Fermi Energia requests bids from three SMR vendors
Estonia's Fermi Energia has said it will accept tenders from three small modular reactor (SMR) developers: GE Hitachi, NuScale and Rolls-Royce. The company said bids with comprehensive technical...
EU proposes windfall levies on energy firms to ease price pain
The European Union's executive plans to raise more than 140 billion euros ($140 billion) to shield consumers from soaring energy prices by skimming off revenues from low-cost electricity generators...
French deputy: ‘We have been suffering from the German electricity strategy for years’
EURACTIV France spoke to right-wing deputy Raphaël Schellenberger about his vision of “European energy solidarity”, which he conditions on the sovereignty of states to decide their own energy mix...
EU Weighs Price Cap on Power From Renewables, Nuclear
The European Union is zeroing in on a plan to cap energy companies’ profits and channel the cash to consumers, as it steps closer to energy rationing in a bid to tame the crisis.
Waste Management Switzerland / Authorities Confirm Site For Deep Geological Nuclear Waste Repository
Swiss authorities have selected a site in northern Switzerland not far from the German border to host a deep geological storage repository for radioactive waste.
Slovakia’s Mochovce 3 fuel loading begins
Slovenské elektrárne brought the first fuel assembly to unit 3 of the Mochovce nuclear power plant at 1.16am local time on Friday. The Slovakian company says the aim is for it to reach full power by...
Romanian-Polish cooperation on NuScale SMR deployment
Share Romanian utility Nuclearelectrica and Polish copper and silver producer KGHM Polska Miedź SA have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the development of...
Rolls-Royce / SMR Agreement With Škoda JS Could See Deployment In Czech Republic And Central Europe
Rolls-Royce SMR has signed a memorandum of understanding with Czech nuclear engineering and manufacturing firm Škoda JS to explore areas of collaboration for the Rolls-Royce small modular reactor...