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.
Bradwell B Power Company (BrB), consisting of China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and EDF, is developing proposals for two HPR1000 pressurised water reactors (PWRs) to be constructed at the Bradwell site in Essex, UK.
The Argentine government is expected to sign a financing agreement with China to secure $35 billion for infrastructure projects under a five-year investment plan.
The British Government has announced it will give £100 million support to EDF to help it build the 3.2 GW Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk and help encourage new investors in the project.
Rolls-Royce has written to a number of Local Enterprise Partnerships in England and Wales, inviting bids to be the location of the main factory to build its SMR.