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Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NA-SA) and the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that “after a fruitful period of negotiation, on 1 February both companies reached a mutual understanding and signed an Engineering, Supply and Construction (EPC) Contract for the development of the Atucha III Nuclear Power Plant, which will be an HPR1000 nuclear power plant to operate with a nominal gross electrical power of 1200MWe”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsargentina-signs-contract-with-cnnc-for-atucha-3-9458307
Protocols to amend two international instruments strengthening the rights to compensation for those affected by nuclear energy accidents have been formally ratified and will enter into force on 1 January.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-liability-protocols-ratified-to-strengthen
In the run up to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26 in November, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published a comprehensive report setting out how nuclear techniques can help the world adapt to a changing climate and become more resilient to extreme weather events.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-releases-two-reports-in-run-up-to-cop26-9162429
Finance must be mobilised at "an absolutely unprecedented level" if a net-zero economy is to be created as rapidly as required, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said at the Leaders Summit on Climate last week. The magnitude of this challenge means that governments alone "cannot possibly" find all the necessary investment, he added.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 27 April 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Banks-present-ways-to-turn-finance-green
Political wrangling over the classification of nuclear energy in taxonomies contradicts the low-carbon ambition of the Paris Agreement, Philippe Knoche, CEO of Orano, said last week during World Nuclear Association's Strategic eForum on Sustainable Finance. Knoche was joined on the panel by representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Rothschild & Co, Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development, Banque de France and the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), who all said investment in new nuclear projects requires political consensus that is currently absent from some debates on sustainable finance.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 23 March 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Taxonomies-must-reflect-climate-goals-says-Orano-C
Greening our economies is not just smart for the planet; most likely it is also the surest and cheapest route back to a prosperous global economy. This is the conclusion of a working paper the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will publish tomorrow, one of its co-authors said today during World Nuclear Association's Strategic eForum on Sustainable Finance. The virtual conference examined the measures needed to ensure nuclear energy can make its fullest contribution to the twin goals of decarbonisation and economic recovery from the pandemic.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 19 March 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IMF-lead-evaluator-Aligning-the-stars-for-clean-en
The UK government has launched a COP26 Energy Transition Council to bring together leaders of the global power sector, to accelerate the transition from coal to clean power. Announcing the initiative at a Clean Energy Ministerial side event, Martin Callanan said this new partnership would "speed progress" for the next round of UN climate talks, in November 2020. Callanan, a life peer, delivered a keynote speech on behalf of COP President Designate Alok Sharma, at the CEM11 discussion Passing the Tipping Point: the next decade of clean energy cooperation held on 21 September.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-launches-Energy-Transition-Council-ahead-of-COP
A law passed by both houses of the parliament at the end of August limits the maximum liability of compensation claims from people or businesses affected by a nuclear accident in India.
India's Rajasthan 3&4
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 06 September 2010
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfocus-india-s-new-liability-law