2020-09-04 12:00:00
BRITAIN'S NUCLEAR: CHEAPER
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING - 3 September 2020 - The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has launched a new report, in which a cross-industry team, working as part of the government-backed Nuclear Sector Deal, set out the key factors to reduce risk and bring down costs by 30% by 2030.
These factors include rigorous pre-construction planning, with simplicity of design and construction methodology, repeating designs across multiple stations, and building up and transferring a skilled and experienced workforce to new projects, NIA said.
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2020, September, 2, 13:00:00
RUSSIA'S DIGITAL NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES
One of Rosatom's digital products is its information support system known as Multi-D, which enables detailed modelling of construction and installation processes based on 3D-object models that it says significantly increases the quality and speed of its work.
2020, September, 2, 12:35:00
NUCLEAR POWER RACE
Companies around the world, including NuScale Power LLC in the U.S., China National Nuclear Corp. and Russia’s Rosatom, are developing a new generation of reactors, with some designs that will be more than 90% smaller than the hulking facilities that have dominated the industry for decades.
2020, August, 28, 15:27:00
IAEA, IRAN COOPERATION
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) agreed to further reinforce their cooperation and enhance mutual trust to facilitate the full implementation of Iran’s Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (CSA) and the Additional Protocol (AP) thereto, which is provisionally applied by Iran since 16 January 2016.
2020, August, 28, 15:10:00
S.KOREA'S NUCLEAR POWER
As of August 2020, South Korea operates a fleet of 24 nuclear reactor units, representing 23.2 gigawatts (GW) of capacity, at four nuclear power complexes.
2020, August, 27, 13:15:00
SMALL NUCLEAR POTENTIAL
Nuclear power currently provides the second largest amount of low carbon electricity in the world (slightly behind hydro) and stands ready to do so much more.
2020, August, 26, 13:10:00
GLOBAL NUCLEAR GENERATION UP
Nuclear reactors generated a total 2657 TWh of electricity in 2019, up from 2563 TWh in 2018
2020, August, 19, 12:15:00
U.S. NUCLEAR POWER CLIMATE RISKS
The consequences of climate change can affect every aspect of nuclear plant operations – from fuel handling and power and steam generation to maintenance, safety systems and waste processing
Chronicle:
2020, December, 1, 13:00:00
GAZPROM LOSS RUB 218,4 BLN
Loss attributable to the owners of PJSC Gazprom amounted to RUB 218,378 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
2020, December, 1, 12:55:00
AUSTRALIA'S SANTOS PRODUCTION COST $8.5/BOE
Santos upgraded its 2020 production guidance to 87-89 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe) and lowered its production cost guidance to $8.00-8.50/boe.
2020, December, 1, 12:50:00
AUSTRALIA'S SANTOS NET ZERO EMISSIONS 2040
Australia and Santos are uniquely placed to offer reliable, zero-emissions energy products to Asian and domestic markets.
2020, November, 30, 12:05:00
OIL PRICE: NOT BELOW $47 ANEW
Brent dropped 46 cents, or 1%, to $47.72 a barrel . WTI fell 48 cents, or 1.1%, to $45.05 a barrel.
2020, November, 30, 12:00:00
OPEC+ RUSSIA CONSENSUS
Saudi Arabia and Russia had invited ministers on the nine-country monitoring committee that they co-chair to informal discussions to hash out positions ahead of the official meeting.
2020, November, 30, 11:55:00
OPEC+ RUSSIA EXTENSION
The fact that US shale is not recovering strongly is further cause for Russia to continue to support ongoing cooperation within OPEC+.
2020, November, 30, 11:50:00
NORD STREAM 2 RESUMPTION
Construction work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea will resume this week, despite U.S. sanctions designed to end the pipeline that will bring Russian gas to Germany.