Understanding the Nuclear Option
On 2nd of February 2024 India generated about 3% of its electricity from nuclear power as against 80% from coal. In contrast nuclear energy...
EDF PLANS TO BOOST INVESTMENT TO MAINTAIN UK’S NUCLEAR OUTPUT
EDF, Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity that manages the country’s eight nuclear power station sites, has planned to invest a further £1.3billion...
BECHTEL ADVANCES IN ITS MISSION TO TREAT RADIOACTIVE WASTES
Way back since 1898, US-based Bechtel Corporation has been helping its customers complete projects in 160 countries on all seven continents. So far, the...
A PERSPECTIVE ON THE LARGE COAL BASED CAPACITY ADDITION
The government has decided to add 80 GW thermal power capacity by the year 2031-32, as Power demand of the country has increased at...
NORNICKEL, ROSATOM TO LOOK INTO NUCLEAR POWER POTENTIAL IN NORILSK
Nornickel and the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (Russia) will consider the possibility of setting up low-capacity Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) to supply energy...
The Energy Source Of Tomorrow – Part 2
Solid targets are generally made in the form of rods, spheres, or plates. Spallation is a violent reaction in which the target is bombarded...
Technical Solutions for 240 mw Steam Turbines
During the period of 2002-2006, Ukrainian Energy Machines (UEM) company (former TURBOATOM) carried out equipment supply on a turnkey basis for 4 power units...
THE ENERGY SOURCE OF TOMORROW – PART 1
For many years, there has been interest in utilising thorium-232 as a nuclear fuel since it is three to five times as abundant in...
A Nice Concept to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Brenmiller Energy Ltd. (Brenmiller) a global leader in Thermal Energy Storage (TES), has completed its milestone in the construction of its production facility in...
BHEL, NPCIL SIGN MOU FOR COLLABORATION FOR PHWR TECHNOLOGY BASED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
State-run PSUs Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have entered into an MoU to jointly pursue business...
NTPC, NPCIL SIGN AGREEMENT FOR JOINT DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
NTPC Ltd. Has recently signed a supplementary joint venture agreement with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) in New Delhi for development of...
CURIO SOLUTIONS RECEIVES GAIN VOUCHER TO ADVANCE NEW SPENT FUEL RECYCLING PROCESS
The Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) has recently awarded a voucher to Curio Solutions to support the development of the company’s new...
ROLLS-ROYCE SUBMARINES LTD TO PROVIDE REACTORS FOR AUSTRALIA’S NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINES
As part of the AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the UK and the US; recently it has been decided that Rolls-Royce Submarines Ltd., will...
Small Modular Reactors to Make a Big Deal
Planet earth is reeling under an unprecedented threat of our time, the climate crisis. Change in weather pattern – that affects farm produce and...
STUK APPROVES CONTINUED OPERATION OF FORTUM’S LOVIISA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) has given the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment a positive statement regarding the safety review...
IAEA RELEASES ANNUAL REPORT ON COUNTRY NUCLEAR POWER PROFILES
The IAEA has released the 2022 edition of Country Nuclear Power Profiles (CNPP), marking more than two decades since the launch of the Agency’s...
SMALL REACTORS COULD MAKE NUCLEAR ENERGY BIG AGAIN
Nuclear power has an image problem, but the nuclear option looks set for a reboot as interest in this zero-emission energy source is rekindled.
While...
GLIMPSES OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY
Although for the first time, on last November in COP – 26, the matter of proliferating nuclear energy was tabled, it received good support,...
L&T SUPPLIES 700 MWe STEAM GENERATOR TO GHAVP AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
The Heavy Engineering arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), flagged-off the fourth Steam Generator (SG) for NPCIL’s indigenously designed 700 MWe Pressurized Heavy Water...
GEH, BWXT CANADA INK AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT BWRX-300 DESIGN AND COMMERCIALIZATION
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and BWXT Canada Ltd. (BWXT Canada) have entered into a teaming agreement to cooperate on engineering and procurement to...
