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On Thursday, Turkey started construction of the fourth and final reactor at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Located on the Mediterranean coast, it is Turkey's first nuclear power plant and is being built by Russia. The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project is the largest energy project of Cooperation between Turkey and Russia. The …

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Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) plans to release contaminated water into the sea after the fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, Japan's nuclear regulatory Authority (NRC) said Wednesday morning. According to CCTV news previously reported, local time on July 20, according to Kyodo news and other Japanese media reports, Japan's Atomic Energy Regulation Commission announced …

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The Russian Siberian Chemical Complex (SCC) will start installing the BREST-300 lead cooled fast reactor base in September 2022. The base, a steel plate weighing 160 tons and 26 meters in diameter, is scheduled to be transported from St. Petersburg to the installation site in August along the Northern Sea route via the Baltic Sea. …

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The hot weather hitting Europe this week will reduce power output from France's nuclear reactor fleet, potentially leading to higher electricity prices at a time when the continent is experiencing its worst energy squeeze in decades. High temperatures in the Garonne river mean production at the Golfech nuclear plant in the south of the country …

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NuScale Power and Paragon Energy Solutions have signed a patent licensing agreement that will make the highly integrated Protection Systems (HIPS) platform potentially widely available. The HIPS platform is a protection system architecture developed jointly by NuScale and Rock Creek Innovations, a company Paragon acquired in December 2021. In 2017, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission …

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Polish Copper Group (KGHM) and Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) have submitted two applications to the Polish National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) for the evaluation of modular small reactor technology. In February 2022, POcopper signed a definitive agreement with NuScale Power for the deployment of the first NuScale VOYGR small reactor plant in Poland, which …

Polish regulators received two applications for the review of small reactors Read More »

A survey by PUBLiCUS Asia found that a "majority" of Filipinos supported the construction of nuclear power plants in the country. In the second quarter 2022 PAHAYAG nationwide survey of 1,500 respondents conducted between June 16 and 22, 59 percent said they "favor" or "strongly favor" allowing nuclear power plants to be built in the …

Surveys show that a majority of Filipinos are more likely to support nuclear power Read More »

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded an assessment of Jordan's nuclear safety system through a panel of experts. The assessment, which lasted 10 days, was conducted at the request of the Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC), which manages and controls the kingdom's nuclear and radiological sector and was the first country in …

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Two sites in Yorkshire have been shortlisted for a Rolls-Royce factory to build a small modular reactor, a project that will bring £200m of investment and 200 jobs to the winning site. The company launched a competition early this year asking developers to bid for the initial plant, which will be the first of three …

Rolls-Royce has unveiled a shortlist of potential sites for its first small nuclear reactor Read More »

GlassPoint has emerged from bankruptcy with ambitious plans to decarbonise heavy industry using solar steam, and is using BlackRock's investment to do so. GlassPoint, a solar steam startup that went into liquidation in 2020, has new funding, a new business model and a huge new decarbonization project planned. The company has just signed a memorandum …

GlassPoint is returning to solar thermal power with the construction of a 1.5GW CSP steam project in Saudi Arabia Read More »