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Nuclear Power Plant

UK's Hinkley Point B Approved for Restart

The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation has today provided EDF with permission for Reactors 3 and 4 at the Hinkley Point B power station in Somerset, England, to…

Nuclear Power Plant

SNC-Lavalin Issues Blueprint to Achieve Net Zero by 2050

A new blueprint issued by Canada’s SNC-Lavalin on 11 March says achieving net-zero by 2050 for Canada is a "monumental but achievable" objective that will requ…

Nuclear Power Plant

Westinghouse Plans Investment in Polish Nuclear

Westinghouse Electric Company has announced its intention to invest in nuclear technologies in Poland, following a meeting in Warsaw between Westinghouse CEO Pa…

Nuclear Reactor

Rosatom Starts Building Reactor for Akkuyu Unit 3

AEM Technology, part of the Atomenergomash engineering subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom, has started manufacturing the reactor pressure vessel for unit 3 of the A…

Nuclear Fuel

TVEL Subsidiary Contracts Supplies of Nuclear Fuel Components for Research Reactor in Egypt

Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant and the Egyptian Atomic Energy Agency signed the contractual documents for supplies of another batch of the low-enriched…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia’s Leningrad-II Unit 2 Ready for Commercial Operation

Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor on 10 March issued a conclusion on the compliance of unit 6 of the Leningrad NPP with the requirements of technical regulations …

Nuclear Equipment

GE Steam Power Unveils 'Largest Last-Stage Blade Ever Made'

GE Steam Power announced today that it has designed and manufactured the largest-ever last-stage blade for its Arabelle low-pressure rotor.

Nuclear Fuel

Fuel Loading Under Way at Barakah 2

The process of loading 241 fuel assemblies into the core of unit 2 at the Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE has begun, operator Nawah Energy Company has an…

Nuclear Policy

UNECE Provides Pathways for Nuclear Energy to Support Sustainable Development

The report shows how the utilisation of local or regional uranium resources can provide a platform for sustainable development.

Nuclear Power Plant

France to Build Nuclear Crisis Centres Based on Fukushima Lessons

Local Crisis Centres are to be built at 11 nuclear power plants in France.

Nuclear Power Plant

Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant's First Unit's Power Grid Disconnection Explained

The official said: “A huge number of equipment and system tests are performed in the course of commissioning a nuclear power plant unit.

Market Analysis

National Nuclear Energy Plans for Clean Power, Heat and Hydrogen Showcased at IAEA-IEA Event

Nuclear power remains the world’s second largest source of low carbon electricity after hydro, producing more than solar and wind combined.

Nuclear Power Plant

Ohio Senate Strips Subsidies from Nuclear Power Plant Bailout Law

Ohio Senators have unanimously approved a bill that strips out a key provision of the sweeping energy law that’s at the center of a federal corruption scandal.…

Market Analysis

Solar & Wind In South Africa Contributed More Than Nuclear For 1st Time Ever In 2020

The rest was met by other sources, including diesel, hydro, and pumped storage plants.

Nuclear Fusion

S Could Operate a Fusion Plant by 2040, Academy Says

The US National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has called for urgent investment by the government and private sector to enable a pilot fusion pla…