A Liberal MP has renewed his push for serious consideration of nuclear power generation in Australia, arguing the risks are overstated and disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima can be avoided with modern technology and safety standards. In an article for the journal Energy News state MP for Davidson, Jonathan O'Dea, says nuclear energy is a "proven supplier of secure, affordable base load power" and the is ...

The first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) Tuesday night stopped operations due to a feed water problem, states a report on Wednesday. The 1,000 MW unit, which was resynchronised with the grid Oct 25 night, was stopped at 8.03 pm on Oct 29 due to feed water problem and is expected to re-start operations on Nov 1, according to a Power System Operation Corporation Ltd report. Power System Opera ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co should be stripped of the responsibility for shutting down its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, according to a draft proposal by a panel of Japan's ruling party. Tokyo Electric, or Tepco, has been widely criticized for repeated missteps, poor planning and a lack of disclosure in its efforts to clear up the site of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. A task forc ...

Pakistan has commenced spadework on the 1,000MW nuclear power plant being built with the Chinese assistance near Hawkes Bay in Karachi, unnamed sources have revealed. A part of the Karachi Coastal power project, which involves construction of two nuclear reactors having a production capacity of 1,000MW each, the $4bn plant is scheduled to be inaugurated by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on a later da ...

An agreement signed between the United States and Vietnam earlier this month could allow U.S. companies to sell nuclear technology to Vietnam. The deal still needs to be ratified by the U.S. Congress, but the agreement has nonetheless put what some critics say are Vietnam’s overly ambitious nuclear power plans in the spotlight. On October 10, Secretary of State John Kerry signed a civil cooperation agreemen ...

Britain has signed a dealt with a French energy company and Chinese investors to build the country's first nuclear power plant in 18 years, ignoring concerns raised by the Fukushima meltdown in Japan as the U.K. seeks to secure its future energy needs and cut greenhouse gas emissions. The government struck a deal with Electricite de France and a group of Chinese investors Monday to build the country's first ...

Vietnam is pressing ahead with Southeast Asia's most ambitious civilian nuclear energy program despite safety fears over the technology following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Foreign companies and governments are competing to get a toehold in an industry that could be worth $50 billion by 2030, according to estimates by U.S. officials. Those plans received a boost last week with the announcement that the Un ...

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said on Thursday it would defend itself against a $4 billion damages claim in the US over a shuttered nuclear power plant amid allegations of faulty equipment. Southern California Edison (SCE) and its subsidiary Edison Material Supply are asking for arbitration over the claim against Mitsubishi and its wholly-owned US subsidiary Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy System. The origi ...

Safety concerns in the wake of the Fukushima reactor disaster in Japan have done little to curb Asia’s ambitious plans for expanding the role of nuclear power in the regional energy mix. Led by China and India, Asia will continue to drive growth in the global nuclear industry over the next two decades, according to experts attending the World Energy Congress (WEC) in Daegu, South Korea. “There will be an in ...

The Private-public Working Group for the National Basic Energy Plan made public its draft for a second plan for 2013 to 2035 on October 13. One noteworthy point is that it lowers the ratio of nuclear power generation to between 22% and 29% by 2035. Given that the preceding plan covering the period of 2008 to 2030, which was set up five years ago, had a target of 41%, this implies that a significant change i ...