Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:11:04 +0000
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said generation capacity of nuclear power worldwide is expected to rise more than the group previously expected, to as much as 950 GW of […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:25:19 +0000
While global nuclear power capacity has remained at a consistent level over the past decade, newly released data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) suggests that more than two-thirds […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:58:06 +0000
Westinghouse has revealed it is designing a transportable nuclear power plant (TNPP) featuring an eVinci microreactor with Canadian firm Prodigy Clean Energy, aiming to deliver a first project in Canada […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:18:00 +0000
Despite its ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine in early November gave state nuclear operator Energoatom the green light to operate Unit 1 of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant for 10 more years. The approval
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:23:00 +0000
A breach at the Nova Kakhovka Dam stemming from the destruction of the 351-MW hydroelectric power plant in southern Ukraine on June 6 has triggered massive flooding, prompted an environmental […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 05:14:19 +0000
Nuclear energy—not just nuclear power—is seeing a burst of innovation unlike anything seen since the 1950s. While the strong momentum for the dispatchable zero-carbon energy source is promising, prominent pitfalls threaten necessary progress.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:07:39 +0000
An expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has arrived in Kyiv and is readying to inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) for damage from weeks of shelling. The development marks a significant breakthrough for the agency, which has for the past month pleaded with Russia and Ukraine to allow it to […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:35:41 +0000
In its most recent update on the status of Ukrainian nuclear power plants (NPPs), issued to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on March 2, the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) said it maintained communications with the country’s NPPs and that all units “continued to operate as before.” Of Ukraine’s 15 reactors, more […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:53:22 +0000
The post China Starts Up First Nuclear Cogeneration Project—at AP1000 Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.
China has started up its first commercial nuclear cogeneration system, using two newly operational AP1000 reactors at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant to heat 700,000 square meters of housing. Shandong Nuclear Power Co. (SDNPC), a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corp. (SPIC), and owner of the Haiyang plant, on Nov. 15 said the first phase […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:18:54 +0000
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Last year, five of the world’s 449 operable nuclear reactors reached 50 years of operation for the first time, four first-of-their kind reactor designs were brought online, and while the industry showed capacity factor impacts from load-following, the global nuclear fleet performed at an average capacity factor of about 80%, says a new report from […]
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