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Jan 2, 2025 · News, features and analysis covering the global nuclear energy sector, supported by World Nuclear Association
More countries sign declaration to triple nuclear capacity
Nov 13, 2024 · At the COP29 UN climate change conference taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, six more countries - El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Nigeria and Turkey - have added their support for the tripling of global nuclear energy capacity by 2050.
New Nuclear - World Nuclear News
Jan 7, 2025 · California-based nuclear startup company Deep Fission, which is proposing to place microreactors deep underground, and Endeavour Energy LLC have committed to co-develop 2 GW of nuclear energy to power Endeavour's expanding portfolio of data centres.
Key Cernavoda 3 and 4 engineering contract signed
The partially constructed units 3 and 4 at Cernavoda (Image: Nuclearelectrica) Romania's nuclear power plant operator Nuclearelectrica said that the estimated value of the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract, which was signed at the COP29 climate conference, was about EUR3.2 billion (USD3.4 billion).
Uranium enrichers mark expansion milestones - World Nuclear News
Uranium enrichment services provider Urenco has installed the first new centrifuges as part of an expansion of its plant in Eunice, New Mexico. Meanwhile, Orano has laid the foundation stone of the extension of its Georges Besse 2 plant in France.
US and UK partner with Tokamak Energy on ST40 upgrade
(Image: Tokamak Energy) The US Department of Energy, the UK's Department of Energy Security and Net Zero and Tokamak Energy will equally share the funding of the five-year programme which is intended to advance research and knowledge to help development of future fusion power plants.
Grossi restates key role for IAEA, after agency vehicle hit by drone ...
An International Atomic Energy Agency vehicle was hit and damaged by a drone on the day of the latest rotation of the agency's team of experts at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. ;
Ontario explores potential new generation sites - World Nuclear …
The sites are all in the south of Ontario, in regions the government says are experiencing significant growth (Image: OPG) Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator has said the province's demand for electricity is forecast to increase by 75% by 2050 - the equivalent of adding four and a half cities the size of Toronto to the grid, the Government of Ontario said.
IEA forecasts continued nuclear capacity growth to 2050
Global nuclear generating capacity is expected to increase from 416 GWe in 2023 to 647 GWe in 2050 in a scenario based on existing energy policies, according to the latest World Energy Outlook from the International Energy Agency.
Framatome to share fast reactor experience with Japan
Dec 6, 2024 · The signing of the agreement (Image: Framatome) The General Arrangement - which summarises the details of cooperation between Japan and France regarding the development of fast reactors - has been updated between the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy ...