Bechtel has signed MOUs with 12 companies in Poland for the potential development of two nuclear power plants.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has opened applications for loans from a $6 billion programme to help nuclear power plants struggling with rising costs as it seeks to stop the generators from shutting down under its goal of transitioning to clean energy.
Westinghouse Electric and Framatome have been chosen to supply fuel for the Czech Republic’s Temelin nuclear plant, replacing supply from TVEL of Russia, part of Rosatom.
The UK Government has issued an outline of its new Energy Security Strategy, including increased targets for offshore wind, hydrogen, and nuclear generation.
The UK government plans to take a 20 per cent stake in the £20 billion Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk, describing it as a move to bolster the country’s energy security against a backdrop of global instability and a cost-of-living crisis.
Germany has decided not to extend the lifetime of its existing nuclear fleet, despite concerns over energy security.
Russian troops invading Ukraine started shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in SE Ukraine early on Friday 4 March.
As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the German government has announced that it is reviewing the option of keeping operating nuclear power plants beyond the 2022 cut-off of shutting them down.
NuScale Power and Dairyland Power Cooperative have signed an MOU to evaluate potential deployment of NuScale’s small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology.
EDF has announced plans to acquire GE’s French turbine unit, which maintains and manufactures steam turbines for nuclear power plants in France.