A new programme launched today by the US Department of Energy (DOE) will provide USD160 million initial funding

China generates more electricity than Europe and the USA combined and China will double again in twenty years.

A combination of nickel, chromium, cobalt and molybdenum, Alloy 617 can be used in tomorrow’s advanced nuclear plants because it allows higher temperature operation.

Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are refining their design of a 3D-printed nuclear reactor core, scaling up the additive manufacturing process necessary to build it, and developing methods to confirm the consistency and reliability of its printed components.

Energy demand will fall 6% in 2020 – seven times the decline after the 2008 global financial crisis

"Investing in nuclear energy as a major part of a global low-carbon energy mix will protect the planet by cutting greenhouse gas emissions, make our energy systems more resilient and save lives by reducing air pollution," Rising said.

In 2019 energy production exceeded energy consumption in the United States on an annual basis,

Rosatom subsidiary FSUE Atomflot and shipbuilder Zvezda LLC remotely signed a contract on the construction of the nuclear icebreaker Leader (project 10510)

the Nuclear Fuel Working Group’s Strategy to Restore American Nuclear Energy Leadership,

Compared to the two countries, the U.S. has also fallen behind on global sales of nuclear technology. “Civil nuclear reactor vendors from the United States have competed poorly in recent decades in the global new build market,”

The recommendations are meant to address growing concern in Washington that the United States has ceded its global leadership in nuclear technology in recent decades, and to boost domestic nuclear power producers and uranium miners suffering from a lack of investment.

The project (4,560 MW), when fully operational at the end of 2022, will not only create the largest power plant in American but the largest generator of carbon-free power in the country as well.

Nuclear power will play an important role in meeting the Europe's climate targets.

France's Framatome has signed a long-term service contract with the Taishan Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company Limited (TNPJVC) to support operations of units 1 and 2 at the Taishan nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. The 1750-megawatt EPRs entered commercial operation in December 2018 and September 2019, respectively.

The project was approved by a federal government order in 2018. Tvel said the synchrotron and related infrastructure are scheduled to be commissioned in 2024. Total investment in the project will be more than $580m.