Germany’s Risky Decision To Phase Out Nuclear Power
Germany is kicking off the new year by moving ahead with plans to shutter three of its six remaining nuclear power plants Soaring natural gas prices across Europe mean this Continue Reading
Japan to help build Bill Gates’ high-tech nuclear reactor in Wyoming -Yomiuri
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (7011.T) are set to cooperate with the United States and Bill Gates’ venture company to build a high-tech nuclear Continue Reading
Germany Shuts Down Half of Its 6 Remaining Nuclear Plants
Germany on Friday shut down half of the six nuclear plants it still has in operation, a year before the country draws the final curtain on its decades-long use of Continue Reading
France Closes Two Nuclear Plants After Finding Cracks In The Infrastructure
Électricité de France S.A., commonly known as EDF, a French electric utility company primarily owned by the state, shuttered two nuclear power plants after routine safety inspections found cracks at Continue Reading
Europe’s Energy Crisis Just Got Worse
On top of an ongoing natural gas crunch, Europe faces the winter season with reduced nuclear output in France, exacerbating the energy crisis and leaving large parts of the continent Continue Reading
The Multi-Billion Dollar Start Of A Nuclear Fusion Boom
Scientists have been working on nuclear fusion technology since the 1950s The latest wave of infusion of cash into fusion startups has already exceeded the $1.9 billion in total that Continue Reading
GE Hitachi Nuclear to build small reactor in Canada
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, an alliance between General Electric Co (GE.N) and Japan’s Hitachi Ltd (6501.T) will build a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) (ONPWG.UL), Continue Reading
Nuclear-Fusion Startup Lands $1.8 Billion as Investors Chase Star Power – WSJ
Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC said it has raised more than $1.8 billion in the largest private investment for nuclear fusion yet as startups race to be the first to generate Continue Reading
World’s first floating nuclear power plant fuels Russia’s Arctic ambitions
Moored off the small Arctic town of Pevek is the Akademik Lomonosov — the world’s first floating nuclear power plant and a sign of how President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions for Continue Reading
Design flaw could explain problem at EDF’s Chinese nuclear plant-NGO
A design flaw in the reactor pressure vessel could be the cause of a problem that was made public in June at French company EDF’s jointly-owned nuclear power plant in Continue Reading