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Office for Nuclear Regulation greenlights restart of EDF’s reactors
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has allowed EDF to return its two reactors at Hunterston B in Scotland to service for a limited period of operation.
read more... 15/04/2021
Germany agrees compensation for nuclear phaseout
Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan in March 2011, the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel decided it would phase out its use of nuclear power by the end of 2022 at the latest. Prior to the accident, Germany was obtaining around a quarter of its electricity from 17 nuclear reactors operated by the four utilites.
read more... 09/03/2021
German, Canadian reactors set new world records
The single-unit Grohnde nuclear power plant in Germany has produced more than 400 terawatt hours of electricity since it started up in 1984 - the only reactor to have achieved this milestone. Meanwhile, unit 1 of Canada's Darlington nuclear power plant has set a new world record with 1106 consecutive days of continuous operation.
read more... 09/02/2021
French nuclear retreats from 12-month high amid early start to 2021 maintenance
French nuclear generation availability is trending lower with three reactors scheduled to come offline for maintenance Feb. 6, market data showed Feb. 5.
read more... 08/02/2021
Tractebel outlines its vision for SMRs
Belgian engineering firm Tractebel today unveiled it`s vision for small modular reactors (SMRs), in which it notes that Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Poland, the UK and the USA, among other countries, have "expressed a clear willingness to shape the future". It`s White Paper, The rise of nuclear technology 2.0, is the result of three years of "deep-diving the promises" of this advanced nuclear technology, and investing thousands of engineering hours in technical due diligence and market studies.
read more... 14/12/2020