Industry News

2021-03-09

Nuclear can bring balance to climate debate, says EC official

The nuclear industry has argued for nuclear energy to be explicitly and positively included in the relevant EU documents, including the Delegated Acts under the Taxonomy for Sustainable Financing.
2021-03-08

Germany agrees compensation for nuclear phaseout

The German government has reached an agreement with EOn, EnBW, RWE and Vattenfall on compensation for the forced premature closure of their nuclear power reactors.
2021-03-05

Nuclear is integral to clean energy transition, says IEA's Birol

International Energy Agency (IEA) Director General Fatih Birol on 4 March highlighted the role that nuclear power can play in the global fight against climate change.
2021-03-04

NEA assesses the cause and impact of Fukushima accident

As work to decommission the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and revitalise the surrounding area continues, there are many ways international communities can learn, assist Japan and support each other.
2021-03-03

Rosatom develops fast reactor fuel, launches tender for pyrochemical processing study

The Bochvar Institute has developed a fuel rod design based on nitride uranium-plutonium fuel (MNUP-fuel) for the BREST-OD-300 fast neutron reactor.
2021-03-02

Fukushima Daiichi 3 fuel removal completed

The process of removing all 566 fuel assemblies from the storage pool of unit 3 at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan was completed on 28 February.
2021-03-01

Leningrad II-2 enters final testing phase

Unit 2 of the Leningrad II nuclear power plant in western Russia has entered the final stage of pilot operation - a 15-day programme of tests at nominal capacity.
2021-02-26

Virginia issues strategic plan for nuclear energy

Virginia's nuclear industry will focus on four key areas of advanced generation technologies, economic development, workforce education, and research and development in order to help meet its carbon-free goals.
2021-02-25

Bruce Power marks first year of refurbishment project

Bruce Power's Major Component Replacement project remains on track despite a two-month delay caused by the pandemic, the company said on 23 February as it marked the first anniversary of the start of work at Bruce 6.
2021-02-24

FERC to review grid preparedness after terminating resilience inquiry

Days after terminating a three-year investigation into the resilience of the USA's bulk power system, FERC has announced it will examine the threats to electric reliability posed by extreme weather and climate change.

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