Balfour Beatty announced December agreement with US developer Holtec to support its plan to deploy 32 SMR units by 2050 that would amount to a capacity of 5.1 GW, with construction of the first to start in 2028.
Government spend indicates UK push for nuclear power in energy transition, taking stake in company building 3.3 GW project equally with French state controlled Electricité de France.
Canada will build nation’s first small modular reactor (SMR), with $717M in federal bank funding, while TVA chooses same design for up to 20 new units, says CEO
First 300-MW modular facility in Ontario, to be built at site of existing 3,500-MW nuclear plant, may cost billions; US power producer TVA also will use GE Hitachi BWRX-300 design in up to 20 SMRs.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief warns of potentially catastrophic outcomes as last reactor at the embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is shut down.
Marking a construction milestone for the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China’s Fujian province, the inner dome of the facility’s first reactor unit was recently lifted into place and installed.
Power producer won't renew permits to allow private firm to complete Bellefonte plant after court ruling cancels a 2016 purchase deal; TVA seeks options to redevelop the 1,600-acre site.