More countries sign declaration to triple nuclear capacity
Nov 13, 2024 · At the COP29 UN climate change conference taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, six more countries - El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Nigeria and Turkey - have added …
China approves 11 new reactors - World Nuclear News
Oct 25, 2024 · How the new Bailong plant could look when six reactors are eventually built on the site (Image: SPIC) China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said Phase I of its Xuwei plant …
Expansion of nuclear needs change in risk perception, report says
The world is paying a price for letting "lingering concerns about safety and ideological opposition" deter governments from constructing new nuclear power plants, according to the Tony Blair …
France's Flamanville EPR starts supplying power
Sep 3, 2024 · The long-delayed Flamanville 3 EPR reactor in Normandy in northern France has begun delivering electricity to the grid, EDF announced. ;
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Jan 2, 2025 · Panelists in a session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos acknowledged the challenge of meeting the target of tripling nuclear capacity by 2050 but …
Key Cernavoda 3 and 4 engineering contract signed
The partially constructed units 3 and 4 at Cernavoda (Image: Nuclearelectrica) Romania's nuclear power plant operator Nuclearelectrica said that the estimated value of the engineering, …
Grossi restates key role for IAEA, after agency vehicle hit by drone ...
An International Atomic Energy Agency vehicle was hit and damaged by a drone on the day of the latest rotation of the agency's team of experts at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear …
Indian reactor reaches first criticality - World Nuclear News
Sep 19, 2024 · NPCIL Chairman and Managing Director Bhuwan Chandra Pathak was present as the reactor reached first criticality (Image: NPCIL/Facebook) The plant, also known as …
Fukushima Daiichi: How is the decommissioning process going to …
Oct 4, 2024 · The decommissioning process for the Fukushima Daiichi site and surroundings is scheduled to be completed by 2051. It will require many innovations, and careful planning. …
New Nuclear - World Nuclear News
Jan 15, 2025 · A TVA-led coalition including BWRX-300 developer GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy is applying for federal funding to support the US deployment of small modular reactors.