CIVIL NUCLEAR - WIND DAILY

Changes in Tokyo's power usage after nuclear power plant closures

Jul 26, 2022 (SPX)

The findings were published in Urban Climate on June 28. "In this study, we analyzed the changes in the carbon mitigation responsibility of Tokyo after the elec...

German nuclear exit wobbles as energy crisis looms

Jul 26, 2022 (AFP)

The German government on Monday said it would await the outcome of a new "stress test" of the national electric grid before determining whether to stick with th...

Ukraine says Russia storing weapons at occupied nuclear plant

Jul 21, 2022 (AFP)

Ukraine state energy company Energoatom said on social media that Russia had moved over two dozen pieces of military equipment and ammunition into the engine ro...

Russia's Rosatom starts construction of Egypt's first nuclear plant

Jul 21, 2022 (AFP)

Egyptian Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker and Rosatom chief Alexey Likhachev on Wednesday poured concrete into what will serve as the base for the El-Dabaa p...

UK approves major new nuclear plant

Jul 20, 2022 (AFP)

It hopes the construction of the 3,200 MWe plant will help achieve its target of Britain becoming a net zero carbon emitter by 2050. Ministers announced in Janu...

France to launch buy-out of power giant EDF

Jul 19, 2022 (AFP)

The tender, priced at 12 per share for the 16 percent in EDF not already in state hands, values the minority stake at 9.7 billion euros ($9.9 billion). The elec...

EU mulls sanctions as Russia accused of shelling Ukraine from nuclear plant

Jul 17, 2022 (AFP)

The situation at the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is "extremely tense", Ukraine's atomic energy agency chief Petro Kotin said, adding that the Russians h...

Russia shelling from Europe's largest nuclear plant: Ukraine agency

Jul 16, 2022 (AFP)

Located on the Dnipro river in southeastern Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been under Russian control since the early weeks of Moscow's invasion, t...

Better estimating the risk of coastal flooding for nuclear power plants

Jul 11, 2022 (SPX)

"The novelty of our work lies in the fact that we can incorporate all available sources of information to create the most accurate estimate of the risk. The met...

EU Parliament backs green label for gas, nuclear

Jul 06, 2022 (AFP)

MEPs in the eastern French city of Strasbourg declined to reject the measure, which was backed by France and Germany. There were 278 votes to stop it while 328 ...

Framatome selected to provide full system decontamination at Bruce Power Units 3 and 4

Jun 29, 2022 (SPX)

"Our Framatome team combines global expertise and innovative adaptability as we develop our footprint in Canada and our partnership with Bruce Power," said Cath...

Sweden's Vattenfall eyes small nuclear reactors

Jun 28, 2022 (AFP)

Four decades after Swedes voted to phase out nuclear power, the state-owned company said it would conduct a pilot study to examine the conditions for building t...

Bulgaria nuclear reactor back on after generator glitch

Jun 23, 2022 (AFP)

The 1,000-megawatt unit at the Kozloduy plant was reconnected to the power grid late Wednesday, the operator said in a statement. No radiation was leaked when t...

Russian gas threat revives German nuclear power debate

Jun 23, 2022 (AFP)

Prolonging the operational lifetime of Germany's remaining reactors could "create some breathing space", Veronika Grimm, a member of the government's council of...

Isotope Production at Bruce Power produces first medical isotope

Jun 23, 2022 (SPX)

This milestone was achieved using a new Isotope Production System (IPS) that was installed in Bruce Power's Unit 7 during a recent planned maintenance outage. T...

Bulgaria nuclear reactor shuts after generator problem

Jun 22, 2022 (AFP)

The incident comes less than a month after the reactor, located in northwest Bulgaria on the Danube River, was switched off for scheduled maintenance and refuel...

NASA announces Artemis Concept Awards for nuclear power on Moon

Jun 22, 2022 (SPX)

The contracts, to be awarded through the DOE's Idaho National Laboratory, are each valued at approximately $5 million. The contracts fund the development of ini...

Assessing the environmental impact of nuclear power generation

Jun 21, 2022 (SPX)

Conducting a life cycle assessment (LCA) of any energy source is important to understand how it affects the environment. A lot of studies have, therefore, asses...

UAE seeks Iran assurance on 'peacefulness' of nuclear program

Jun 17, 2022 (AFP)

"There are concerns," said the permanent representative of the UAE to the IAEA, Hamad Al Kaabi. In response to an AFP question during a press conference on the ...

Finnish nuclear reactor OL3 delayed again to December

Jun 15, 2022 (AFP)

The French-developed European Pressurised Reactor model was designed to relaunch nuclear power in Europe after the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe, and was touted as...