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Japanese firms invest $72 million in British floating nuclear plant project

• 2023-05-29 07:10:57.857488
• David Flin

A number of Japanese companies have invested ¥10 billion (around $72 million) in a British start-up developing floating offshore nuclear power plants.

Westinghouse and Bechtel sign agreement for Polish Nuclear Power Plant

• 2023-05-26 07:01:49.768242
• David Flin

Westinghouse Electric, Bechtel, and Polish utility Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) have signed an agreement for the design and construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant.

Ukraine restores external power to Russian occupied nuclear plant

• 2023-05-23 06:29:44.337985
• David Flin

Ukraine has reconnected the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine – currently occupied by Russian military invaders – to its external power supply after an outage that had left it reliant on emergency generators.

GE Hitachi to transfer ownership of Vallecitos nuclear plant prior to decommissioning

• 2023-05-15 07:35:09.295595
• David Flin

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has announced its intention to transfer ownership of its Vallecitos Nuclear Centre in California, USA to NorthStar Group Services for nuclear decontamination, decommissioning, and environmental site restoration.

Are nuclear powered data centres on the horizon?

• 2023-04-17 12:34:26
• Junior Isles

There are a number of small modular reactors being designed that could theoretically be the right size for several large-scale data centre projects that have been announced. But will the timeframes align?

By Ed Ansett, Founder and Chairman, i3 Solutions Group

Olkiluoto 3 starts commercial operation

• 2023-04-17 07:33:23.722406
• David Flin

Finland’s much delayed new nuclear reactor, Olkiluoto 3, has completed a test phase lasting more than a year and has entered commercial operation.

South Korea and UK to work together on nuclear power

• 2023-04-11 06:50:01.351353
• David Flin

South Korea and UK have agreed to strengthen cooperation on nuclear power and clean energy.

Collaboration agreement to develop GE Hitachi SMR

• 2023-03-27 07:38:18.967273
• David Flin

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), and Synthos Green Energy (SGE) have signed a technical collaboration agreement to advance global deployment of the GEH BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR).

Vistra Energy expands nuclear capacity with $3.43 billion acquisition of Energy Harbor

• 2023-03-20 06:57:57.791124
• David Flin

Vistra Energy has agreed to acquire Energy Harbor for $3.43 billion, including debt. This acquisition will give Vistra an additional 4000 MW of nuclear capacity.

EDF to extend life of two UK nuclear power stations

• 2023-03-10 06:53:01.783626
• David Flin

EDF has announced plans to extend the lives of Heysham 1 and Hartlepool, two of the UK’s five remaining nuclear power stations.