Support for nuclear energy has jumped to 65% in the Czech Republic with some 93% of people in the country wanting it to remain self-sufficient in electricity generation, according to a recent poll...
Poland’s first nuclear power plant to be erected on Baltic Sea coast
The Lubiatowo-Kopalino location in the Pomorskie province in northern Poland is the preferred site for building the first nuclear power plant in the country, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), the...
TVO Announces Startup And First Criticality At Finland EPR Plant
The Olkiluoto-3 EPR nuclear plant in Finland has been started up and reached first criticality, with grid connection and first electricity production scheduled for January 2022.
Olkiluoto-3 / Regulator Gives Green Light For First Criticality At Finland EPR Plant
Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Finland (Stuk) granted today a permit to utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) to go ahead with the physical startup of the Olkiluoto-3 EPR plant...
Dutch explore nuclear ‘taboo’ as part of energy transition
The Netherlands may build two nuclear reactors, its government-in-waiting said on Wednesday, signalling a possible radical shift in energy policy as it seeks to keep a transition to a carbon-neutral...
Finland to reform Nuclear Energy Act
Finland’s Ministry of Employment and the Economy (MEE) said on 8 December that a climate-neutral future requires appropriate and up-to-date legislation and it is, therefore, “launching legislative...
Olkiluoto-3 / TVO Submits Application To Regulator For First Criticality Permission
Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has asked national nuclear regulator Stuk for permission to proceed towards first criticality for the Olkiluoto-3 EPR plant in western Finland, the...
Cobalt-60 / Westinghouse And EDF Sign MoU To Produce Radioisotope In French Reactors
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company and France’s state-owned power company and nuclear operator EDF have signed a memorandum of understanding to produce the Cobalt-60 radioactive isotope in...