Ali Zaidi, Climate Advisor to the White House, said that the current US government is working on plans to bring additional decommissioned nuclear power reactors back online to help meet rising electricity demand.
Kazakhstan has voted in a referendum on 6 October on whether to build its first nuclear power plant as the country seeks to phase out coal-fired plants.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced closure of a loan guarantee of up to $1.52 billion to Holtec Palisades to help finance the reopening of the 800 MW Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan, USA.
Gnel Sanosyan, Armenia’s Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, has announced plans to construct a new nuclear power plant in the country with a capacity of 400-600 MW.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the licence renewal for Florida Power and Light Company’s (FPL) Turkey Point nuclear power plant Units 3 and 4, each 800 MW, enabling the operation of these units to 2052 and 2053 respectively.
Vietnam is considering resuming plans to develop nuclear power, according to a government report reviewed by Reuters.
Ghana has signed an agreement with a US developer for a nuclear reactor using technology from NuScale Power as the country seeks its first nuclear power plant.
The Swiss Government announced on 28 August that it plans to overturn a ban on building new nuclear power plants to strengthen local energy supply at a time of increased geopolitical tension.
Ukraine’s Energoatom is preparing to start construction of the Chyhyryn nuclear power plant in the Cherkasy region of the country.
A power unit at the Rostov nuclear power plant in southern Russia that had been disconnected on 23 August as a result of a turbine defect was reconnected to the grid on 25 August