Plans for a clean economic recovery and the goal of 'Net Zero by 2050' need commitment to new nuclear power plants, the UK’'s Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) said. Ahead of the Climate Change...
Fermi Energia secures investment by Last Energy
US based Last Energy has invested in Fermi Energia to deploy Small Modular Reactors (SMR) in Estonia. “With investments already raised from Estonian investors in 2020, Last Energy’s contribution is...
Foundation completed for Hinkley Point C unit 2
Construction of the 49,000-tonne concrete basemat for the nuclear island of the second unit at Hinkley Point C has been completed. EDF Energy said the milestone had coincided with its ambition to...
Poland / Synthos Signs Agreement With Tractebel On Development Of SMR
Polish chemical company Synthos has signed an agreement with Brussels-based Tractebel related to the potential construction of GE Hitachi’s (GEH) BWRX-300 small modular reactor. Press reports in...
Paks II. Ltd. ensures that work goes on
István Lenkei, CEO of Paks II. Ltd The four units of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant provide 50% of domestically produced electricity and one-third of the electricity consumed in Hungary. However, they...
France / Nuclear Society Urges Government To Commit To New-Build
A commitment by the government to buil of a series of new EPR nuclear power reactors in France would stimulate the country’s economy as it recovers from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic with...
EU Magistrate Rejects Challenge to Funding for UK Nuclear Plant
Austria’s attempt to stop a nuclear power plant in the United Kingdom should be thrown out, a magistrate for the European Union’s top court said Thursday. The nonbinding advisory opinion from...
Sweden / ‘More Than 80%’ Approve Of SKB’s Spent Fuel Repository Plans
More than 80% of local residents – the highest figure measured – are in favour of Swedish nuclear fuel management company SKB’s planned final repository for spent nuclear fuel at Forsmark on the...