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US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract extension with EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Limited (NGL) to supply fuel for the UK’s Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors (AGRs) from its Springfields fuel fabrication facility in the UK.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 01 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-contracted-to-supply-fuel-to-uk-agrs-10978749
A consortium comprising EDF UK R&D, the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), the University of Bristol and Urenco has been awarded GBP7.7 million (USD9.3 million) in funding from the UK's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to develop a hydrogen storage solution.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Funding-for-UK-project-to-store-hydrogen-using-dep
EDF Energy will 'get on with' work to construct two EPR units at Sizewell C in Suffolk, UK, as soon as it receives government permission, which could come within six months, said the project's director of financing, Julia Pyke. She added that the company is working to fuel the reactors with recycled uranium.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 07 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Sizewell-C-could-use-recycled-uranium
New nuclear would not play a role in an independent Scotland, according to a white paper published by the Scottish government in November.
The current Scottish government is opposed to the building of any new nuclear power stations in Scotland and will phase out existing stations in Scotland over time, it said.
Scotland has four AGR reactors in operation at the Hunterston B and Torness sites, which are due to close in 2023. However, EDF Energy plans to extend the lifetime of the fleet for as long as it remains safe and cost effective to do so.
In an independent Scotland the decommissioning costs of Scotland's three non-operational sites (Dounreay, Hunterston A and Chapelcross) would continue to be met from the public purse. EDF Energy would meet the cost of decommissioning Hunterston B and Torness. Costs relating to nuclear decommissioning outside of Scotland would be for the government of the rest of UK to meet.
The Scottish Government said it plans to establish an Energy Partnership with Westminster, through which it will ensure that new investment in Scottish generation is not compromised by the Westminster Government's proposals to overhaul the structure of the electricity market and enter into expensive, long-term contracts for new nuclear generation.
The Scottish Government aims to generate the equivalent of 100% of electricity from renewables and thermal sources fitted with carbon capture and storage by 2020.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 02 December 2013
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsindependent-scotland-would-phase-out-nuclear-power_4139286
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has named eleven sites that could be potential hosts to new nuclear power stations in the UK. All the sites have been vetted to ensure they credible and could be home to an operational plant by 2025.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 15 April 2009
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newseleven-potential-sites-for-new-uk-build