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Bloc needs to support investment in reactors and streamline construction process
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/two-new-nuclear-plants-needed-every-year-for-15-years-says-commission-vice-president-4-2-2024
Leader backs calls for European Investment Bank to be ‘technology agnostic’, which means it could back reactor projects
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 11 April 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/industry-needs-global-interconnections-for-new-reactors-says-belgium-s-prime-minister-3-3-2024
Rosatom, Zaporizhia NPP, Russian media and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have all reported drone strikes against the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP). Drone strikes hit the ZNPP site on 7 April “in a serious incident that endangered nuclear safety and security, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. For the first time since November 2022, the plant was directly targeted in military action that also represents a clear violation of the five basic principles for protecting the facility established by Grossi at the United Nations Security Council in May 2023, IAEA noted.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newszaporizhia-npp-attacked-by-drones-11669467
UK nuclear trade association, the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has applied for a justification decision for newcleo’s lead-cooled fast reactor design, the LFR-AS-200. The application makes the case that the benefits of clean, firm, flexible power from the LFR-AS-200 would far outweigh any potential risks. NIA says these are” rigorously controlled by robust safety features, including passive safety systems, built into the design and incorporated into the operating arrangements, in line with the UK’s regulatory requirements”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclear-authorities-seek-justification-for-use-of-newcleo-reactor-in-the-uk-11669661
Addressing Atomexpo 2024 in Sochi, southern Russia, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called for nuclear energy to remain a field of international cooperation, and expressed regret that the field was riddled with ideological debates. “As long as infrastructure determines energy cooperation, ideology should have nothing to do with [it],” he said. He added that, whereas nuclear energy had been “a victim of ideology” recently, Europe had “overcome” discrimination, “thanks mostly to the fact that France is a pro-nuclear country”. He added: “We were able to win our debates in Europe and make it recognised that generating electricity in a nuclear way is sustainable, safe and cheap.”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 28 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsszijjrt-criticises-politicisation-of-nuclear-energy-11635619
Serbia is seeking support from other countries on nuclear know-how and financing towards its goal of getting 1200 MW of capacity from small modular reactors, President Aleksandar Vučić told the Nuclear Energy Summit.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Serbian-president-s-appeal-as-country-aims-to-get
European Commission president calls for discipline from sector and outlines key tasks ahead
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 23 March 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/von-der-leyen-backs-nuclear-but-warns-future-of-industry-is-hardly-guaranteed-3-5-2024
In early April, the first shipment of equipment in 2024 for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), which is being built in France, will take place from Russia’s DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA, part of Rosatom). The equipment was developed and manufactured at NIIEFA in St Petersburg by order of Rosatom, within the framework of the International ITER project.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-prepares-equipment-for-iter-11612622
The USA and the European Union have reiterated their intent to strengthen their strategic relationship to ensure energy security, align policies, and deepen cooperation on technologies and innovation, all with the aim of accelerating the global transition to climate neutrality.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/EU,-US-council-underlines-joint-strategic-efforts
In an interview for the World Nuclear News podcast NexGen Energy CEO and President Leigh Curyer set out the path ahead for what he calls their world-leading project in Canada, and gave his overview of the uranium sector's prospects.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 19 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/In-Quotes-NexGen-Energy-s-Leigh-Curyer-on-the-Rook