France’s nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), has ordered the start of the assembly of the tokamak of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fusion project to be postponed until a number of safety issues have been addressed.
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A project has started at the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China’s Jiangsu province to supply steam to a nearby petrochemical plant, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has announced. It will be China’s first industrial-use nuclear energy steam supply project.
Chinese nuclear steam supply project launched Read More »
With the attention of the world focused on events in Ukraine, one of the questions people are asking is about the country’s nuclear power industry. Here is a brief overview.
A guide: Nuclear power in Ukraine Read More »
Unit 6 of the Fuqing nuclear power plant in China’s Fujian province has reached 100% full power operation for the first time. Meanwhile, the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) has completed a comprehensive pre-operational inspection at unit 6 of the Hongyanhe plant in Liaoning province.
Fuqing 6 reaches full power as Hongyanhe 6 nears startup Read More »
Ethiopia began producing electricity on Sunday from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbours Sudan and Egypt have worried will cause water shortages downstream.
Ethiopia turns on the turbines at giant Nile hydropower plant Read More »
Vogtle unit 3 is now expected to be in service by the end of the first quarter of 2023, with unit 4 following by the fourth quarter of 2023, Georgia Power has announced. In addition, the company said its share of total Vogtle capital costs has increased about USD920 million.
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Australia’s biggest coal-fired power plant to shut in 2025 Read More »
Hydroelectricity plays an important role in keeping the grid humming throughout Europe. While wind and solar generate energy under some conditions, hydropower can start generating power whenever the grid needs it, so-called baseload energy. The big issue now is how to design hydropower technology with fish in mind. Readmore
Hydropower dams make a fish-friendly splash Read More »
When there is excess electricity the system pumps water from an underground reservoir into tough, flexible bladders that sit on the sea bed. You could think of them like big bicycle inner tubes.
How to store excess wind power underwater Read More »
The International Finance Corporation and the World Bank are working with the Government of Nigeria to produce an atlas of CO2 emission sources and potential sites for underground sequestration…
New initiative to help develop domestic CCUS market in Nigeria Read More »
