Two Chinese nuclear power giants on Wednesday concluded a deal on a joint venture to promote China's third-generation nuclear reactor design, Hualong One, in overseas markets technologies. The Hualong international nuclear power ...
Construction on the first unit of a pilot nuclear power project using a Chinese reactor design began in south China on Thursday. Workers on Thursday morning broke ground on the unit that will use Hualong One technology, a ...
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The 849 MW FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in Scriba, New York, will be shut permanently by late 2016 or early 2017, due to "the continued deteriorating economics of the facility," Entergy said Monday in a statement. The unit is licensed to ...
China's top economic planner has approved the construction of the second phase of a nuclear power station in the country's northeast, the first approved since 2011, a company source said on Tuesday. The second phase of the Hongyanhe ...
The government is likely to give the green light to some nuclear projects this year, with the Hongyan River nuclear plant likely being the first to get approval, according to officials. Several other new nuclear projects are also in the ...
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DTE Electric, Michigan's largest power utility with more than 2.1 million customers, plans to retire a third of its coal-fired generation, more than 2,000 MW, by 2025, and rely more on natural gas and renewables, mostly wind, the company ...
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Government incentives for a pair of proposed nuclear reactors could cost U.K. taxpayers as much as £17.62 billion, thus exceeding the reactors' projected cost. The EC figure is a preliminary estimate included in an initial report to ...
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Japan's direct-burning crude oil demand for power generation has picked up since late December as a cold spell across the country has increased appetite for loadings into March in the absence of nuclear output, industry and trading sources ...
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A Renewable Energy Village has taken root in farmland contaminated by radiation fallout from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. The project's vision of combining solar panels with growing crops aims to inspire Japanese ...
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Russia-based OMZ-Special Steels, part of OMZ group, announced that it has successfully produced a 420 mt bar of 15X2HMFA steel. The ingot will be used in production of reactor shell for the VVER-TOI nuclear power plant project. OMZ ...
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The European Commission is assessing possible UK incentives for a nuclear power plant deal that attracted Chinese investment, an EU official told China Daily. The nuclear deal was struck when British Prime Minister David Cameron met ...
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Duke Energy has submitted its $1.2 billion plan for decommissioning the Crystal River 3 nuclear plant in Florida to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The plan calls for the nuclear fuel at Crystal River 3 to remain in the shuttered ...
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L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has won an order from Electrabel S.A. for the supply of a full scope operator training simulator for the Tihange 1 nuclear power plant located in the Walloon province of Liège, Belgium. The project ...
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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 ...
Each year, POWER magazine selects the most noteworthy nuclear power plants worldwide to be designated Top Plants. Winning plants are profiled in the November issue, and awards are presented at the ELECTRIC POWER Conference & Exhibition ...
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