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WEBSep 5, 2024 · Homepage - World Nuclear News. The generator stator has been hoisted into place at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project at the Changjiang site on China's island province of Hainan, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced. New Nuclear · Monday, 16 September 2024.
Nuclear fuel report sees positive long-term future
WEB(Image: World Nuclear Association) Nuclear generation capacity is expected to grow by 2.6% annually, reaching 615 GWe by 2040 in the Reference Scenario of The Nuclear Fuel Report: Global Scenarios for Demand and Supply Availability 2021-2040, launched today at World Nuclear Association Annual Symposium 2021.Only 74% of 2020's reactor requirements were covered by primary uranium supply.
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WEBThe nuclear supply chain will need to expand and innovate in order to facilitate the tripling of nuclear capacity by 2050, panellists agreed during a session at World Nuclear Symposium 2024. However, they said an environment needs to be created where companies are confident about investing in the sector. New Nuclear · Tuesday, 10 September 2024.
Six reactors approved for construction in China
WEBHowever, with a change in plans, construction of two Russian-supplied VVER-1200 reactors as Xudabao units 3 and 4 began in July 2021 and May 2022, respectively. Construction of the six approved units represents an estimated total investment of CNY120 billion (USD16.8 billion), China Daily reported. Researched and written by World Nuclear News.
Europe's first EPR reaches criticality - World Nuclear News
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Inside OL3, Finland's newest nuclear plant (Image: TVO) "First criticality of the OL3 EPR plant unit was reached on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 3.22 a.m.", utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced. Electricity production will begin when the unit is connected to the national grid, which is expected to happen at the end of January 2022.
Sweden plans 'massive' expansion of nuclear energy - World …
WEBSep 6, 2024 · plans 'massive' expansion of nuclear energy. 17 November 2023. The Swedish government unveils a roadmap which envisages the construction of new nuclear generating capacity equivalent to at least two large-scale reactors by 2035, with up to ten new large-scale reactors coming online by 2045. …
Nuclear to be part of US clean hydrogen hubs
WEBUS President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm have announced seven regional clean hydrogen hubs that will share USD7 billion in federal funding to accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of low-cost, clean hydrogen. Nuclear energy features in the plans of several of them, including a large nuclear-powered clean hydrogen production facility at Constellation's LaSalle ...
Viewpoint: Bilbao y León and Grossi on nuclear's opportunities …
WEBSep 9, 2022 · World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi say nuclear can, and will, rise to the energy challenge, in their addresses to World Nuclear Symposium 2022.. Here are the transcripts.
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WEBDeliveries of natural uranium and other nuclear services to the EU, including imports from Russia, increased in 2023 as utilities continued to diversify their sources of nuclear fuel. But there are still supply chain challenges to face, according to the latest annual report from the Euratom Supply Agency. Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 19 August 2024.
NuScale SMR planned for Romania - World Nuclear News
WEBSep 9, 2024 · NuScale Power of the USA and Romanian national nuclear company Nuclearelectrica plan to construct a NuScale small modular reactor plant in Romania by 2028. The announcement came during a meeting yesterday between US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on the sidelines of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.