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Europe nuclear plants 'need 500 bn euro investment by 2050'
Jan 09, 2022 (AFP)
"Existing nuclear plants alone will need 50 billion euros of investment from now until 2030. And new generation ones will need 500 billion!" Thierry Breton told...
France, Germany 'agree to disagree' on nuclear power
Jan 07, 2022 (AFP)
The European Commission has issued a draft proposal to label nuclear energy, along with natural gas, as "green" sources eligible for investment under rules for ...
France sees new nuclear reactors online from 2035
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
President Emmanuel Macron announced the new reactor drive in November, saying the zero-emission technology was crucial for Europe in its bid to curb global warm...
Microreactors could be deployed where energy shortages occur
Jan 05, 2022 (SPX)
The microreactor is a compact nuclear reactor design generating up to 20 megawatts of thermal energy that can be converted into electricity or used for a wide r...
Germany to close nuclear reactors despite energy crisis
Dec 31, 2021 (AFP)
With energy prices already on the rise and tensions higher than ever between Europe and key gas supplier Russia, the closure of the plants in Brokdorf, Grohnde ...
Belgium will close all nuclear reactors by 2025
Dec 23, 2021 (AFP)
A government source told AFP the all-night negotiations included an agreement of "investments of around 100 million euros ($113 million) on small modular reacto...
Finnish nuclear reactor starts up 12 years behind schedule
Dec 21, 2021 (AFP)
The EPR reactor, built by the French-led Areva-Siemens consortium on Finland's southwest coast, has been started up twelve years later than its initial schedule...
EU eyes nuclear, gas as 'green' on sustainable energy list
Dec 20, 2021 (AFP)
The list, known as the EU's "taxonomy", will determine what sources are seen as sustainable and therefore eligible for investment under rules promoting the 27-n...
Consortium commits to 10 Small Modular Reactors in Poland
Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)
GEH has also been selected by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) as the technology partner for the Darlington New Nuclear Project. GEH is working with OPG to deploy...
Framatome, DoE secure $150 million cooperative agreement to advance accident tolerant fuel
Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)
This agreement supports work to extend fuel cycle design and licensing methodologies, as well as fabrication capabilities needed to increase burnup and enrichme...
Finland's Olkiluoto nuclear plant to power up 12 years late
Dec 16, 2021 (AFP)
The Nordic country's nuclear safety authority, STUK, gave permission on Thursday "for making the reactor critical and conducting low power tests," Finnish elect...
Framatome selected to provide incore instrumentation upgrade at Surry NPP
Dec 15, 2021 (SPX)
Framatome will replace the existing movable incore detector systems with new, state-of-the-art fixed incore detector systems (FIDS). The FIDS will play a critic...
GE Hitachi boosts VR solutions for nuclear energy industry
Dec 09, 2021 (SPX)
The solution helps plant personnel train for operational scenarios encountered during maintenance and refueling outages including vessel disassembly and reassem...
Framatome's fuel fabrication technology licensed for new Kazakhstan manufacturing facility
Dec 06, 2021 (SPX)
Representatives from Samruk-Kazyna, Kazatomprom, Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC, China Atomic Energy Authority, CGNPC and Framatome were present for the celebrati...
Framatome and Rosatom sign long-term cooperation agreement
Dec 06, 2021 (SPX)
"By working closely with our industrial partner Rosatom, we strengthen our contributions for safe and reliable generation of clean energy generated by our custo...
Framatome delivers first machining simulators to the Louis Armand vocational school in Jeumont
Dec 06, 2021 (SPX)
This investment aims to boost the industrial sector of the Sambre-Avesnois basin, and offer a modern training solution that is more accessible and scalable for ...
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy selected by Ontario for Darlington Nuclear Project
Dec 03, 2021 (SPX)
"We are thrilled to be selected by OPG as a technology partner," said Jay Wileman, President and CEO, GEH. "OPG is Ontario's climate change leader and is positi...
Researchers develop new membrane for uranium extraction from seawater
Dec 03, 2021 (SPX)
Led by Prof. JIANG Lei and Prof. WEN Liping from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the researchers fabricated...
NASA, INL take next step toward developing dynamic radioisotope power system
Nov 24, 2021 (SPX)
The goal of this technology demonstration is to develop and demonstrate performance of a system that is three times more efficient than the current radioisotope...
Framatome delivers industry's first complete accident tolerant fuel assembly
Nov 23, 2021 (SPX)
"Loading the first complete accident tolerant fuel assembly is a huge milestone for Framatome and the nuclear energy industry," said Lionel Gaiffe, senior execu...
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