Nuclear
2022, October, 13, 12:40:00
WESTINGHOUSE ACQUISITION $8 BLN
Brookfield Renewable, together with its institutional partners, will own a 51% interest in Westinghouse and Cameco will own 49%. Closing of the transaction is expected in the second half of 2023, subject to certain conditions, including approval from Brookfield Business Partners unit holders and regulatory approvals.
2022, October, 13, 12:35:00
CANADA'S SMR FOR CZECH
ČEZ has plans for three new nuclear units in the Czech Republic, and earlier this year said it had allocated space at its Temelin nuclear power plant as a possible site for the country’s first SMR.
2022, October, 12, 12:25:00
DIALOGUE OF RUSSIA, IAEA
Ever since the Agency was created, Russia not only always supported it, but actually stood at its origins, since 1957, supporting the Agency’s activities all the way.
2022, October, 12, 12:20:00
PUTIN, GROSSI MEETING
Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of the IAEA’s efforts to prevent a nuclear accident during the current military conflict in Ukraine, stressing the urgent need to establish a safety and security protection zone around the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).
2022, October, 11, 17:10:00
RUSSIAN EQUIPMENT FOR ITER
In total, Russian enterprises have manufactured and shipped more than 1,000 pedestals. The ITER Design Centre, a private institution under Rosatom, performs the functions of the Russian National Agency for ITER, responsible for ensuring Russia's in-kind contribution to the project.
2022, October, 6, 13:00:00
RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FOR BRAZIL
Russia and Brazil already have ties in the nuclear energy field with an MoU signed in 2017 by Rosatom and Brazil’s Electrobras and Electonuclear to promote cooperation in nuclear power.
2022, October, 6, 12:55:00
ROMANIAN NUCLEAR SMR
RoPower Nuclear will take steps towards deploying the first NuScale VOYGR-6 (462MWe) power plant in Romania this decade.
2022, October, 5, 13:00:00
RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FOR BULGARIA
The Bulgarian authorities have excluded from the anti-Russian sanctions the work of Russia’s Atomstroyexport (ASE) at the Kozloduy and Belene NPPs and have extended the contract between ASE and the Belene NPP
2022, October, 5, 12:55:00
FRANCE NEED NUCLEAR €51.7 BLN
Energy company EDF intends to build the reactors at three existing NPP sites: two in Penly, in the Seine-Maritime administrative department, two in Gravelines, in northern France, and two either in Bugey, in eastern France, or in Tricastin, in the south of France.
2022, October, 5, 12:50:00
BRITAIN'S FUSION ENERGY
The technical objectives of STEP are: to deliver predictable net electricity greater than 100 MW; to innovate to exploit fusion energy beyond electricity production; to ensure tritium self-sufficiency; to qualify materials and components under appropriate fusion conditions; and to develop a viable path to affordable lifecycle costs.
2022, October, 3, 12:05:00
GLOBAL LOW CARBON NUCLEAR POWER
In their national statements, major nuclear power operating countries such as China, France, Japan, South Korea, the United States of America and Russia all made favourable mention of nuclear power as a reliable and low carbon energy source.
2022, September, 30, 10:00:00
ЭНЕРГЕТИЧЕСКОЕ ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЕ РОССИИ, ТУРЦИИ
Дана позитивная оценка взаимодействию в энергетической отрасли – в рамках реализации контрактов на поставку в Турцию российского природного газа и совместного строительства АЭС «Аккую».
2022, September, 29, 13:45:00
GERMAN NUCLEAR RESERVE
According to agreement, the two plants are to be transferred to an operational reserve after the end of their regular service life on 31 December in order to prevent an impending power grid bottleneck in southern Germany.
2022, September, 29, 13:40:00
UKRAINE'S NUCLEAR SAFETY ZONE
Director General Grossi said “there is an urgent need for interim measures to prevent a nuclear accident arising from physical damage caused by military means. This can be achieved by the immediate establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone.”
2022, September, 28, 12:15:00
S.KOREAN SMR CO2 NUCLEAR
Supercritical carbon dioxide can get much hotter than steam - up to 700°C. It can potentially be used in a Brayton cycle which has the potential to be much more efficient at turning heat from power plants into energy than the traditional steam-based Rankine cycle used in today's thermal power plants.