CIVIL NUCLEAR - WIND DAILY

UK removes China from Sizewell nuclear project, takes joint stake

Nov 29, 2022 (AFP)

The CGN announcement came after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned the "golden era" of UK-China links was "over" and said the Asian giant posed a "systemic chall...

Uranium-rich Niger struggles despite nuclear resurgence

Nov 29, 2022 (AFP)

The deeply impoverished landlocked Sahel state is a major supplier of uranium to the European Union, accounting for a fifth of its supplies, and is especially i...

Ukraine nuclear plants reconnect to grid after strikes: ministry

Nov 24, 2022 (AFP)

"After yesterday's massive shelling, energy workers were able to unify the power system and reconnect three nuclear power plants to the power grid by morning," ...

Ukraine nuclear plants cut from grid after strikes: operator

Nov 23, 2022 (AFP)

The strikes activated emergency protocols at the Rivnenska, Pivdennoukrainska and Khmelnytska plants and "as a result... all reactors were automatically disconn...

Argonne awarded $6 million to develop technologies for recycling nuclear fuel

Nov 23, 2022 (SPX)

A very small fraction of the energy available in nuclear fuel is used during the production of nuclear energy. The amount that remains can be recovered and recy...

Kyrgyzstan mulls building nuclear plant with Russian help

Nov 23, 2022 (AFP)

Kyrgyzstan's energy ministry and a subsidiary of Russian nuclear giant Rosatom "signed a cooperation document", the ministry said in a statement, raising the pr...

France names new CEO for troubled nuclear energy group EDF

Nov 23, 2022 (AFP)

Remont, a top civil servant with private banking experience, replaces Jean-Bernard Levy, whose departure was seen a foregone conclusion when the government anno...

French regulator approves state bid to renationalise power giant

Nov 22, 2022 (AFP)

The French state, which already owns 84 percent of EDF, filed a takeover offer with the regulator in October with a view to acquiring the remaining capital at 1...

Risk of nuclear accident looms over Ukraine plant

Nov 21, 2022 (AFP)

Here is a look at the state of the plant in southern Ukraine and the risks associated with renewed shelling and the pressure placed on personnel. - What is the ...

UN nuclear chief denounces strikes on Ukraine power plant

Nov 21, 2022 (AFP)

Ukraine meanwhile dismissed Russian accusations that it had executed surrendering soldiers. "The news from our team yesterday and this morning is extremely dist...

Production at new Finnish nuclear plant delayed to January

Nov 21, 2022 (AFP)

"The investigation into the damage at Olkiluoto 3's feedwater pumps will continue still for some weeks, and its impact on the schedule cannot be estimated," TVO...

US to help Thailand develop small nuclear reactors

Nov 19, 2022 (AFP)

The White House said the assistance was part of its Net Zero World Initiative, a project launched at last year's Glasgow climate summit in which the United Stat...

France faces high risk of power grid strain in January: operator

Nov 18, 2022 (AFP)

In a winter outlook update, RTE said it expects France's network of nuclear plants will be operating at just 65 percent of capacity at the beginning of next yea...

IAEA voices 'grave concern' over Russia and Ukraine nuclear sites

Nov 17, 2022 (AFP)

The International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board of governors urged Moscow "to abandon its baseless claims of ownership of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Powe...

Framatome to extend outage services to PSEG for long-term plant operations

Nov 15, 2022 (SPX)

"Framatome's maintenance and inspection teams have a long history of delivering with excellence and a focus on continuous improvement for PSEG," said Catherine ...

Framatome's GAIA Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel completes 2nd cycle at Vogtle

Nov 15, 2022 (SPX)

"Southern Nuclear is a recognized leader in our industry for its incremental deployment of enhanced accident tolerant fuel technology," said Lionel Gaiffe, seni...

SGT , completes steam generator replacement at Watts Bar

Nov 15, 2022 (SPX)

"This project, like many others performed by SGT, utilized our experienced team and proven processes customized for steam generator replacement," said Art Lembo...

Isotope Production System begins commercial production of cancer-fighting isotopes

Nov 15, 2022 (SPX)

The announcement was celebrated at ITM's headquarters in Munich, Germany, along with representatives of the partnership organizations during a trade mission wit...

Framatome instrumental in digital systems licensing milestone under new NRC process

Nov 15, 2022 (SPX)

The scope includes replacement of the reactor protection, engineered safeguards features actuation, and nuclear instrumentation systems. Following the recent ac...

Global Nuclear Fuel and TerraPower announce Natrium Fuel Facility

Nov 11, 2022 (SPX)

The Natrium Fuel Facility and other commercial nuclear power initiatives are projected to grow the GNF-A and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) workforce by approx...