An aggressive push toward renewable energy has hurtled into anxiety about keeping the lights on in California, where the largest utility is considering extending the life of the state’s last operating nuclear power plant. California is the birthplace of the modern environmental movement that for decades has had a strained relationship with nuclear power, which … Read more
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TOKYO, KOMPAS.com – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that any attack on nuclear plants is “suicide”. The call was made on Monday (8/8/2022) after a new shooting in the Russia Ukraine war that hit the massive atomic power complex in southern Ukraine. Also read: Summary of Day 165 of Russia’s Attack on Ukraine, … Read more
loading… Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mersin, Turkey. Photo/Wikicommons MOSCOW – Russia transferred $20 billion (Rp297 trillion) to Turkey for the construction of a major nuclear power plant (PLTN). The two countries continue to expand energy cooperation and advance Turkey’s growing energy needs. According to a Bloomberg report on Friday (29/7/2022), senior Turkish officials familiar … Read more
The Ukrainian military attacked a cluster of Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied Energodar. This was reported by the Department of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Follow us on Telegram: only important and verified news They write that after the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a panic began among the … Read more
The French government intends to acquire for 8 billion euros a 16% stake in the French energy company Electricite de France (EDF), which is the world’s largest operator of nuclear power plants. – The deal is expected to be completed by the end of this year. One of the sources said that the cost of … Read more
Grosi told Twitter that the visit was organized at the request of Ukraine. However, the Ukrainian nuclear energy agency Enerhoatom on Tuesday accused Grosi of lying and said he had not given the green light to such a visit. “Ukraine did not invite Gross to visit the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and previously denied him … Read more
The Ukrainian General Staff said in a report of ongoing fighting that two battalion tactical groups of the Russian army had been withdrawn to Belarus, which he said was typical of units that had suffered “significant losses.” In addition, the report states that there is a significant reduction in the intensity of activity of troops … Read more
It is still unclear why, apart from propaganda rhetoric, it is so important for the Russians to occupy nuclear power plants in Ukraine one after another. The Chernobyl power plant has lost power, but thousands of spent radioactive fuels are still stored on site. What are the dangers of not being able to cool them … Read more
The nuclear industry in Ukraine is also divided between Russia and the West. Its 17 reactors in operation are all Soviet-type. Here, in fact, in the 1980s, the Kremlin decided to concentrate an important part of its energy production from the atom. Lately, however, Kiev had separated from Moscow for fuel. Now supplies are coming … Read more
Photo: energoatom.com.ua The equipment works in the specified mode – – Power unit No. 4 of the Rivne NPP was connected to the power grid after the completion of repairs and refueling of nuclear fuel. NAEK Energoatom on Sunday, January 30, connected the fourth power unit of the Rivne NPP to the power grid. Thus, … Read more