making it the first advanced reactor project ever to start construction.Once it comes online, the Natrium demonstration plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming, will be a ful
Nuclear Technology
12-06-2024

Works Begins on Romania's Tritium Removal Facility
Nuclearelectrica and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) have held a ceremony to mark the start of work on what will become Europe's first tritium removal facility, at Romania's Cernavoda nuclear power plant.(Image: Nuclearelectrica)As a
Uranium Project
12-06-2024

US Uranium Purchases Show Year-On-Year Increase: EIA
US utilities purchased 27% more uranium in 2023 than 2022, according to the US Energy Information Administration's latest annual report. Most of this came from foreign suppliers - US-origin material accounted for 5% of total deliveries, the same p
Nuclear Reactor
12-06-2024

Terrapower Breaks Ground for Natrium Plant
TerraPower's chairman and founder Bill Gates joined company colleagues, government officials, project partners, industry champions and community supporters for the ceremony at the site of the first-of-a-kind advanced reactor plant at Kemmerer in W
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
11-06-2024

KHNP Begins Construction of Nuclear Power Facility in Romania
The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) said Tuesday it has begun the construction of a tritium removal facility for a nuclear power plant in Romania.KHNP won the 260 billion-won (US$188 million) project last year at the Cernavoda Nuclear
SMR
11-06-2024

SMR Planned for Yakutia May Become Two-Unit Project
The regional and federal ministries are "actively working" to change the existing plans for Russia's first land-based small modular reactor project in Yakutia into a two-reactor scheme, after assessing likely future energy demands.How th
Nuclear Decommissioning
11-06-2024

Italian Interim Storage Facility Takes Shape
Construction has started at the Garigliano nuclear power plant in Italy of a facility for the interim storage of wastes generated through the decommissioning of the plant, which shut down more than 40 years ago.Construction site of the DT2 waste storage f
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
11-06-2024

Ukraine-France, EDF-Energoatom Nuclear Cooperation Agreements
Ukraine's Energoatom and France's EDF sign a cooperation agreement, while the two countries have renewed their cooperation on the peaceful use of nuclear energy, which was originally signed in 1998.The agreements took place in the presence
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
11-06-2024

IAEA Mission Reviews Sri Lanka Siting Process
The seven-day Site and External Events Design Review Service (SEED) mission reviewed Sri Lanka's selection process to identify potential sites for the construction of its first nuclear power plant. The country has already identified six candidate
SMR
07-06-2024

Rosatom and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Have Signed an Agreement on Yakut Small Modular Reactor Nuclear Power Plant Capacity Loading
Rosatom State Corporation and the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) signed on the sidelines of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum–2024 an agreement of intent to create conditions for the efficient SMR NPP capacity loading as
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
07-06-2024

Rosatom Mechanical Engineering Division Shipped Key Equipment for Chinese NPPs
Izhora Plants (part of Rosatom’s Mechanical Engineering Division) have shipped five units of equipment manufactured for two NPPs of Russian design currently under construction in China. The large cargo with a total weight of about 500 tons is to
Nuclear Reactor
07-06-2024

EBRD Chernobyl Funding Plan Ratified by Ukraine's Parliament
Members of Ukraine's parliament have backed a law approving the framework agreement between Ukraine and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for funding aimed at projects to boost safety measures at the Chernobyl nuclear power plan
SMR
07-06-2024

Construction of Finnish Pilot SMR Plant to Start in 2025
Steady Energy said it is set to start construction of its first LDR-50 district heating reactor pilot plant in Finland next year, with potential sites including the Finnish capital Helsinki and two other cities.A multiple LDR-50 unit plant (Image: Steady
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
07-06-2024

National Poll Shows Shift in Australian Nuclear Opinion
Australian attitudes towards energy sources have shifted markedly, the 20th edition of the Lowy Institute's annual poll has found, with six in ten now supportive of Australia using nuclear power to generate electricity.Ryan Neelam, Director of Pub
Nuclear Reactor
07-06-2024

Dutch Government Supports Four New Nuclear Reactors
The incoming new government of the Netherlands reportedly will support construction of at least four new utility-scale nuclear power reactors, as part of a program to more than triple the amount of government money to fund nuclear projects.Dutch media rep
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
06-06-2024

Dutch State Could Buy Share in Borssele Plant
The government of the Netherlands has said it will consider acquiring a stake in the Borssele nuclear power plant should a decision be made to extend the operation of the single-unit plant beyond 2033.Borssele (Image: EPZ)In December 2021, the Netherlands
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)
06-06-2024

Regulator's Safety Goal for Atucha Long-Term Operation Project
Argentina's Nuclear Regulatory Authority (Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear, ARN) says that planned upgrades and improvements to allow a 20-year extension to the Atucha I nuclear power unit will "raise the design basis of the facility to a higher
Nuclear Decommissioning
06-06-2024

DOE-Designed Railcar Cleared for Use
The Atlas railcar - developed by the US Department of Energy to transport used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste - has been certified by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) to operate on all major freight railroads in the USA.The Atlas
Nuclear Fuel
05-06-2024

Rosatom Announces Novel Used Fuel Processing Technology
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced it has developed an innovative crystallisation refining technology for the purification and separation of nuclear materials from used nuclear fuel.A rendering of the ODEK pilot energy complex (Image: Ros
Uranium Project
05-06-2024

Inaugural ISL Tests Completed at Third Canadian Uranium Deposit
A test programme at the Midwest uranium project in Saskatchewan has validated that the Midwest Main deposit possesses the characteristics necessary for an in-situ leach operation, Denison Mines Corp has announced.Midwest (Image: Denison)The in-situ leach

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