News First Nation Peoples in Canada sign nuclear deal with Westinghouse The Westinghouse Electric Company has signed an agreement in principle with the Pabineau and Eel River Bar First Nations in the eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick to build a…
News WSP, Kiewit win role on Canada’s $26bn nuclear waste storage project Five companies have been awarded a design and engineering contract to prepare plans for a depository for spent nuclear fuel in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The Deep Geological Repository (DGR) will…
News Belgium’s parliament votes overwhelmingly for nuclear U-turn Belgium’s parliament voted overwhelmingly last week in favour of a bill that reverses a law enacted 22 years ago that mandated an end to nuclear power generation, Brussels Times reports.…
News Denmark to probe benefits of small nuclear reactors Forty years after the Danish parliament banned the building of nuclear power plants, Denmark is interested again. Its energy minister Lars Aagaard told newspaper Politiken that the government would assess…
News Vietnam, Russia in more talks over nuclear power Vietnam is still in talks with Russian nuclear engineer Rosatom about building nuclear power plants in Vietnam, the two countries said in a joint statement reported by Reuters. The parties…
News Ontario to get small nuclear power in 2030 The Canadian province of Ontario plans to switch on North America’s first small modular reactor (SMR) by 2030 after the provincial government last week gave the nod for construction to…
News Iran signs nuclear deal with Russia, opens door to US cooperation Russia has agreed to help Iran to build a greenfield nuclear power plant (NPP) and to further expand its existing facility in Bushehr on the country’s Gulf coast, the Mehr…
News Four in race to supply reactors to Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant The Kazakh Atomic Energy Agency has shortlisted four companies to supply reactors for its first nuclear power plant, the Interfax news agency reports. They are Russia’s Rosatom, Korea Hydro &…
News Swedish state to lend $30bn to build new reactors The government of Sweden is planning to issue state loans to fund its planned fleet of four nuclear reactors instead of seeking private finance. Energy minister Ebba Busch said the…
News Vietnam aims to supercharge growth with nuclear, rail schemes Vietnam’s National Assembly today approved raising the country’s growth target for this year to at least 8%, up from 6.5%, and backed infrastructure projects including a railway to China and…
News India, France to work on modular reactors together India and France have agreed to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) together after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, The Indian Express reports. India’s foreign ministry…
News Arizona’s utilities put heads together for new nuclear power Arizona’s three biggest utilities have joined forces to assess the feasibility of adding more nuclear generating capacity to the state, news site Arizona Republic reports. The companies – Arizona Public…
News Belgium wants an atomic U-turn, but its nuclear operator doesn’t The Belgian government wants to extend the lives of its five nuclear reactors and start building their replacements, repealing a 2003 law banning new nuclear construction, the Belga news agency…
News TVA coalition applies for $800m grant to speed up small reactors A coalition of engineers led by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has applied to the Department of Energy for an $800m grant to speed up the development of small modular…
News Delays and uncertainties cast doubt on France’s six-reactor plan France’s plan to secure the future of its energy sector by building six nuclear reactors beginning in 2027 have been thrown into doubt by a report from the Cour des…
News Rosatom offers to build nuclear power plant in Vietnam Russian nuclear engineer Rosatom has offered to build two VVER-1200 reactors in Vietnam, and help with wind and battery projects, the Interfax agency reports. Chief executive Alexei Likhachev told journalists…
News Rosatom signs agreement for nuclear science centre in Ethiopia Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom has signed an agreement with the Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation & Technology to start developing a Centre for Nuclear Science & Technology.
News Belarus orders feasibility study on more nuclear power The Belarusian Energy Ministry is to carry out a feasibility study probing whether to add a third reactor to its Astrovets nuclear station or build a second nuclear site, the…