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WEBRussia's draft energy plan sets out new nuclear expansion. A draft plan including as many as 34 new nuclear power units in Russia by 2042 has been published for public consultation - they are a mix of large and small reactors, and include replacement of existing units as well as new locations. New Nuclear · Tuesday, 3 September 2024.
Nuclear to be part of US clean hydrogen hubs
WEBUS President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm have announced seven regional clean hydrogen hubs that will share USD7 billion in federal funding to accelerate the commercial-scale deployment of low-cost, clean hydrogen. Nuclear energy features in the plans of several of them, including a large nuclear-powered clean hydrogen …
Russia, India sign Kudankulam agreements - World Nuclear News
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Russia, India sign Kudankulam agreements. Wednesday, 3 January 2024. Agreements linked to the construction of new reactors at the Kudankulam site in Tamil Nadu were signed during a five-day visit to Moscow by India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Jaishankar's meeting with Maturov (Image: …
Speech: Why I invest in nuclear innovation - World Nuclear News
WEBSpeech: Why I invest in nuclear innovation. It's hard to imagine a future where we can decarbonise our power grid affordably without using more nuclear power, Bill Gates told participants in the Nuclear Energy Assembly, held this week as a virtual event by the Nuclear Energy Institute. The text of his keynote speech on 9 June is as follows.
Key safety component installed at Sanmen 3 - World Nuclear News
WEBKey safety component installed at. Sanmen 3. 15 January 2024. The first of two core makeup tanks has been successfully hoisted into place at unit 3 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province. The tanks are an important part of the CAP1000 reactor's passive safety system. Each CAP1000 unit contains two water replenishment ...
Podcast: Lessons from history about energy transitions
WEBIn the main interview of this episode of the World Nuclear News podcast Fressoz, historian, author and academic, explains why he thinks that the idea of energy transition is a simplistic and flawed one, noting that what has actually happened throughout history has been different energy sources piling up on top of each other - such as more wood being used …
UK launches funding to encourage nuclear new build
WEBThe UK government has announced the launch of GBP120 million (USD146 million) in funding to support development of new nuclear energy projects, stimulate competition in the industry and unlock investment across the UK. The Future Nuclear Enabling Fund will help to realise the government's ambition to approve eight new reactors by 2030.
Operating permit issued for Chinese molten salt reactor
WEBSep 9, 2024 · A cutaway of the TMSR-LF1 reactor (Image: SINAP) "The thorium-fueled molten salt experimental reactor operation application and related technical documents were reviewed, and it was considered that the application met the relevant safety requirements, and it was decided to issue the 2 MWt liquid fuel thorium-based molten …
Chinese molten-salt reactor cleared for start up
WEBSep 9, 2024 · molten-salt reactor. cleared for start up. 09 August 2022. The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) - part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - has been given approval by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to commission an experimental thorium-powered molten-salt reactor, construction of which started in …