Power

Nuclear waste

SKB to Weld Finnish Nuclear Waste Capsules

Friction stir welding of a copper lid in SKB’s canister laboratory in Oskarshamn, Sweden (Photo credit: SKB)Swedish radioactive waste management company S…

Solar Cell

ALMM Cell Mandate Will Drive Up Capital Cost for Solar Developers, Says Crisil Report

The prices of domestically manufactured solar cells are 1.5-2 times more than alternatives from China even after basic customs duty. Such high prices can drive …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Akkuyu NPP Progresses Despite Equipment Delays

The problems caused by the failure of Germany’s Siemens to deliver key equipment for the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Türkiye have been overcome,…

Nuclear Reactor

SCK CEN Opens Facility for Reactor Decommissioning

SCK CEN nuclear research centre (Photo credit: SCK CEN)Belgian nuclear research centre SCK CEN in Mol, Antwerp province, having almost completely dismantling it…

Nuclear Reactor

Candu Energy Invests CAD1bn in Nuclear Supply Chain

Candu Energy, part of AtkinsRéalis has reported that as of 12 December it has issued over CAD1bn ($700m) in purchase orders into the Candu nuclear supply…

Nuclear Fusion

UK Partnership to Design Fusion Power Plants

Rob Akers (UKAEA), Vassil Alexandrov (STFC Hartree Centre) and Juan Bernabe-Moreno (IBM) at the signing of the partnership agreement for fusion collaborationThe…

Solar project

Massachusetts City Sources Solar Power From Illinois

The electrons won’t be delivered across state lines, but the City of Cambridge will match its electricity use with a virtual power purchase agreement from…

Nuclear Fuel

Final Nuclear Fuel Removed From Gremikha Naval Base

Spent nuclear fuel is loaded onboard Rosatomflot’s special purpose vessel Rossita at Gremikha naval base (Photo credit: Rosatom)Rosatom reports that the l…

Solar project

New York’s Morris Ridge Solar Project Goes Online

Morris Ridge Solar is expected to generate enough energy to meet more than 47,000 New York households’ energy needs.The Morris Ridge Solar project is full…

Nuclear Technology

South Korea Develops Novel Nuclide Separation Technology

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute says it has developed a new concept for the world's first nuclide separation device that employs robots and senso…

Nuclear Reactor

US Development Agency Announces Grants for Bulgarian Nuclear Projects

The US Trade and Development Agency has signed two grant agreements to support Bulgaria's nuclear ambitions: one will support a cost-shared feasibility stud…

Nuclear Fusion

Virginia Site Selected to Host Fusion Power Plant

US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems has announced plans to independently finance, construct, own and operate a commercial-scale fusion power p…

Solar Power Plant

SDIC Gansu Commissions 750 MW CSP-PV Plant in China

SDIC Gansu New Energy has commissioned the 750 MW Akesai Huidong CSP-PV plant in Jiuquan, China’s Gansu province, combining a 110 MW concentrated solar po…

Nuclear Reactor

Reactor Vessel Installed at Xudabao 4

The reactor vessel has been installed in its design position at Xudabao 4, Rosatom has announced.(Image: Rosatom)In June 2018, Russia and China signed agreement…

Transformer

Transformer Explosion at South African Coal Power Leaves Nine Injured

An explosion at an Eskom coal-fired power plant injured nine employees last week. The utility believes a rupture of a high-pressure steam steel pipe caused the …