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Nuclep delivers part of containment vessel for Brazil’s prototype nuclear submarine
10 December, 2021
Brazil’s nuclear heavy engineering company Nuclebrás Equipamentos Pesados (Nuclep) has begun delivery of the structures of the Containment Vessel for the full scale prototype on land of the first indigenously designed nuclear-powered submarine (SN-BR).
WNE 2021: Let's talk about the nuclear opportunity
29 November, 2021
This week, WNE2021 will see the nuclear industry meeting in a new world, with new opportunities post COP26. Are we about to see a change in the conversation around nuclear?
Roll-Royce secures funding for small modular reactor
09 November, 2021
Roll-Royce has announced that following the raising of £195 million in equity funding, its Small Modular Reactor business has now been established.
UK hydrogen strategy: a role for nuclear?
15 September, 2021
Hydrogen is attracting growing interest worldwide, not least in the UK, where an H2 strategy has recently been launched. The nuclear industry sees significant opportunities
UK Nuclear organisations urge more rapid nuclear development
12 August, 2021
Following the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on 9 August and its warning of a “code red for humanity”, the UK Nuclear Institute said it agrees that “catastrophe can be avoided if the world acts fast”. Recognising the great ambition for nuclear energy to play a significant role in our future energy mix and its potential to catalyse investment in industry in the regions, as laid out by Government in the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan and the Energy White Paper, the NI is urging Government and industry to collaborate and “increase the pace” of nuclear deployment to reach Net Zero.
UK NIA says electricity imports undermine energy security
11 August, 2021
The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) noted on 5 August that the UK had imported more electricity in July than ever before in its history, threatening its energy security by relying on power from abroad instead of investing in its own green energy future. Analysis of Gridwatch data shows that UK electricity imports reached their highest ever monthly level in July. Figures from National Grid ESO also show imports accounted for 15% of all of UK electricity in July, with a 20% increase in the year-to-date average compared with last year.
UK cross-sector report plans zero-carbon hydrogen from nuclear
15 July, 2021
The UK's Nuclear Sector Deal’s Innovation Group on 14 July published a new report, “Unlocking the UK’s Nuclear Hydrogen Economy to Support Net Zero”. The 16-page report, a cross-sector action plan for consideration by the Nuclear Industry Council, offers 10 recommendations for realising the opportunity of zero-carbon hydrogen from nuclear energy. It follows a Nuclear Hydrogen Roundtable event, which brought together over 80 experts and industry leaders from across the hydrogen value chain.
Will the US infrastructure plan look to nuclear?
26 May, 2021
New US president Joe Biden has ambitious plans to use massive post-Covid investment to upgrade the country’s crumbling infrastructure and join the rush to low-carbon. Will it be positive for nuclear? NEI took a look at the signals
UK Government confirms commitment to nuclear
25 May, 2021
The UK Government on 18 May announced it will bring forward legislation further committing itself to creating more nuclear power.
UK’s low carbon industries demand urgent grid decarbonisation
24 May, 2021
The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), RenewableUK and Solar Energy UK, representing the UK’s three leading zero-carbon power generators, are calling for urgent action to build new wind, nuclear and solar capacity for a binding target of 100% grid decarbonisation by 2035.
Key nuclear organisations demand recognition of nuclear as a low carbon energy
17 May, 2021
In a joint statement issued on 14 May, the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA), European nuclear trade organisation Foratom, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF), the US Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) and the World Nuclear Association (WNA) called for nuclear power to be recognised as a clean, low carbon energy source.
First nuclear unit in Belarus starts up
06 May, 2021
The start up of Ostrovets 1 marks an important milestone for Rosatom and Belarus
Nuclear sector sustainability
14 April, 2021
Frazer-Nash Consultancy’s Rebecca Yates considers how designing for sustainability could help the nuclear industry manage its through-life carbon emissions
Biden’s American Jobs Plan focuses on green energy with some support for nuclear
06 April, 2021
US President Joseph Biden on 31 March announced a $2,000bn American Jobs Plan which, among other things, proposed investments to tackle climate change including the development of advanced nuclear reactors and more efficient use of the USA's existing NPP fleet. The plan “is an investment in America that will create millions of good jobs, rebuild our country’s infrastructure, and position the United States to out-compete China”, according to the White House statement. It “will invest in America in a way we have not invested since we built the interstate highways and won the Space Race”.
UK nuclear industry agrees hydrogen roadmap
23 February, 2021
The UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) on 17 February announced that a Hydrogen Roadmap had been agreed by the Nuclear Industry Council (NIC). The NIC is co-chaired by the minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth and the NIA chairman. It sets strategic priorities for government-industry collaboration to promote nuclear power in the UK.
