Some European countries, led by Germany and Poland, are lobbying for tougher sanctions against Russia's nuclear energy sector.

Sanctions on Russian nuclear energy are being advocated by Germany, Poland, and a few other EU countries as the EU seeks new measures to damage the Kremlin's income in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Following Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the 27 European nations impo...

Allies such as Germany and Poland are lobbying for tougher penalties against Russia's nuclear energy industry.

After Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the European Union is looking for new measures to affect the Kremlin's finances, and Germany, Poland, and a few other EU members are lobbying for restrictions on Russian nuclear energy.

As retaliation for Russia's aggression against Ukrain...

Renewables Beat Coal and Nuclear Energy

Official data from the European Union shows that energy from renewable sources has successfully managed to outstrip coal and nuclear power in the continent. However, it has yet to surpass energy production from fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas. 

According to a recent report...

ENEC Announces to Produce 85 Percent of the Clean Electricity of Abu Dhabi by 2025

The Chief Executive of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation has announced that it is ready to produce 85 percent of clean electricity for Abu Dhabi by 2025. The company’s move is aligned with the UAE’s inclination towards green or renewable energy products.

The CEO of the...

EU Classifying Some Gas and Nuclear Energy Projects as Sustainable

News has been revolving around that the European Union is considering to allow certain oil and gas products by categorizing them under sustainable investments. The proposal has been responded to with great criticism from climate activists.

The European Commission has been working on a d...

China moving forward to win over the nuclear missile sector.

China is one of the 9 countries around the world with nuclear weapons and is among the five countries under the Non-proliferation Treaty that promotes peaceful usage of nuclear energy instead of using them for weapon systems. Federation of American Scientists (FAS), the organization responsible f...

EMMANUEL MACRON: NUCLEAR POWER WILL REMAIN MAIN ENERGY SOURCE IN FRANCE

Highlights:

• The president of France Emmanuel Macron said that, nuclear power is going to remain the main energy source in France
• The government of France said that, it will be cutting its reliance on the nuclear energy to 50 percent from 75 percent by...

BORIS JOHNSON TO HOLD TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN UNITED KINGDOM

Highlights:

• The prime minister of United Kingdom is set to hold talks on the future of nuclear energy in the country
• The deputy mayor of Copeland said that, they are all on the same page about the vision they have for Copeland

A very...

SAUDI ARABIA’S PLAN TO PRODUCE NUCLEAR ENERGY LOCALLY DUE TO HEFTY URANIUM ORE, CHINESE REPORT SUGGESTS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Saudi Arabia probably has enough mineable uranium metal ore to make ready for the homegrown creation of atomic fuel, as indicated in the documents reported by The Guardian.

Information of the stores in reports made by Chinese geologi...

NUCLEAR ENERGY PLAN UPDATE TO BE APPROVED BY POLISH CABINET IN Q3

HIGHLIGHTS

• Most of the electricity in Poland is generated from coal burning.
• However, EU has made it compulsory for all members to cut down carbon emissions.
• Poland is planning to use nuclear energy for generating electricity.
• In...

UK TO DEVELOP NEXT GEN NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

HIGHLIGHTS

• The UK Government wants to develop the next generation of nuclear energy technology.
• The government has announced £ 40 M in funding for nuclear energy technology development.
• Developing nuclear energy technology can create ...

NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION RESTARTED IN JAPAN

Highlights:

• J-POWER is constructing a nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture
• The plant will reportedly have a capacity of 1383 MW

The Ohama nuclear plant is under construction in Aomori Prefecture’s Shimokita-gun, Ohma-machi....

NUCLEAR PLANTS HOST CITIES RELATIONSHIP WITH NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IN JAPAN

Highlights:

• Kansai Electric executives were caught accepting bribes recently
• Energy industry has been involved in scandals and is considered quite corrupt

Japan’s Nuclear power industry has been entangled in continuous scandals...

NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENTS SHOW IMPACT IN S. KOREA'S LNG MARKET

The implications for LNG requirements and prospects of nuclear energy power widely vary over the North Asian region. Currently, North Asia accounts for over 25% of global nuclear capacity. It is estimated to account for two-fifths of the global capacity by the end of 2020.

According to ...

UAE to begin operations for first nuclear plant

Owning to reports by local media, UAE will inaugurate the operations for its first nuclear power plant in the first quarter of 2020.

The state-run Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) told Al-Ittihad that the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant’s first reactor was carrying out oper...

Second unit at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant to start production in early 2020

Development of the second unit of Turkey's first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, may begin in the first quarter of 2020, said Monday Director General Alexey Likhachev of Russia's nuclear energy company Rosatom.

"In March 2020, we the have a formal concrete pouring ceremony,&qu...

UAE reiterates commitment for safe nuclear power production

Owning to a statement by Hamad Al Kaabi, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Al Dhafra has been inspected by international bodies over 40 times in the past decade.

Missions at the plant ...

European Union agrees to go carbon neutral by 2050

In the Brussels meeting, EU leaders have agreed to make the current 28-member bloc carbon neutral by 2050 as part of the European Green Deal.

Before agreeing on cutting the net amount of greenhouse gas emissions to zero, several eastern European countries wanted financial and other guar...