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Swedish govt to reform energy policy to prevent power shortage   The Swedish government announced that it aims to reform the country's energy policy to ensure that the strained power supply situation of last summer and winter will not be repeated. In order to make the country's electricity transmission system "more reliable and robust to ensure cheap electricity at all times", the government has tasked national power grid operator Svenska Kraftnat with producing a new standard for measuring the reliability of the system to in...
Swedish govt to reform energy policy to prevent power shortage
Swedish govt to reform energy policy to prevent power shortage
Source: IANS
5/07/2023 2:29:34 PM
India, US to develop small modular reactors for domestic and export markets India and the US are working together for developing next generation small modular reactor technologies for domestic and export markets. According to a joint statement issued by the US White House, amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit, President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Modi noted "the ongoing discussion on developing next generation small modular reactor technologies in a collaborative mode for the domestic market as well as for export". Small modular reactors...
India, US to develop small modular reactors for domestic and export markets
India, US to develop small modular reactors for domestic and export markets
Source: IANS
24/06/2023 9:20:49 AM
Wind energy may enhance coolant power needs in nuclear plants: IIT Jodhpur Realising the significance of cooling power sources in nuclear power plants safety based on the historical nuke disasters, an international team led by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur have proposed offshore wind farms as seismically resilient alternate power sources. By utilising sustainable wind power, the researchers demonstrated the feasibility of strengthening the reliability of cooling power at Madras Atomic Power Station in Chennai. The proposed met...
Wind energy may enhance coolant power needs in nuclear plants: IIT Jodhpur
Wind energy may enhance coolant power needs in nuclear plants: IIT Jodhpur
Source: IANS
22/05/2023 4:17:48 PM
South Korea, Japan agree on Seoul team's 4-day visit to assess nuke water release plan South Korea and Japan have agreed that a delegation from Seoul will visit Tokyo for four days to assess the latter's plan to discharge radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the Foreign Ministry here said on Saturday. Working-level officials from the two countries held a meeting in Seoul on Friday to discuss details of South Korean experts' planned visit to the nuclear plant, reports Yonhap News Agency. The meeting lasted for 12 hours until around 2 a...
South Korea, Japan agree on Seoul team's 4-day visit to assess nuke water release plan
South Korea, Japan agree on Seoul team's 4-day visit to assess nuke water release plan
Source: IANS
13/05/2023 10:13:55 AM
Multiple factors gives nuke power major push in APAC region: Moody's A combination of factors like the move towards decarbonization, fuel diversification, geopolitical situations resulting in fossil fuel price hike and climate change affecting solar and wind power provide the base for expansion of nuclear power in the Asia Pacific region, said Moody's Investors Service. "Decarbonisation and fuel diversification will drive the nuclear power sector's share of the energy mix in Asia Pacific," said Ada Li, a Moody's Vice President, and Sen...
Multiple factors gives nuke power major push in APAC region: Moody's
Multiple factors gives nuke power major push in APAC region: Moody's
Source: IANS
11/05/2023 1:51:20 PM
Yoon Suk Yeol, Fumio Kishida agree to allow South Korean experts to visit Fukushima nuclear plant South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed on Sunday to allow a group of South Korean experts to visit Japan to inspect the planned release of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, both sides said. Yoon and Kishida announced the agreement during a joint press conference following a summit in Seoul, Yonhap news agency reported. "With regard to the contaminated water from Fukushima, we agreed on the dispatch of a...
Yoon Suk Yeol, Fumio Kishida agree to allow South Korean experts to visit Fukushima nuclear plant
Yoon Suk Yeol, Fumio Kishida agree to allow South Korean experts to visit Fukushima nuclear plant
Source: IANS
7/05/2023 4:46:54 PM
South Korea, US sign 23 MoUs on stronger ties in batteries, nuclear power South Korea and the US have signed 23 initial agreements to boost bilateral cooperation on advanced industries and energy fields, such as batteries, robots and nuclear power generation, Seoul's industry ministry said. The memorandums of understanding (MOUs) were signed during a business partnership event in Washington, DC involving 45 senior corporate officials from the two nations on the sidelines of President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to the US, according to the Ministry of Tra...
South Korea, US sign 23 MoUs on stronger ties in batteries, nuclear power
South Korea, US sign 23 MoUs on stronger ties in batteries, nuclear power
Source: IANS
26/04/2023 12:17:17 PM
400,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked from US nuclear power plant About 400,000 gallons of radioactive water has leaked from a nuclear power plant in Monticello, the midwestern US state of Minnesota, regulators revealed recently. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said this week that state agencies are monitoring Xcel Energy's efforts to clean up "a release of water contaminated with tritium" detected at the company's Monticello nuclear-generating plant, Xinhua news agency reported. Xcel Energy reported the leak to the Min...
400,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked from US nuclear power plant
400,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked from US nuclear power plant
Source: IANS
19/03/2023 9:53:27 AM
Russia, IAEA discuss safety of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Russian officials and a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held a new round of consultations in Moscow on cooperation in ensuring the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP). Alexei Likhachev, Director General of Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi participated in the talks among other representatives, Rosatom said in a statement on Thursday. Both sides discussed approaches to the creation of...
Russia, IAEA discuss safety of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Russia, IAEA discuss safety of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Source: IANS
23/12/2022 11:56:40 AM
Russia`s Rosatom sends 'more advanced` fuel option for India nuclear plant Russia's state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom earlier this year sent a "more advanced" fuel option for a nuclear power plant in southern India, an Indian government minister told parliament on Wednesday. The fuel is for the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu state. "The first lot of TVS-2M fuel assemblies has been received in May-June 2022 from Russian Federation and loaded in Unit-1," minister Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to questions. ...
Russia`s Rosatom sends 'more advanced` fuel option for India nuclear plant
Russia`s Rosatom sends 'more advanced` fuel option for India nuclear plant
Source: Reuters
21/12/2022 1:47:21 PM
One set of main equipment for N-plant ready for shipment to India: Rosatom Russia's integrated nuclear power sector player, Rosatom on Tuesday said that one set of main equipment for the upcoming Unit 5 of 1,000 MW nuclear power plant is ready for shipment to Kudankulam. The equipment was made by ZiO-Podolsk JSC part of Rosatom. The separator-reheater is designed to remove moisture and superheat steam that has worked out in the high-pressure cylinder and enters the low-pressure cylinder of the turbine. The MSR-1000-1 is a cylindrical apparatus consistin...
One set of main equipment for N-plant ready for shipment to India: Rosatom
One set of main equipment for N-plant ready for shipment to India: Rosatom
Source: IANS
13/12/2022 3:11:10 PM
Nuclear power returns to favour in Finland Heading into the winter months, people in Finland appear to be overwhelmingly supportive of the government's energy efficiency measures and according to a recent survey, their attitude has also changed markedly towards nuclear power. The rise in electricity prices has prompted Finns to reconsider their approach to the energy challenge, the Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) think tank said in a statement. In its autumn 2022 Values and Attitudes survey, the EVA looked at the pub...
Nuclear power returns to favour in Finland
Nuclear power returns to favour in Finland
Source: IANS
13/12/2022 11:02:53 AM
Swedish households slash electricity consumption due to high cost Swedish households decreased their electricity consumption considerably in September, October and November, according to figures released by energy company Ellevio. Ellevio analysed data from around 900,000 households and found that household electricity usage decreased by nearly 19.5 per cent in November, compared with the average over the previous three years. In a statement, it also said that Swedish households on average decreased their electricity consumption by 21.5 per cent in Oc...
Swedish households slash electricity consumption due to high cost
Swedish households slash electricity consumption due to high cost
Source: IANS
10/12/2022 11:09:53 AM
Netherlands plans to build 2 nuclear power plants The Dutch government has announced a plan to build two new nuclear power plants by 2035, which will cover 9-13 per cent of the country's total electricity needs by then. The two "third-generation nuclear power plants" will each have a capacity of 1,000 to 1,650 megawatt, the government said in a statement on Friday. The new plants are expected to be constructed at Borssele in the westernmost province of Zeeland, where the country's only existing nuclear power plant is ...
Netherlands plans to build 2 nuclear power plants
Netherlands plans to build 2 nuclear power plants
Source: IANS
10/12/2022 11:00:36 AM
India plans to build more nuclear power plants - Government India plans to build more nuclear power plants to increase the production of clean energy, the government said on Wednesday. The government has approved five new sites for nuclear power plants and given the financial go-ahead to build 10 700-MW pressurized heavy water reactors, the statement said.
India plans to build more nuclear power plants - Government
India plans to build more nuclear power plants - Government
Source: Reuters
7/12/2022 4:18:25 PM
Iran begins construction of new nuclear power plant Iran began on Saturday the construction of a new nuclear power plant in its southwestern province of Khuzestan. Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and some local officials witnessed the start of construction of the 300-megawatt Karoon nuclear power plant, which will install a pressurised light water reactor that uses 4-per cent enriched uranium oxide as the fuel, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a Nour news agency report. Iran has started building nu...
Iran begins construction of new nuclear power plant
Iran begins construction of new nuclear power plant
Source: IANS
4/12/2022 9:50:42 AM
Restart of damaged Swedish nuclear reactor delayed until 2023 Repair works on one of Sweden's six remaining nuclear reactors have been delayed by two months to January 31, 2023, the plant's owner, energy company Vattenfall, said. Two weeks ago, the company announced that a vital component of the Ringhals 4 reactor had been damaged in connection with annual maintenance and that it would be up and running by November 30. Now, it will not be restarted until well into the winter, in a further setback to power supply amid the Europe-wide energy...
Restart of damaged Swedish nuclear reactor delayed until 2023
Restart of damaged Swedish nuclear reactor delayed until 2023
Source: IANS
14/09/2022 9:44:40 AM
`Majority of Germans support prolonged use of nuclear power plants` Fifty-four per cent of Germans would support keeping the country's remaining nuclear power plants running due to the worsening energy crisis, according to a survey. Against the backdrop of soaring prices for gas and electricity, Minister for Economic Affairs Robert Habeck aims to keep two of Germany's three nuclear power plants on standby as an emergency option until April 2023, Xinhua news agency reported. Germany's nuclear phase-out would not be reversed, Habeck said. &quo...
`Majority of Germans support prolonged use of nuclear power plants`
`Majority of Germans support prolonged use of nuclear power plants`
Source: IANS
10/09/2022 11:28:36 AM
Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant reconnected to grid The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (NPP) in southern Ukraine has been reconnected to the electricity grid, Ukraine's state-run nuclear energy operator Energoatom said. The plant has already started generating electricity for Ukraine's needs after one of its units shut down on Thursday was reconnected to the power supply system, Energoatom said on Telegram. All equipment and safety systems at the plant are operating normally, it said. On Thursday, Energoatom said the Zaporiz...
Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant reconnected to grid
Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant reconnected to grid
Source: IANS
27/08/2022 9:34:31 AM