KHNP contracts ConverDyn for conversion services

The contract – the value of which was not disclosed – was signed on the sidelines of World Nuclear Symposium in London on Thursday. KHNP said it “anticipates that this…

EDF strengthening relationship with suppliers as it plans new fleet

In February 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that the time was right for a nuclear renaissance in France, saying the operation of all existing reactors should be extended without…

First ITER gyrotron installed as central solenoid modules completed

Referred to as ‘plasma starters’ for their role in initiating plasma pulses or ‘wave generators’ for their efficiency at generating high-frequency waves to match the resonant frequency of electrons in…

Orano’s long-term planning for post-‘peak uranium’ years

Maes said that demand for nuclear fuel has been increasing, as nuclear capacity has increased. But he said that there was a 10-year period between a utility making a decision on new…

Infrastructure work begins for Cernavoda 1 refurb project

In December the company signed the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the estimated EUR1.9 billion (USD1.97 billion) refurbishment with a consortium of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, AtkinsRealis’s…

U.S. Crude, Distillate Stocks Rose; Gasoline Inventories Fell Last Week, EIA Says

(Reuters) – U.S. crude and distillate inventories rose while gasoline stocks fell last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Thursday. Crude inventories rose by 2.4 million barrels to 420.7…

Finland’s Stubb Says Trump Wants US and Europe to Act Together on Sanctions Against Russia

(Reuters) – Finland’s President Alexander Stubb said President Donald Trump in a call with European leaders on Thursday suggested the U.S. and Europe should act together on further sanctions against…

CNOOC Starts Up Another Oil Project in South China Sea

CNOOC Limited has launched oil production at the Wenchang 16-2 Oilfield Development Project in the northern part of the South China Sea, China’s top offshore oil and gas producer said…

COMMENTARY: US Gas Power Capacity Set for Big Jump as Renewables Growth Slows – Gavin Maguire

By LITTLETON, Colorado, Sept 4 (Reuters) – U.S. power developers are planning to sharply boost natural gas and hydropower generation capacity and are cutting back on plans to add new…

Russia’s Rosneft Signs Deal to Supply More Crude Oil to China

Russia’s top oil producer, state-controlled Rosneft, has signed a deal to supply additional pipeline volumes of crude to China via Kazakhstan during Vladimir Putin’s visit to Beijing earlier this week,…