Nuclear

10/01/2023

https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2023/01/renewable-clean-nuclear-energy-washington-state-terrapower-hanford-site

Nuclear energy isn't renewable, but can this controversial form of clean energy help save the planet?

10/01/2023

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/belgium-extend-life-two-nuclear-reactors-by-10-years-2023-01-09/

Belgium has reached an agreement with French utility Engie to extend the life of two nuclear reactors by 10 years, the prime minister said on Monday, overturning a plan to exit nuclear power in 2025 as the war in Ukraine has changed energy strategy.

05/01/2023

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Samsung-completes-design-of-CMSR-Power-Barge

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has completed the conceptual design for the CMSR Power Barge - a floating nuclear power plant based on compact molten salt reactors - and obtained the basic certification of the design from the American Bureau of Shipping.

05/01/2023

https://www.powermag.com/being-pro-nuclear-wont-be-enough-heres-why/

Nuclear energy—not just nuclear power—is seeing a burst of innovation unlike anything seen since the 1950s. While the strong momentum for the dispatchable zero-carbon energy source is promising, prominent pitfalls threaten necessary progress.

05/01/2023

https://www.france24.com/en/france/20230105-how-france-s-prized-nuclear-sector-stalled-in-europe-s-hour-of-need

France should be in a strong position as Europe reels from the energy crisis, drawing on the renowned nuclear industry that supplies the lion’s share of its power. But France’s nuclear sector has been…

05/01/2023

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230104005198/en/NuScale-Power-and-RoPower-Announce-Signing-of-the-Contract-for-Phase-1-of-Front-End-Engineering-and-Design-Work-for-First-SMR-Power-Plant-in-Romania

NuScale secures RoPower as the company’s second committed customer following signing of FEED work contract

05/01/2023

https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsnew-contract-seeks-to-progress-nuscale-smr-deployment-in-romania-10490860

US-based NuScale Power and Romania’s RoPower Nuclear have signed a contract for Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) as a step towards deployment of a NuScale VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) power plant in Romania. RoPower is owned...

27/11/2022

S-a trezit Moldova...

Republica Moldova își propune, pentru următorii ani, să asigure independența energetică a țării și aprovizionarea cetățenilor cu energie accesibilă – atât ca sursă, cât și preț – până în 2050, anunță Ministerul Infrastructurii și Dezvoltării Regionale.

09/11/2022

https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/us-formally-declares-interest-helping-fund-romania-nuclear-plant-2022-11-09/

09/11/2022

https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/public-policy/article/21254348/nuclear-energy-is-looking-good-again

The need for plentiful, low-cost electricity will rise dramatically in the coming years.

09/11/2022

https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-nuclear-power-industry-vies-role-decarbonizing-planet-2022-11-09/

Nuclear energy supporters including politicians and activists sought to polish the industry's spotty image on Wednesday, using the COP27 climate summit in Egypt to argue that atomic power offers a safe and cost-efficient way to decarbonize the world.

12/10/2022

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/nuclear-energy-and-global-energy-security-in-the-new-tripolar-world-order/

As the US, Russia, and China move into a period of overt confrontation, competition in both the current and next-generation nuclear technology spaces will assume even more importance. Climate concerns only add more urgency to the race to deploy.