Tag: Nuclear Energy
Canada’s nuclear energy output ranked 6th in the world
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station will operate until 2024, then be decommissioned In 2016, Canada produced 3.9 per cent of the world’s total nuclear energy output, according to a National Energy Board press release. This ranked Canada 6th in the world behind the United States, France, China, Russia, and South Korea. The vast majority of Canadian nuclear energy […]
Watchdog raps Canadian nuclear regulator over power plant probes
Canadian nuclear regulator found inadequate or missing documentation By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The Canadian nuclear regulator is so bad at paperwork that it cannot prove it is properly inspecting nuclear power stations and ensuring operators follow the rules, the country’s official environmental watchdog said on Tuesday. In an audit, Environment Commissioner Julie Gelfand […]
Next stop America for Russian nuclear sales drive
Russian nuclear company Rosatom challenging other rivals By Svetlana Burmistrova and Jack Stubbs MOSCOW, June 1 (Reuters) – Russian nuclear company Rosatom, already challenging French and other rivals for nuclear plant sales around the world, is now targeting entry into the U.S. fuel rod market, a top executive with the company has told Reuters. Despite U.S. […]
Nuclear Energy Institute: World moving in wrong direction on carbon reduction
The Nuclear Energy Institute claims global energy mix should include more nuclear energy for faster, more efficient carbon reduction MIAMI, FL – The world is moving farther from its greenhouse gas reduction goals and needs to preserve and expand nuclear energy to achieve meaningful progress, a panel of energy and environmental experts told attendees at the Nuclear […]
Department of Energy gives new awards for advanced nuclear energy development
Six former fellowship winners are now university professors working on nuclear energy related research WASHINGTON, D.C. – Building on the President’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Department of Energy has awarded more than $5 million to undergraduate and graduate students in pursuit of nuclear engineering degrees and other nuclear science and engineering programs relevant to nuclear energy. […]
Cleaner, safer nuclear power in the race to replace fossil fuels
Some experts caution nuclear power options won’t be easy CALGARY _ As the race to replace fossil fuels heats up, a few Canadian startups are betting on the nuclear option. “We need a game-changing energy innovation,” Simon Irish, chief executive of Oakville, Ont.,-based Terrestrial Energy, said in a recent interview. Renewable power like wind and solar […]
Advanced nuclear power reactors get DOE investment, political support
Moniz says Administration supports nuclear power generation “to power America for years to come” Energy Minister Ernest Moniz says the American government will spend up to $80 million to support research into advanced nuclear power generation in support of the White House’s goal to produce more “carbon-free energy.” The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced […]
Chinese nuclear energy choice: reprocess or not?
Chinese nuclear energy industry hurries to cope with rising demand for electricity WASHINGTON _ China is coming to a crossroads as it hurriedly increases nuclear power production to cope with rising electricity demand and cut carbon emissions: Should it reprocess its nuclear waste or store it? Nonproliferation advocates warn that recycling waste would generate weapons-usable […]
Only Massachusetts nuclear power plant to shutdown by 2019
Massachusetts nuclear power plant too expensive to run BOSTON – The beleaguered Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, the only nuclear power plant in Massachusetts, will close by June 2019 because it’s becoming too expensive to run, its owner announced Tuesday. The decision by New Orleans-based Entergy Corp. comes about a month after federal inspectors downgraded the plant’s safety […]
Kazakhstan becomes main source of uranium for American nuclear reactors
Kazakhstan bumps Canada from top spot as uranium supplier to US Kazakhstan became the leading supplier of uranium for the 100 operating US nuclear power reactors in 2014, supplying 12 million pounds, or 23 per cent, of the 53.3 million pounds of uranium to American operators. This level is almost double the 6.5 million pounds […]
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