Consumers cluster around nuclear energy
The energy cluster model would see large consumers take their electricity or heat directly from one or more co-located reactors, large or small. While the consumers benefit from energy that…
Microsoft membership ‘game-changing moment’
Microsoft has emerged as a leader in securing reliable, carbon-free electricity to meet growing energy demand. It has signed long-term agreements including a 20-year power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy…
Westinghouse expands UK supply chain for new reactors
MoUs have been signed with William Cook Cast Products, Trillium Flow Technology, Curtiss-Wright Controls (UK), Boccard UK, Bendalls Engineering and Sheffield Forgemasters. Westinghouse said the agreements provide these companies with…
Further life extension of two UK nuclear power stations
In December 2024, EDF Energy extended the lifetimes of all four of its generating advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) plants. It said Heysham 1 and Hartlepool – which were due to…
Go-ahead for preliminary works at Polish plant site
The permit, issued by Beata Rutkiewicz, covers: surveying works; development of the construction site, including the construction of temporary technical and other facilities; removal of trees; construction of a temporary fence;…
Yellowcake production begins at Kayelekera
Kayelekera first produced uranium in 2009, but when Australian-based Lotus Resources acquired the project from Paladin Energy in 2020 it had been under care-and-maintenance since 2014. Last year, the company…
US uranium company unveils conversion facility plans
Texas-headquartered UEC said the new company will be called United States Uranium Refining & Conversion Corp. (UR&C). The initiative responds to federal policy under recent Executive Orders from the White…
McArthur River delays impact Cameco production
Development delays and the expected timing of ground freezing as the mine transitioned into two new mining areas were among a list of potential risks to the McArthur River mine…
EIA programme proposed for Norwegian plant
Nuclear project developer Norsk Kjernekraft submitted a proposal to Norway’s Ministry of Energy in November 2023 for an assessment of the construction of the small modular reactor (SMR) plant. According…
Funding allocated for UK plutonium disposal research
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said the investment, spanning five years, will allow the group, working with supply-chain partners, to design, install and operate specialist laboratory facilities at Sellafield, where…
