Strong indications of global growth persist in the nuclear sector. We point you to three recent news articles and a note on the nuclear program in the UAE, below: The Russian Federation, via its nuclear arm Rosatom, recently pledged an ...
Tags: Nuclear News, Nuclear Sector, Growth in Nuclear Sector
Nations that are considering nuclear energy must grapple with its high capital costs and Fukushima-scale risk. An energy-policy riptide along the English Channel shows how unpredictable the calculations can be: Both France and the United ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Nuclear Plants, Energy
The world will require all forms of energy over the next quarter century to meet a greater than one-third increase in demand that will be driven by population growth, improved living standards and expanded urbanization, according to ...
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Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has started construction of a solar project in Kitakyushu-shi, Japan. Generation capacity will be 1.4MWDC, and operation will start in ...
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Have you ever wondered how many different kinds of energies are available for replacing fossil fuels? Today, there are a number of energies available as replacement to Fossil fuels, such as Hydro energy; Solar energy; Wind energy; ...
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced the final shipment of low enriched uranium (LEU) derived from Russian weapons-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) under the 1993 U.S.-Russia HEU Purchase Agreement, commonly known as the ...
The Carolinas' nuclear energy industry provides a significant economic impact to North and South Carolina according to a recent study. An industry coalition, the Carolinas' Nuclear Cluster commissioned the research to obtain a clear measure ...
On October 29 the international consortium of which Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) is a member reached a broad framework of agreement with the Government of the Republic of Turkey on a commercial agreement relating to the Sinop ...
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Human-caused climate change and air pollution remain major global-scale problems and are both due mostly to fossil fuel burning. Mitigation efforts for both of these problems should be undertaken concurrently in order to maximize ...
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United Kingdom to allow Chinese companies to purchase stakes in latest $25.9b reactor project The United Kingdom recently signed a $25.9 billion deal to build a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in the southwestern part of England. ...
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China's energy demand growth is expected to slow to 1.8 percent per annum in the 10 years after 2020, a top management member of the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) said on Monday. Yang Qing, executive vice president of the ...
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Russia and China on Tuesday signed an agreement by which Russia will supply an additional 10 million tonnes of crude oil to China each year over the next 10 years, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in Beijing. "(We) will supply ...
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China and Russia on Tuesday pledged to expand energy cooperation in projects of oil and gas supply, nuclear energy and renewable energy. Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich co-chaired the ...
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The United Kingdom has reiterated its openness to Chinese investment in the country's nuclear power industry, a senior British official has said. "Britain is the most open economy in the world, and that goes for our energy markets as ...
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Uranium prices are at their lowest level in nearly eight years, as investors and utilities give up on a quick revival for nuclear power. The market for the radioactive fuel hasn't recovered from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Uranium