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...
Poland / Poll Shows More Than 70% Of Residents Near Planned Site Support New Nuclear
A poll carried out for Poland’s PGE EJ1, the company in charge of the country’s first nuclear power station project, has shown that 71% of residents in areas around the proposed sites in northern...
Good practice of anti-pandemic measures at Paks NPP
Géza Pekárik, CEO, MVM Paks NPP Plc. The COVID-19 pandemic is currently the number one issue all over the world and providing a secure supply of electricity is, more than ever, among the top...