South Korea and UK have agreed to strengthen cooperation on nuclear power and clean energy.
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 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 has announced plans to extend the lives of Heysham 1 and Hartlepool, two of the UK’s five remaining nuclear power stations.
President Biden of the USA has offered $1.2 billion of funding to support nuclear power generation and the goal of zero-carbon electricity by 2035.
GE Hitachi (GEH) has secured a contract from Estonian nuclear energy company Fermi Energia to supply its BWRX-300 SMR.
Ontario Power Generation (OPG), GE Hitachi (GEH), SNC Lavalin, and Aecon have signed North America’s first commercial contract to develop a grid-scale SMR in Ontario, Canada.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has certified the design of NuScale Power’s small modular reactor (SMR).
Belgium has agreed with French utility Engie to extend the life of two nuclear reactors by 10 years, overturning a plan to close all nuclear plants by 2025.
Britain has announced that its £75 million fund aimed at helping boost domestic production of nuclear fuel for power plants was now open for applications.