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Facility could be first commercial advanced SMR station on continent
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 31 August 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/african-nation-signs-agreement-for-nuscale-12-module-nuclear-power-plant-8-5-2024
South Korea’s KHNP won the lucrative public tender – said to be worth about $18 billion
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 29 August 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/anti-monopoly-office-confirms-appeals-from-westinghouse-and-edf-over-dukovany-nuclear-tender-8-3-2024
Result shows reactors could be built ‘without risk of meltdown’
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/critical-cooling-test-on-shidao-bay-1-nuclear-plant-a-success-says-researchers-7-4-2024
Romania's Nuclearelectrica and project company RoPower Nuclear have signed the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) Phase 2 contract with Fluor Corporation for the Doicești small modular reactor project.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/RoPower-and-Fluor-Corporation-sign-FEED-2-contract
A new report from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) says the lowest-risk option would be to wait until a mature market for the technology has emerged in the 2040s before introducing SMRs into Australia's low-carbon energy mix. But Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton says the first Australian units could be in operation before the end of the 2030s.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Australia-should-wait-for-SMR-market-to-mature,-re
A study by researchers at the University of Michigan ranks the feasibility of converting 245 operational coal power plants in the USA into advanced nuclear reactors, providing valuable insights for policymakers and utilities to meet decarbonisation goals.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 11 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-study-examines-feasibility-of-coal-to-nuclear-c
US utility PPL Corporation announced that two of its subsidiaries will build on an earlier assessment of nuclear feasibility at the Ghent coal-fired power plant site in Kentucky by exploring additional locations and partnerships that could support nuclear energy in the state.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 29 June 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/PPL-expands-Kentucky-nuclear-feasibility-study
Leaders of the Australian opposition have confirmed that a future Australian Federal Coalition Government would introduce nuclear energy in the country, and announced seven locations where plants could be built.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 20 June 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Australian-opposition-outlines-its-nuclear-plans
SaskPower has identified two potential sites for Saskatchewan's first small modular reactor (SMR) to begin detailed site analysis ahead of a final site selection in 2025. Both sites are in the Estevan area in the south-east of the province.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 04 June 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Saskatchewan-SMR-to-be-located-in-Estevan
Energy and environment ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries meeting in Turin have reportedly reached a deal to shut down their coal-fired power plants in the first half of the 2030s. Italian energy minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, who is chairing the meeting said there is a technical agreement pending a final political decision.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 01 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsg7-energy-ministers-reach-understanding-on-coal-but-nuclear-remains-contentious-11724573