Posted by NucNet on 16 December 2014 in NucNet
Plant Operation Members of Japan’s National Nuclear Union are sending a letter to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry calling for the early restart of Japan’s 48 commercial nuclear reactor units, all shut down for safety checks following the March 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident. The letter calls ...
Security & Safety All nuclear reactor units in Sweden should have a system of independent core cooling installed by 31 December 2020, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) has said. In a statement on its website SSM said independent core cooling reduces the risk of meltdown and major ...
Policies & Politics Nuclear energy is “carbon-neutral” and continues to be “a significant alternative” for electricity production, says a draft report published on 11 December 2014 by the European Parliament’s (EP) committee on industry, research and energy. The report, an answer to the European Commission’s European energy security ...
Posted by NucNet on 15 December 2014 in NucNet
Policies & Politics Major nuclear energy projects have been included in a list of priority investments that could be financed over the next three years as part of a €315 billion investment plan outlined recently by European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker. Among the projects on the list, prepared ...
Posted by NucNet on 11 December 2014 in NucNet
Decommissioning The nuclear energy industry needs to be ready to manage “an unprecedented rate” of decommissioning with almost 200 of the 434 reactors that were operating commercially at the end of 2013 to be retired by 2040, a report by the International Energy Agency said. World Energy Outlook ...
Posted by NucNet on 8 December 2014 in NucNet
Plans & Construction Russia may build between 20 and 24 nuclear reactor units in India against the 14 to 16 already agreed, the Times of India said, citing Russia’s ambassador Alexander Kadakin.
Posted by NucNet on 3 December 2014 in NucNet
Plans & Construction Finland’s biggest electricity company, Fortum, is ready to make a significant investment in Fennovoima’s planned Hanhikivi nuclear power station in northern Finland. The deal would increase domestic ownership in the planned facility to over 60 percent.
Posted by NucNet on 2 December 2014 in NucNet
Plans & Construction NuGen has signed a cooperation agreement with the UK’s Treasury to promote financing for a new nuclear power station at Moorside, West Cumbria. NuGen said the agreement “establishes a process” to enable access to the government’s UK Guarantees Scheme, which was introduced in 2012 ...
Posted by NucNet on 1 December 2014 in NucNet
Policies & Politics The largest barrier to investment in the European energy sector is regulatory uncertainty, the director-general for energy at the European Commission (EC), said at a conference on shaping the EU’s energy policy to boost competitiveness. Dominique Ristori said at the Brussels conference that Europe ...
Posted by SONE on 30 November 2014 in Newsletters
A GREAT DEAL TO BE PLEASED ABOUT I am fortunate to have succeeded my old friend Sir Bernard Ingham as SONE’s Secretary at a time when we have a great deal to be pleased about and to look forward to.
Posted by World Nuclear News on 24 November 2014 in WNN
The European Commission’s decision that the revised UK support package for EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear project is compatible with EU state aid rules does not necessarily provide an easy blueprint for subsequent projects. Other EU nuclear project sponsors and investors face a number of difficult issues that ...
Posted by NucNet on 21 November 2014 in NucNet
Comment & People The largest barrier to investment in the European energy sector is regulatory uncertainty, the director-general for energy at the European Commission (EC), said yesterday at a conference on shaping the EU’s energy policy to boost competitiveness. Dominique Ristori said at the Brussels conference that Europe ...
Security & Safety A US Nuclear Regulatory Commission final safety evaluation report concluded there are no safety aspects that would prevent issuing a licence for construction and operation of a GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) at the Enrico Fermi nuclear power plant site ...
Plans & Construction French nuclear group Areva has suspended its 2015 and 2016 financial targets, blaming delays to the Olkiluoto-3 EPR project in Finland, the slow restart of Japan’s reactors and a lacklustre nuclear market. Meanwhile today, EDF said the Flamanville-3 EPR being built by Areva in ...
Plans & Construction An agreement has been signed for the construction and installation of the MBIR multipurpose fast neutron research reactor, which will be built at Russia’s Scientific Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) near Dimitrovgrad in western Russaia, state nuclear corporation Rosatom said. The agreement, signed between ...
Posted by NucNet on 20 November 2014 in NucNet
Security & Safety Nuclear reactor and materials licensees maintained their “excellent” safety record during the fiscal year that ended on 30 September 2014, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2014, issued yesterday. The report says the NRC’s chief achievement was ...
