Bulgaria’s only nuclear power plant, which produces about a third of the country consumes electricity, today shut down one of its two 1,000-megawatt reactors after a generator failure without a radioactive leak, the company said in a statement. station. Today at 06:05 (local time and Greek time) the operation of unit 5 of the Kozloduy […]
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Solz rules out extension of nuclear disarmament process
As German Chancellor Olaf Solz sees it, there is no question of extending the operation of nuclear power plants to offset possible energy shortages due to cuts in gas supplies from Russia. “Experts are telling us: it’s not going to work,” Soltz said in an interview with the Münchner Merkur newspaper, the contents of which […]
Germany opposes the EU’s ‘sustainability’ sign on nuclear energy
Germany has said it will oppose a nuclear energy sustainability signal proposed by the EU Commission. to a question from Deutsche Presse-Agentur. If EU member states or the European Parliament object, the legal act could be prevented from entering into force, the finance ministry said. France currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU Member […]
Russia’s Rosatom reassures Hungary of Paks nuclear plant
Russia’s state-owned Rosatom company has assured Budapest that it remains in a position to build the planned new parts of the Paks nuclear power plant, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siarto told Reuters today. It is recalled that the Finnish consortium Fennovoima had announced on Monday that it had terminated its own contract with Rosatom for […]
An embargo on Russian nuclear fuel as well?
For the countries of Central and Eastern Europe it would be the end of electricity. Slovakia is looking for alternatives, but the process is time consuming because it needs certification. Apart from the over-efforts of EU and NATO countries to get rid of Russian energy, there is a related problem that is not widely discussed […]
The energy restart will ‘trigger’ the uranium market
By Jon Markman The war in Ukraine brings a restart to the energy sector. Governments in the West are reconsidering their countries’ dependence on Russian oil and gas, and this development marks a great opportunity for investors. The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last week that Britain will develop small-scale nuclear power plants with […]
‘Unusually high’ radiation at Chernobyl – Russians ‘expecting to get sick from radiation’
Petro Kotin, head of Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear power company Energoatom, visited one of the sections of the so-called Red Forest in the Chernobyl zone with experts and observed “unusually high” radiation in areas where Russian troops were trying to clear fortifications. In a statement to the Telegram, Energoatom said, “unusually high levels of radiation were […]
Turn of the United Kingdom to ‘forgotten’ nuclear energy
Johnson is working to increase nuclear power plants to 20% of the country’s energy by 2050. Constantly increasing cost of living. Boris Johnson sees the cost of living for the British people rising dramatically in recent months while at the same time the country’s debt level has reached historically high levels, reaching 104% of GDP […]
Belgium postpones nuclear abandonment for 10 years due to Ukrainian crisis
The Belgian government has decided that the country will continue to operate its nuclear power plants for ten years longer than planned, as Brussels weighed on its energy supply choices following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre De Croes announced on Friday. The decision translates into the fact that the Tihange […]
Germany: Government does not favor keeping its nuclear power plants in operation
The German Ministries of Environment and Economy have stated that the costs and risks of maintaining nuclear power plants beyond pre-planned Russian-Ukrainian power plants outweigh the potential benefits. “Weighing the benefits and risks, extending the lifespan of the three nuclear power plants is not recommended, even in the context of the current gas crisis,” the […]
