Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM) has announced that it will begin legislation for a comprehensive reform of the country’s Nuclear Energy Act.
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has selected the BWRX-300 SMR from GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) for the Darlington new nuclear site.
TerraPower, the US-based nuclear power company backed by Bill Gates, has announced that it has selected Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA as the site for its first 345 MW reactor, to be built on the site of the coal-fired Naughton power plant, which is being closed.
China Huaneng Group has announced that the No 2 reactor of Shidaowan nuclear power plant in Shandong Province, east China, has achieved criticality.
£195 million of private sector funding has been raised to develop the Rolls-Royce SMR by Exelon Generation and the Rolls-Royce parent group BNF Resources UK.
The market analysts GlobalData has reported that, based on Spain’s National and Energy Climate Plan, the country is on course to phase out nuclear, coal-fired, and oil-fired power generation plants by 2035.
The UK government is due to announce plans to fund a new nuclear plant as part of its Net Zero strategy.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will provide $20 million funding for a demonstration project at Palo Verde nuclear power station in Arizona to produce hydrogen.
Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, has confirmed plans to eliminate fossil fuels from UK electricity generation by 2035, as part of Britain’s target to become a net zero emission economy by 2050.
President Erdogan of Turkey has announced that the first unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, being built by Rosatom, may be put into operation in 2022.