News France now wants 14 new reactors The French government says it wants to build eight more nuclear reactors on top of the six previously announced. Energy transition minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher told La Tribune Dimanche that more…
News China approves four reactors with six more to come this year China’s State Council has given the green light for work to begin on two Hualong One reactors at the Taipingling nuclear power plant in Guangdong, and two more at the…
News Korean team to push their SMR design with eyes on Canada The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (Kaeri) and Hyundai Engineering have signed a memorandum of agreement aimed at winning export markets for its small modular reactor (SMR) technology. The agreement…
News German politicians demand return of nuclear power Germany’s centre-right parties have called for a reversal of the country’s anti-nuclear policy. Leading members of the CDU/CSU alliance and the liberal FDP want to restart decommissioned reactors and build…
News EDF to build up to 1.5 reactors a year in the 2030s French nuclear operator EDF aims to build nuclear reactors at a rate of up to 1.5 a year over the 2030s, its chief executive said. Luc Rémont made the comment…
News Bouygues, Peikko join to promote “steel concrete” method for nuclear Finnish Peikko Group, a supplier of specialist steel and concrete structures, has signed a contract to work with French contractor Bouygues Travaux Publics to develop a “steel concrete” construction method…
News Sweden sets out plan for massive nuclear expansion Sweden has set out a roadmap to build two large nuclear reactors by 2035 and 10 others by 2045, some of which may be of the small modular type. The…
Innovation Meet the start-up developing microreactors Nuclear reactors come in three forms. The largest are the 700MW-plus units that power entire countries and are produced by a handful of national champions, the largest three being Areva,…
News Norwegian firm pushes small-reactor nuclear plant Norwegian nuclear start-up Norsk Kjernekraft has submitted a proposal to the country’s Ministry of Oil & Energy to build a power plant made up of small modular reactors (SMRs).
News Korean nuclear engineer submits final bid for Czech reactor Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has submitted its final bid to build a nuclear power unit in Czechia, the Korea Economic Daily reports. KHNP is up against French state-owned…
News Bulgaria to add two US-designed reactors to Danube nuclear plant Bulgaria has decided to build two reactors at its Kozloduy nuclear power plant, Reuters reports. The new units will be based on US technology developed by Westinghouse and will add…
News First concrete poured at China’s $18bn Lianjiang nuclear site Work has begun on unit one of the $18bn Lianjiang nuclear power plant in southeast China’s Guangdong province. The announcement was made on Sunday by its owner, the State Power…
News Six French companies fined for nuclear bid-rigging France’s competition watchdog has fined six companies a total of €31m for collusive tendering connected to work on the Marcoule nuclear site near Avignon. The companies affected, all of which…
News Kazakhstan to ask citizens if they want nuclear power The Central Asian state of Kazakhstan is planning to hold a referendum to decide whether to build its first nuclear power plant, Caspian News reports. The announcement was made by…
News Saudi Arabia mulls Chinese offer to build nuclear power plant China has offered to build a nuclear power station in Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The plan, according to Saudi officials familiar with the matter, is…
News Uganda says Russia and South Korea will build its nuclear power plants Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni said this week that Russia and South Korea would build two nuclear power stations in his country, the Anadolu news agency reports. He told the G-25…
News China greenlights $16.8bn plan to build six reactors China’s State Council, the country’s highest government body, this week approved the construction of six reactors at three nuclear power stations in the east of the country, World Nuclear News…
News France chooses Rhône site to build two EPR reactors The French government, which last year announced its intention of adding eight EPR reactors to the national fleet before 2027, has chosen Bugey nuclear power station as the site of…