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Prodigy and Westinghouse Targeting Launch of eVinci Floating Nuclear Plant in Canada by 2030

January 24, 2024 admin Business, Canada, engineering, evinci, floating nuclear power plants, fnpp, Fuel, full coverage, iaea, innovation, International, Legislative, Markets, microreactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear industry, prodigy clean energy, remote power generation, Research and Development, Safety, small modular reactors, smrs, sustainable energy solutions, Technology, transportable nuclear power plant, trends, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:58:06 +0000

Conceptual layout of a marine (shoreline) installed Prodigy Microreactor Power Station TNPP that can integrate a single or multiple Westinghouse eVinci™ microreactors. The facility is non-self-propelled. Courtesy: Prodigy Clean Energy

Westinghouse has revealed it is designing a transportable nuclear power plant (TNPP) featuring an eVinci microreactor with Canadian firm Prodigy Clean Energy, aiming to deliver a first project in Canada […]

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Nuclear’s Glimmer Ushers in Spate of Lifetime Extensions

December 2, 2023 admin Argentina, Finland, full coverage, iaea, Japan, Legal & Regulatory, lifetime extensions, news, Nuclear, nuclear reactor, nuclear technology, power, Technology, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:18:00 +0000

Despite its ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine in early November gave state nuclear operator Energoatom the green light to operate Unit 1 of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant for 10 more years. The approval

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Devastating Ukraine Dam Breach Raises Concerns for Nearby Nuclear Plant

June 8, 2023 admin cooling systems, energy security, Environmental, full coverage, Hydro, hydropower, iaea, International, kakhovka hydropower power plant, news, Nuclear, Nuclear plant, reservoir levels, russian occupation, Ukraine, water supply, zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, zaporizhzhia thermal power plant

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:23:00 +0000

A breach at the Nova Kakhovka Dam stemming from the destruction of the 351-MW hydroelectric power plant in southern Ukraine on June 6 has triggered massive flooding, prompted an environmental […]

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Being Pro-Nuclear Won’t Be Enough—Here’s Why

January 3, 2023 admin advanced reactors, Business, Construction, engineering, full coverage, iaea, International, nei, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power plant, power, Research and Development, Safety, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 05:14:19 +0000

Nuclear energy—not just nuclear power—is seeing a burst of innovation unlike anything seen since the 1950s. While the strong momentum for the dispatchable zero-carbon energy source is promising, prominent pitfalls threaten necessary progress.

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IAEA Embarks on Unprecedented Mission to Inspect Nuclear Power Plant in Ukrainian ‘War Zone’

August 31, 2022 admin Business, conflict, full coverage, iaea, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear safety, Physical security, Russia, Safety, Security, timeline, Ukraine, war, zaporizhzhya, znpp

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:07:39 +0000

An expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived in Kyiv and is readying to inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) for damage from weeks of shelling. The development marks a significant breakthrough for the agency, which has for the past month pleaded with Russia and Ukraine to allow it to […]

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Conflict in Ukraine Threatens Nuclear Power Plants and Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities; Operations Continue

March 3, 2022 admin chernobyl, full coverage, iaea, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear power plant, radioactive waste disposal facility, reactor safety, Russia, Safety, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:35:41 +0000

In its most recent update on the status of Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPPs), issued to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on March 2, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) said it maintained communications with the country’s NPPs and that all units “continued to operate as before.” Of Ukraine’s 15 reactors, more […]

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China Starts Up First Nuclear Cogeneration Project—at AP1000 Plant

December 3, 2019 admin AP1000, Business, chp, cogeneration, combined heat and power, desalination, district heat, Environmental, fast reactors, Fuel, fuel cells, haiyang, Heat, high-temperature reactors, hydrogen, iaea, International, news, Nuclear, Power Demand, Research and Development, shandong, small reactors, smrs, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:53:22 +0000

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China has started up its first commercial nuclear cogeneration system, using two newly operational AP1000 reactors at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant to heat 700,000 square meters of housing. Shandong Nuclear Power Co. (SDNPC), a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corp. (SPIC), and owner of the Haiyang plant, on Nov. 15 said the first phase […]

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2018 Exceptional Year for Nuclear Power Firsts

September 5, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Environmental, flexible operations, Gas, iaea, iea, International, load-following, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear retirements, nuclear subsidies, Technology, world nuclear association

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:18:54 +0000

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Last year, five of the world’s 449 operable nuclear reactors reached 50 years of operation for the first time, four first-of-their kind reactor designs were brought online, and while the industry showed capacity factor impacts from load-following, the global nuclear fleet performed at an average capacity factor of about 80%, says a new report from […]

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How Nuclear Hybrids Could Redefine the Industry’s Future

August 1, 2019 admin arizona public service, Business, desalination, DOE, eastman, Exelon, framatome, hybrids, iaea, inl, International, national laboratories, news, nrel, Nuclear, nuclear economics, ornl, pacific gas & electric, Pakistan, pwrs, Renewables, Research and Development, southern nuclear, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The world’s nuclear sector is struggling to stay economically afloat amid a deluge of renewables and natural gas power, and reinvigorating it will require operational flexibility from new or existing

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Iran speeds up uranium enrichment as Mideast tensions mount

June 17, 2019 admin EU, iaea, Iran, Latest News Stories, nuclear deal, president hassan rouhani, uranium, World, World News

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:42:47 +0000

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran will surpass the uranium-stockpile limit set by its nuclear deal in the next 10 days, an official said Monday, raising pressure on Europeans trying to save the accord a year after the U.S. withdrawal lit the fuse for the heightened tensions now between Tehran and Washington.

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