All articles by david appleyard
david appleyard
Fate of ZNPP continues to be focus of rumour
There is a concrete proposal and important progress has been made on Zaporizhzhia NPP (ZNPP) IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said.
Grossi active at COP27
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said nuclear science and technology are part of the solution to both mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change impacts.
External power restored to ZNPP
External power has been restored to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) two days after it lost all access to off-site electricity in the latest incident highlighting the precarious nuclear safety and security situation
TRISO-X breaks ground on advanced fuel facility
RISO-X, a wholly owned subsidiary of X-energy, has broken ground and begun construction of the first US commercial-scale advanced nuclear fuel facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Tensions continue at Zaporizhzhia as Russia assumes control
Ukrainian engineers restored external power to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on 9 October, a day after the facility lost the connection to its last remaining operating power line due to shelling.
Last reactor shut down at Zaporizhzhia NPP
The last operating reactor at Ukraine’s six unit Zaporizhzhia NPP (unit 6) was shut down on 11 September.
Zaporizhizhia’s physical integrity violated
The physical integrity of the ZNPP plant has been violated not once but several times.
Sizewell C gets extra government funding
Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK government will provide £700 million ($807m) in funding for the Sizewell C NPP.
Urenco ramps up net zero targets
Uranium enrichment company Urenco has dramatically accelerated its net zero roadmap with a pledge to hit net zero for scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030. This is a full decade ahead of its previously announced plans for scope 1 and 2 net zero by 2040.
Growing concern about Zaporizhzya NPP sparks international diplomacy
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, has renewed his urgent appeal for maximum military restraint in the area of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzya NPP (ZNPP) following new signs of rising tension.