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New life possible for British nuclear energy
Nov 4, 2022
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EnergyCentral/UPI International Top News
Despite looking for cost-cutting measures, the British governments said Friday it has no plans to scrap the development of a new nuclear power plant that carries a $33 billion price tag.
Nuclear power fell out of favor in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan in 2011. But the so-called energy transition -- the pivot away from fossil fuels -- has put it back in play.
During his tenure, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wanted to see eight new nuclear facilities built within the next eight years, putting nuclear power at the center of his energy transition strategy. Most of the operational nuclear power stations in the U.K. were expected to reach the end of their planned life span by the end of this decade.
Faced with a $56 billion gap in financing, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is working to trim spending. A spokesperson for his office told the BBC that every major project was now under review as part of the cost-cutting efforts, but nuclear power would be spared.
Talks with private developers for the planned Sizewell C facility -- slated for the Suffolk coast -- have been "constructive" and the government "hoped to get a deal over the line as soon as possible," the government spokesperson said.
The British taxpayer will provide about 20% of the bill for Sizewell C, The Guardian newspaper added in a separate report.
New life possible for British nuclear energy | Energy Central
Oklo Selected for DOE Project to Enable Recycling of Used Nuclear Fuel
Nov 4, 2022
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EnergyCentral/Gulf Oil & Gas
- Oklo, Argonne National Laboratory, Deep Isolation, and Case Western Reserve University were awarded $6.1 million in funding to enable the recycling of used nuclear fuel from the current light water reactor fleet into advanced reactor fuel. - Today’s reactors only consume about 5% of the energy content contained in their fuel. Nearly 95% of the energy content remains unused, and Oklo’s technology can unlock much of this remaining energy content. - The cost-share project will support the commercialization of Oklo’s clean powerhouses by utilizing the energy content in today’s waste and converting it into clean energy. - This work in strengthening the domestic fuel supply chain will facilitate a cleaner and more secure energy future for the country.
Oklo Selected for DOE Project to Enable Recycling of Used Nuclear Fuel | Energy Central
Entergy names new leader for nuclear division; see who will take over
Nov 4, 2022
By: Staff report
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EnergyCentral/The Times-Picayune
Kimberly Cook-Nelson is taking over as Entergy's chief nuclear officer, the first woman to hold the position with the New Orleans-based utility corporation.
She will be based in Jackson, Mississippi, where the company's nuclear operations are headquartered.
Cook-Nelson joined Entergy in 1996 as general manager of plant operations at Entergy's Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station in Killona in St. Charles Parish. She has held various leadership positions in engineering, maintenance, operations and nuclear safety.
Most recently, she served as senior vice president for nuclear corporate services and chief operating officer, overseeing a trio of nuclear stations: River Bend Station in St. Francisville; Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville, Arkansas; and Palisades Power Plant in Michigan, which Entergy shut down and sold earlier this year. Entergy also operates the troubled Grand Gulf nuclear station in Port Gibson, Mississippi.
Entergy names new leader for nuclear division; see who will take over | Energy Central
Belarus, Russia to develop cooperation in training nuclear energy specialists
Nov 4, 2022
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EnergyCentral/Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BelTA)
MINSK, 3 November (BelTA) - Approaches to developing workforce capacity in the nuclear power industry were discussed in Minsk during a visit of representatives of Rosatom to Belarus, BelTA learned from the communications department of the state corporation.
The Russian delegation comprised specialists of Rosatom Technical and Corporate Academies and Rosenergoatom. They got familiar with the material base of the training center of Belarusian NPP: a full-scale simulator of a central control panel and training rooms for operating personnel with local simulators of different systems. The parties considered possibilities for further cooperation in personnel training and exchange of experience of the instructor personnel.
Belarus, Russia to develop cooperation in training nuclear energy specialists | Energy Central
Soon-to-be-nationalized German energy firm set to build nuclear plant in Sweden
Nov 4, 2022
By: 03.11.2022
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EnergyCentral/Anadolu Agency
BERLIN
The soon-to-be nationalized German energy company Uniper is looking to build a power plant in Sweden, local media reported on Thursday.
The decision comes amid a dispute in the German government over the future of nuclear power as an alternative in the energy crisis.
It was only thanks to an intervention by Chancellor Olaf Scholz that the operating licenses for three German nuclear power plants were extended in October against the opposition of coalition partner the Greens. However, the supply of new fuel rods is still unclear.
Soon-to-be-nationalized German energy firm set to build nuclear plant in Sweden | Energy Central
SMALL MODULAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY COVERS ALL THE BASES: RELIABILITY, RESILIENCY, SAFETY AND AFFORDABILITY
Nov 3, 2022
EnergyCentral/Source:
States News Service
The following information was released by the American Public Power Association:
November 2, 2022
EnergyCentral/Peter Maloney
New nuclear technologies, such as small modular reactors (SMR), have reached a point where they are able to help utilities address growing concerns about fulfilling their core mission: delivering safe, affordable, and reliable electric power.
Several industry trends are challenging utility executives' abilities to balance those three key objectives.
A July report from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) highlighted the growing threats to reliability, including extreme weather events, the growing proliferation of "inverter based resources" such as photovoltaic solar power and energy storage, and increasing reliance on natural gas-fired generation.
The growth of renewable resources aimed at meeting state and federal goals aimed at addressing greenhouse gas emissions has been impressive. In the first half of the year, 24 percent of utility-scale generation in the United States came from renewable sources, according to the Energy Information Administration. However, as NERC pointed out this summer, as renewable resources have proliferated, gas-fired generators are becoming "necessary balancing resources" for reliability, leading to an interdependence that poses "a major new reliability risk."
Moscow wants to connect Ukrainian nuclear plant to Russian grid - Energoatom
Nov 3, 2022
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EnergyCentral/Financial Post
From the Ukrainian power grid by Russian shelling, the Ukrainian nuclear energy company said. Energoatom said the last remaining high voltage lines connecting the plant to the Ukrainian grid had been damaged in Wednesday's shelling, and that Moscow wanted to connect the plant to the Russian grid. The facility in southern Ukraine, Europe's largest, has 15 days' worth of fuel to run the ...
Moscow wants to connect Ukrainian nuclear plant to Russian grid - Energoatom | Energy Central
Poland says first nuclear power station to cost $20 bn
Nov 3, 2022
By: AFP
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EnergyCentral/Macau Business
Poland said Wednesday its first nuclear power station will cost around $20 billion (euros) to build, days after the government announced it had picked US firm Westinghouse for the job.
The decision to choose Westinghouse over France’s EDF and South Korea’s KHNP was formally adopted at a cabinet meeting in Warsaw on Wednesday.
“We have opted for American technology… namely US firm Westinghouse,” Morawiecki told reporters.
“The approximate cost… will be up to around $20 billion,” he said.
The EU member wants the power station in the northern village of Lubiatowo-Kopalino on the Baltic Sea coast to go online in 2033.
Poland plans to eventually host three nuclear sites with three reactors each, which would produce around 30 percent of the country’s electricity needs.
Warsaw also signed on Monday a letter of intent for South Korea’s KHNP to build a nuclear plant in Patnow, central Poland, based on its APR1400 technology.
Warsaw has been planning the nuclear programme for years but the question of energy security has taken on added urgency because of tensions with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Nuclear power would also help Poland replace coal, which has accounted for up to 80 percent of electricity generation, and reach its climate obligations.
Poland says first nuclear power station to cost $20 bn | Energy Central
French government aims to cut red tape for new nuclear reactors
Nov 2, 2022
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EnergyCentral/Reuters
PARIS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - France has drafted legislation to streamline bureaucracy for administrative permits needed to build new nuclear power plants, as it aims to double down on its nuclear and renewable energy facilities amid a global energy crunch. "The challenge is huge. We must move much more quickly and more strongly," Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher wrote on Twitter ahead of a ...
French government aims to cut red tape for new nuclear reactors | Energy Central
Northeast's first nuclear heating site begins ops
Nov 2, 2022
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EnergyCentral/China Daily: Hong Kong Edition
Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant in Liaoning province was put into operation on Tuesday to provide heating for locals, said its operator China General Nuclear Power Corp.
This is Northeast China's first commercial nuclear heating project. With a planned heating area of 242,400 square meters, it is expected to replace the 12 coal-fired small boilers in Hongyanhe town, said the company.
The project will reduce coal consumption by 5,726 metric tons annually, and cut emissions of carbon dioxide by 14,000 tons, dust by 209 tons, sulfur dioxide by 60 tons and nitrogen oxide by 85 tons, it said.
Located in Wafangdian, Dalian, Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant is also the first nuclear power facility and the largest electric energy investment project in Northeast China.
Northeast's first nuclear heating site begins ops | Energy Central
NEWS
Poland plans to build 3 nuclear plants with 6 reactorNov 1, 2022
By: Murat Temizer |
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EnergyCentral/Anadolu Agency
ANKARA
Poland plans to build three nuclear power plants with six reactors as part of its nuclear power program, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced late Sunday.
According to the Polish news agency PAP, Morawiecki said the country's nuclear program has been instigated to ensure energy security.
Morawiecki confirmed on Twitter on Friday that Warsaw would team up with the US and American company Westinghouse to build its first nuclear power plant.
"Nuclear power plants will help make us independent from the whims of the market, energy traders and the weather," he said.
Morawiecki also confirmed that the nuclear power investment energy "does not mean Poland will not be developing renewable sources of energy."
"However, we need stable energy, which today is ensured by coal," he added.
UPDATE 1-Bulgaria to reconnect nuclear reactor by end of week, says minister
Nov 1, 2022
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EnergyCentral/Reuters
The state-owned plant had to shut down one of its two Russian-designed units late on Saturday after detecting a problem with the cooling system of the reactor's power generator. Energy Minister Rossen Hristov said the repairs would take a bit longer than initially planned, but outlined that the problem was not in the nuclear part of the reactor and that there is no change in the radiation ...
UPDATE 1-Bulgaria to reconnect nuclear reactor by end of week, says minister | Energy Central
TerraPower, PacifiCorp evaluate potential to deploy up to five more Natrium reactors by 2035
Published on November 01, 2022 by Chris Galford
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EnergyCentral
After announcing last year that a nuclear Natrium demonstration plant would be brought to Wyoming to replace a PacifiCorp coal-fueled power plant, PacifiCorp and TerraPower added last week that they are studying, in advance of potentially deploying, the possibility of up to five more reactors by 2035.
All affiliated reactors would be located in PacifiCorp service territory and include integrated energy storage systems. Part of the study on the topic will be to determine if deployment of said reactors could reduce costs for PacifiCorp customers while finding ways to more broadly deploy the technology. Assessors will examine the possibilities of locating these reactors near current fossil-fueled generation sites to repurpose existing generation and transmission assets.
WESTINGHOUSE TO BUILD POLAND'S FIRST NUCLEAR REACTORS; KHNP MAY GET SEPARATE DEAL
Nov 1, 2022
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EnergyCentral/States News Service
The following information was released by the American Nuclear Society (ANS):
Poland has chosen Westinghouse Electric Company to supply the reactors for its initial nuclear power plant, as the Central European nation seeks to lessen its dependence on domestic coal and Russian imports for its energy supply. On Friday, Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the decision on Twitter, confirming last week's reports that Westinghouse's AP1000 technology was the government's likely choice.
"A strong [Polish-American] alliance guarantees the success of our joint initiatives," Morawiecki tweeted. "After talks with [vice president Kamala Harris and energy secretary Jennifer Granholm], we confirm our nuclear energy project will use the reliable, safe technology of [Westinghouse]."
WESTINGHOUSE TO BUILD POLAND'S FIRST NUCLEAR REACTORS; KHNP MAY GET SEPARATE DEAL | Energy Central
Ziakova: Ukraine war may spark more nuclear power R;D
Nov 1, 2022
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EnergyCentral/Slovak Spectator
1. Nov 2022 at 7:15 Premium content Slovaks positive on nuclear power.
With the launch of the third unit of the nuclear power plant in Mochovce, Slovakia should become self-sufficient in electricity production within months. Once phased in - a process expected to be completed in early 2023 - it will cover 13 percent of electricity demand in the country, raising the share of nuclear energy as a part of total electricity generated in Slovakia from 52 to 65 percent.
The process of constructing and launching the unit is supervised by the Slovak Nuclear Regulatory Authority (aSJD SR).The Slovak Spectator spoke with MARTA ZIAKOVa, chairperson of aSJD SR, about the process, new trends in harnessing nuclear energy, and the ongoing decommissioning of two nuclear power plants in Slovakia.
Ziakova: Ukraine war may spark more nuclear power R;D | Energy Central
Rosatom to establish 2nd nuclear unit in Dabaa
Nov 1, 2022
By: Egypt Independent
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EnergyCentral/Egypt Independent
Egyptian authorities have granted the Russian Rosatom State Atomiс Energy Corporation permission to establish a second unit for generating electricity at the Dabaa nuclear plant, according to a statement from the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority on Monday.
The authority received a request to obtain a construction permit for the first and second units in January 13, 2019.
Over the course of two years, the Nuclear Power Plants Authority completed its procedures by submitting the initial safety analysis report for the first and second units from January to June 2021.
Rosatom to establish 2nd nuclear unit in Dabaa | Energy Central
ENEC, Atlantic Council to collaborate on nuclear energy
Nov 1, 2022
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EnergyCentral/TradeArabia
Kempe and
Al Hammadi The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has signed a three-year agreement with the Atlantic Council to collaborate on the Council's Nuclear Energy Policy Initiative. It will also support the Council's efforts in promoting nuclear energy as a central component to clean energy transition.
The Atlantic Council is a US-based think tank, and home to the Global Energy Centre, one of the leading US energy centres for promoting energy security, working across government, industry and society to identify the way forward for the global energy sector.
The collaboration will see ENEC, and the Atlantic Council join forces to support the Atlantic Council's new Nuclear Energy Policy Initiative, which is dedicated to identifying the pathways for global decarbonisation using civil nuclear energy.
ENEC, Atlantic Council to collaborate on nuclear energy | Energy Central
NEWS
Poland, South Korea sign letter of intent on nuclear plant
Nov 1, 2022
By: The Peninsula Newspaper
Source:
EnergyCentral/The Peninsula
Warsaw and Seoul on Monday signed a letter of intent for South Korea's KHNP to build Poland's second nuclear power station, the partners involved said in a statement.
The announcement comes three days after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said US firm Westinghouse had been selected to build the nation's first nuclear power station at Choczewo, on the Baltic Sea.
Monday's agreement is between KHNP and Polish partners PGE and ZE PAK as well as Polish government representatives.
Poland, South Korea sign letter of intent on nuclear plant | Energy Central
IAEA Chief Visits US - Nuclear Energy, Ukraine and UN Security Council
Oct 31, 2022
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EnergyCentral/ENP Newswire
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi was in the United States this week as the IAEA held its International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century in Washington DC. During his visit, on Thursday Mr Grossi addressed the United Nations Security Council, briefing the 15-nation group on what he described as the 'extremely fragile and dangerous' nuclear safety and security situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). The ZNPP site has been controlled by Russian forces since March. Until recently, operational decisions were taken by its Ukraine staff, but Russia has announced it has taken control of the facility and is now taking those decisions. In recent months the site has been beset with power outages caused by shelling, putting nuclear safety and security at the plant at risk.
The briefing to the Security Council was Mr Grossi's fourth since the conflict began more than eight months ago, and the first delivered in person rather than virtually. The meeting was also attended by Ukraine, currently not a Security Council member.
Mr Grossi told the Council that progress had been made in high-level consultations with Ukraine and Russia in recent weeks on establishing an 'indispensable' nuclear safety and security protection zone around the ZNPP. He said 'we're not far from' an agreement and 'it is in no one's interest to have a major nuclear accident.'
IAEA Chief Visits US - Nuclear Energy, Ukraine and UN Security Council | Energy Central