The Lungmen station has been mothballed since July 2014 following environmental protests over what campaigners said were the potential dangers of nuclear power.
State-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) said it would take at least six to seven years to start commercial operations at the facility in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District in the far north of Taiwan. In February 2019, Taipower said it had ruled out restarting the project.
The project was earlier postponed due to additional fund requirements of $1.16-$1.45bn, increasing the total cost of the project to $7.8-$8.1bn. Although construction began in 1997, the plant has been delayed by political arguments and high material prices. Construction was temporarily halted in 2000 and resumed again in 2001. By December 2011, the project was more than 90% complete.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/commission-confirms-referendum-will-be-held-on-lungmen-restart-1-2-2021
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced yesterday that it has completed all shipments of highly enriched uranium target residue material (HEU TRM) from Canada to the USA, bringing its TRM Repatriation Project to "a safe and successful conclusion". The culmination of nearly a decade of work and planning removes "a major nuclear liability" from the Chalk River Laboratories campus, CNL said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/CNL-completes-HEU-target-residue-material-repatria
Considerable new capacity could be available in the insurance-linked securities market for the transfer of nuclear third-party liability risks, a study conducted on behalf of the European Commission has concluded. However, this new capacity would only be available under the right structures and terms.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Study-examines-nuclear-liability-insurance-market
Using nuclear plants to generate heat as well as electricity for non-grid industrial applications could be central to deep decarbonisation efforts beyond being a source of zero-carbon electricity. Speakers at the fifth Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum last week looked at how hydrogen - and nuclear - can contribute to carbon abatement efforts in areas that have so far been hard to decarbonise.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Non-grid-nuclear-applications-hold-key-to-decarbon
The Russian government has approved an agreement with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) on the repatriation of depleted uranium belonging to the Russian Federation as part of the L3 detector hadron calorimeter modules.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 26 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-to-take-back-depleted-uranium-from-cern-8470982
Investment in at least one more commercial nuclear power plant is necessary to ensure that the UK can secure its energy supply without compromising efforts to combat climate change, according to a new report by the Centre for Policy Studies.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 26 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsuk-think-tank-urges-more-nuclear-construction-8470796
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company said on 20 January that its Advanced Doped Pellet Technology (ADOPT™) doped pellets “are one step closer to US commercialisation” after deliveries to more than 25 regions across Europe.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 26 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-nrc-agrees-to-review-westinghouse-adopt-fuel-8470851
US President Biden used his Inauguration Day on 20 January to launch a domestic and international response to climate change that reversed many of the policies of his predecessor.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 26 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-to-rejoin-the-paris-agreement-as-biden-announces-policy-changes-8472247
The Bulgarian government has approved a report by the Minister of Energy on the actions taken and the results of the study on the possibilities for construction of a new nuclear unit at site No 2 of the Kozloduy NPP.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 26 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbulgaria-considers-using-belene-reactors-to-expand-kozloduy-plant-8472288
The election of Joe Biden as US President is already being reflected in policy and staff changes at the Department of Energy (DOE).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 26 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsall-change-at-us-doe-8472293
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