All publications by tag «NUCLEAR»
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2024, January, 29, 06:30:00
EUROPE NEED SMR
Nuclear advocates have pushed for SMRs for more than a decade, but so far Russia is the only country to put them into commercial use.
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2024, January, 29, 06:25:00
GLOBAL NUCLEAR RECORD
While global growth in electricity demand eased slightly to 2.2% in 2023 due to falling electricity consumption in advanced economies, it is projected to accelerate to an average of 3.4% from 2024 through to 2026.
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2024, January, 24, 06:30:00
GLOBAL NUCLEAR POWER SUPPORT
The survey found that, across the 20 countries surveyed, 28% of respondents oppose the use of nuclear energy while 46% support it. Of the 20 countries surveyed, 17 have net support for nuclear energy's use. Support was found to be more than three times higher than opposition in the world's two most populated countries, China and India.
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2024, January, 24, 06:25:00
BRITAIN'S NUCLEAR INVESTMENT $1.7 BLN
Currently, about 15% of Britain's energy needs are met by nuclear power, a drop from 27% in the 1990s as older plants have been decommissioned and new ones are taking time to build.
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2024, January, 22, 06:45:00
CHINA'S NUCLEAR BATTERY: 50 YEARS
Betavolt, which was established in April 2021, says its battery "combines nickel-63 nuclear isotope decay technology and China's first diamond semiconductor (4th generation semiconductor) module to successfully realise the miniaturisation of atomic energy batteries".
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2024, January, 22, 06:40:00
URANIUM PRICES UP
Globally uranium demand is expected to rise by 28% by 2030 and to double by 2040.
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2024, January, 22, 06:35:00
NUCLEAR FOR CHINA
At the meeting of the Standing Committee of the State Council, chaired by Chinese Premier Li Qiang, approval was granted for units 3 and 4 at China General Nuclear's (CGN's) existing Taipingling nuclear power plant in Guangdong province, as well as units 1 and 2 at China National Nuclear Corporation's (CNNC's) new Jinqimen nuclear power plant in Zhejiang province.
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2024, January, 22, 06:30:00
RUSSIAN ARCTIC NUCLEAR
The joint plans of Rosatom and the region include projects for the development of energy infrastructure and the construction of a shift village, landing strip, roads and sea pier, as well as the construction of the world's first low-power nuclear power plant with a Shelf-M reactor of up to 10 MWe.
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2024, January, 18, 06:45:00
RUSSIAN DEVELOPMENT FOR ITER
For the ITER project, which is under construction in Cadarache in southern France, Russia's responsibilities include manufacturing 179 of the most energy intensive (up to 5 MW per square metre) panels of the first wall, which is 40% of the total area of the reactor wall.
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2024, January, 18, 06:40:00
BRITAIN NUCLEAR POWER TO QUADRUPLE
Nuclear's share of energy in the UK is currently about 16%, however all but one of its existing reactors are due to retire by 2030.