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Nuclear Fusion

Tractebel Working With First Light on Fusion

Tractebel and First Light Fusion have signed a framework agreement to provide specialist engineering expertise for the development of First Light’s Machin…

SMR

NRC Authorizes Fuel Loading and Operation at Vogtle 4

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized Southern Nuclear Operating Company to load fuel and begin operation of Vogtle Unit 4 in Georgia. This is the…

Nuclear Equipment

Newcleo Aquires Nuclear Pump Rütschi Group

newcleo has announced an agreement to purchase the shares of nuclear pumps group Pompes Rütschi SAS and Rütschi Fluid AG. The deal, for EUR68.9mn tran…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

TVEL Delivers First Batch of Fuel for Rooppur

Fuel for the starting loading of Rooppur NPP Unit 1 in Bangladesh has taken place at Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant, part of Rosatom’s Fuel Compa…

Nuclear waste

IAEA Conducts First Mission on Disused Sources

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has carried out the inaugural mission, in Thailand, of the Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources Technical Centre (DS…

Nuclear Equipment

Rooppur Fuel Passes Inspection as Onsite Work Progresses

The first fuel for Rooppur 1's initial load has been formally accepted by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) after an inspection at the Novosibi…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Core Module Installed at Chinese SMR

The core module has been installed within the reactor building of the ACP100 small modular reactor (SMR) demonstration project, China National Nuclear Corporati…

Energy Saving

Electrochemical Process Could Boost Efficiency of Capturing Carbon Directly From Air

A team from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering has invented a device that leverages electrochemistry to increase the effic…

Battery

Chloride Ions From Seawater Could Replace Lithium in Batteries of the Future

Sodium, potassium and zinc have all been promising contenders for lithium's place in rechargeable batteries of the future, but researchers at Worcester Poly…

Offshore Wind Power

Norway to Award Offshore Wind Areas Next Year as Government Awaits Subsidy Scheme Approval

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has pushed back the deadline for applications in the country’s first offshore wind tender by two months as …

Offshore Wind Power

Hollandse Kust West Alpha Offshore Substation Topside Ready to Set Sail

The assembly of the substation topside for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore wind farm has been completed at Equans’ yard in Hoboken, Belg…

Offshore Wind Power

Germany Awards Four More Offshore Wind Sites for Eur 784 Million

After awarding four offshore wind areas to BP and TotalEnergies for EUR 12.6 billion through its first dynamic bidding process last month, the German Federal Ne…

Offshore Wind Power

China Leads in Offshore Wind Power in Pursuit of Carbon Neutrality

China’s offshore wind power installed capacity ranked first in the world for two years in a row, and the industry is set to play an important role in achi…

Electricity Transmission

ACP Statement on Department of Energy Proposal to Establish Federal Permitting of Electric Transmission

Today, American Clean Power Association (ACP) Vice President of Markets & Transmission Carrie Zalewski released a statement on the U.S. Department of Energy&rsq…

Geothermal Power Plant

Berlin, Germany to Expand Geothermal Drilling Program

Bundestag, Berlin, Germany (source: Herman / flickr, Creative Commons)The Deep Geothermal Energy Roadmap for the State of Berlin was presented during a Senate m…