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.
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
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 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.