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Belgium-based Tractebel (part of France’s Engie) and its subsidiary company RED, have published a White Paper on how advanced reactors, including small modular reactors (SMRs), can supply energy to data centre communities. “Powering the 4th Industrial Revolution – Pioneering Data Centre Partnerships with Advanced Nuclear Technology” says data usage and processing are poised to undergo a radical expansion. The 32-page report notes “our ever-growing need for heightened connectivity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist our daily requirements for efficiency, creativity, and automation of repetitive tasks”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstractebel-report-looks-at-powering-data-centres-with-advanced-reactors-11597737
A recent statement from Fitch Ratings casts doubt on any new nuclear construction in the US in the immediate future. Similar concerns were voiced during discussions at a full committee hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources to Examine Opportunities and Challenges Associated with Advanced Nuclear Reactor Commercialisation.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgrowing-uncertainty-in-us-regarding-economics-of-new-nuclear-11347683
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched an initiative aimed at finding common ground among regulators, designers, operators and other stakeholders to support the safe deployment of advanced reactors, including small modular reactors (SMRs).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 06 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-promotes-efforts-to-support-safe-deployment-of-smrs-10984055
There are immediate actions that countries and stakeholders can take in understanding the importance of nuclear power in the transition to clean energy, according to a report published today by the Flexible Nuclear Campaign for Nuclear-Renewables Integration (FNC). FNC is a campaign of the Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) initiative under the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), and coordinated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 17 September 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Policymakers-should-act-now-on-nuclear,-says-new-r
Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Stuk) has published a report discussing the safety assessment and licensing of small modular reactors (SMRs). The regulator says it is preparing for the licensing of such reactors "due to the national and international interest in them."
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 31 January 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Finnish-regulator-prepares-for-SMR-licensing