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Published: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:37:55 GMT
The Group of Seven (G7) nations have committed to support the use of nuclear energy in those countries that opt to use it, a communique released at the end of the G7 Ministerial Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Turin, Italy, says.
Published: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:57:45 GMT
The inner containment dome has been installed at unit 5 of the Lufeng nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. It is the first of two HPR1000 (Hualong One) under construction at the site, where four CAP1000s are also planned.
Published: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:43:13 GMT
ČEZ and its Elektrárna Dukovany II subsidiary have received binding bids from Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and France's EDF for the construction of four new nuclear units in the Czech Republic.
Published: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:48:38 GMT
BWXT Canada Ltd is the first company to join GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's group of qualified supply chain companies to advance the global deployment of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor.
Published: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:20:25 GMT
Thai innovative and sustainable power company Global Power Synergy Public Company Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding with Denmark's Seaborg Technologies ApS to explore the potential deployment of the compact molten salt reactor Power Barge in Thailand.
Published: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:40:03 GMT
The mayor of Paks in Hungary was among those present in Russia to see the start of forging of blanks for the reactor vessel of the first unit at the Paks II nuclear power plant, which Rosatom is building.
Published: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:01:18 GMT
Georgia Power has announced the start of commercial operations at the second of the two AP1000 units built as an expansion of the existing two-unit Vogtle plant. The plant is now the largest generator of clean energy in the USA.
Published: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:00:44 GMT
The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 2 at the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. It is the second of two CAP1000 units planned as the initial phase of the plant, which will eventually house six such reactors.
Published: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:43:22 GMT
Representatives of the nuclear industry have issued a statement calling for Group of Seven (G7) governments to embrace nuclear deployment as a strategic priority, by maximising use of existing nuclear power plants and setting clear plans for further deployment that would fulfil the targets they set at COP28, to triple global nuclear capacity.
Published: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:43:18 GMT
Italian Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said he hopes there can be a discussion based on science about the renewed role of nuclear, specifically small modular reactors, in the country's future.