The partially constructed units 3 and 4 at Cernavoda (Image: Nuclearelectrica) Romania's nuclear power plant operator Nuclearelectrica said that the estimated value of the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract, which was signed at the COP29 climate conference, was about EUR3.2 billion (USD3.4 billion).

Key decisions on which small modular reactor technologies to select and on a Final Investment Decision on Sizewell C will be taken in spring 2025, according to timelines set out in the government's Budget documents. ;

January . The start of the year was dominated by nuclear energy developments in the UK, with the then government launching a roadmap for reaching its ambition for the UK to have 24 GWe of nuclear generating capacity by 2050, representing about 25% of the country's projected electricity demand.There was also EDF's announcement that the timeline and cost estimate of Hinkley Point C had risen and ...

What do you think are the main priorities for the year ahead? One of the things that has been keeping me a little bit awake at night is to make sure that we, the global nuclear industry, make the most of the perfect alignment of the stars that we are seeing right now.We haven't seen this ever perhaps, or not in many decades. I keep saying this, but the time is truly now.

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Different countries planning the safe, permanent disposal of nuclear waste in geological repositories are sharing experiences and learning from each other, as Neil Hyatt, chief scientific advisor to the UK's Nuclear Waste Services explains. ;

2024年9月11日 · The USA's first-of-its-kind 1 MW demonstration scale, nuclear-powered clean hydrogen production facility has begun operating at Constellation's Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant in Oswego, New York. The company said the new facility will help demonstrate the potential for hydrogen to power a clean economy.

2024年9月19日 · A concept image of how a Rolls-Royce SMR might look (Image: Rolls-Royce SMR) The Ministry of Trade said that the applicants were approached "on the basis of their potential suitability for placement in the Czech Republic ...

2024年10月25日 · The 1000 MW Candu Monark, a Generation III+ reactor with the highest output of any Candu technology, is currently in the definition phase, the company said at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris, and will feature simplified construction and a 70-year operating life. ;

2024年11月13日 · World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León speaking at the event (Image: World Nuclear Association) During COP28 - held in Dubai, UAE, in December last year - 25 countries backed a Ministerial Declaration calling for the tripling of global nuclear energy capacity by 2050.