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11 March 2024
POWER
(U.S.)
A Closer Look at Two Operational Small Modular Reactor Designs
There are literally dozens of small modular reactor (
SMR
) and microreactor designs being developed by different companies around the world, and some of the work has been going on for decades. Yet, only two designs have actually been built and put into commercial operation.
POWER
takes a closer look at both of them. by Aaron Larson • 1 March 2024 Many nuclear power supporters have long thought small modular reactors (SMRs) would revolutionize the industry. Advocates expect SMRs to (...)
11 March 2024 [fr]
Le Canard Enchaîné (France)
Partout dans le monde, l’énergie nucléaire coûte un pognon de dingue
!
La part de l’électricité qu’elle produit n’a jamais été aussi faible depuis trente ans et son prix est deux fois celui des renouvelables. 24 janvier 2024 Ça crépite comme un compteur Geiger dans une mine d’uranium : en 2023, Emmanuel Macron a annoncé la prochaine mise en chantier de six
EPR
. Ou, tiens, non : peut-être 14, à plus long terme. En relançant le nucléaire au nom de la lutte contre le réchauffement, l’Union européenne lui a emboîté le pas. Le Japon, pendant ce temps, promet (...)
11 March 2024 [ro]
Income Magazine (Romania)
Miza
SMR
: Planuri mari cu reactoare mici
Cursa nucleară a început: 22 de state promit să tripleze capacitățile de generare a energiei nucleare. România, în pole-position cu experiență în producția de energie din surse nucleare, țintește poziția de lider regional în tehnologia
SMR
(small modular reactors). Polonia, un „newcomer” în industria nucleară, plusează și spune că vrea să devină lider european până în 2035. By Aurel Constantin • 12 February 2024 Tehnologia Reactoarelor Modulare de Mici dimensiuni este vedeta care dă (...)
28 February 2024
Energy Transition (Germany)
In Biden’s climate legislation, nuclear is clean energy
But even this won’t propel the nuclear industry into a vibrant, climate-saving era, writes Paul Hockenos. by Paul Hockenos • 8 February 2024 The
US
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (
IRA
), which was all about decarbonization and not inflation, devotes $6 billion to nuclear energy. Despite this, there is very little chance that the
US
will build new nuclear reactors anytime soon. Why? Because they’re far too expensive. The
IRA
has been called a ‘moonshot’ moment in
US
climate policy, (...)
26 February 2024
Physics Today (U.S.)
UK
, like
US
, begins subsidizing fuel for advanced reactors
The
UK
government announces a plan to wean the country from dependence on Russian nuclear fuel and to quadruple its nuclear power capacity by 2050. by David Kramer • 26 January 2024 The
UK
government will invest £300 million ($380 million) to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (
HALEU
), it announced this month, with the express intent to end Russia’s monopoly on the fuel, which is needed for most advanced nuclear reactors. Likely to be built at the Capenhurst nuclear complex in (...)
26 February 2024 [de]
Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit -
GRS
(Germany)
Kernenergie weltweit 2024
Was hat sich letztes Jahr im Bereich der Kernenergie getan? Welche Entwicklungen lassen sich international beobachten? In der nachfolgenden Übersicht wird die Situation gegliedert nach Kontinenten (Europa, Amerika, Asien und Afrika) dargestellt. Australien/Ozeanien ist nicht berücksichtigt, da dort keine Kernkraftwerke (
KKW
) betrieben werden. Nach einer kurzen Zusammenfassung werden für jeden Kontinent diejenigen Staaten vorgestellt, die entweder Reaktoren betreiben oder die hinreichend (...)
12 February 2024 [fr]
Choisir.com (France)
Nucléaire, une baisse «
absolument spectaculaire
» dans le monde
Voilà un rapport qui ne va pas dans le sens de ce que prônent de nombreux acteurs français favorables à l’atome. Le «
World Nuclear Industry Status Report
» 2023, publié début décembre, est pourtant catégorique. L’énergie nucléaire connaît une phase de déclin sans précédent au niveau mondial et n’est absolument pas une source énergétique d’avenir en faveur du climat. Quels sont ces difficultés et les arguments développés par ce qui est le seul rapport mondial non étatique sur le nucléaire (...)
12 February 2024
CNN
(U.S.)
New‑wave reactor technology could kick‑start a nuclear renaissance — and the
US
is banking on it
Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors. by Angela Dewan, Ella Nilsen and Lou Robinson • 1 February 2024 This technology is also being used below sea level. Dozens of
US
submarines lurking in the depths of the world’s oceans are propelled by SMRs, as (...)
12 February 2024
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Alberta’s Capital Power partners with Ontario Power Generation to build province’s first nuclear power reactor
An Alberta power producer aims to build the province’s first nuclear power reactor by 2035. by Emma Graney and Matthew McClean • 15 January 2024 (Updated 16 January 2024) Capital Power Corp., which currently generates electricity using a diversified portfolio featuring natural gas, wind and solar, announced Monday a new partnership with Ontario Power Generation (
OPG
), operator of a large reactor fleet. Over the next two years, the companies will jointly assess the viability of (...)
12 February 2024 [zh_tw]
中央通訊社 / Central News Agency (Taiwan)
綠盟:
COP28
結論非核能增3倍 籲總統候選人正視
環團綠盟今天根據評析全球核電發展趨勢的權威報告,指稱核電占比創新低;並說
COP28
聯合國氣候峰會決議是再生能源2030年增為3倍,不是2050年核能增3倍,呼籲總統候選人正視。 楊淑閔 • 5 January 2024 環保團體綠色公民行動聯盟今天召開「核能3倍一場夢,核電占比創新低『2023世界核能產業現況報告』中文摘要發布」記者會。會中綠盟秘書長崔愫欣說明,評析全球核電發展趨勢的權威報告「2023世界核能產業現況報告(
WNISR
)」於去年1 2月6日發布,綠盟取得授權進行翻譯,今天發布摘要中文版內容。 她並說,
WNISR
報告數據指出全球核電占比已跌破新低、興建速度趕不上被淘汰速度,部分擁核國家的「核電增加3倍」倡議不切實際,也呼籲各黨總統候選人正視國際核電發展逐年衰退之實,莫再引用錯誤資訊宣傳。 綠盟研究員林正原指出,全球核電發電量出現10年來最大跌幅,因為以每一年跟前一年的發電量做對比,報告指出2022年全球核電發電量相較2021年下降4%,這是自2011年福島核災之後、2012年以來最大降幅;又根據報告圖表的曲線顯示,全球核電總發電占比在1985年為15%以上
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