Showing results for: nuclear safety regulation News
-
Korea opens world´s first nuclear safety school
The International Nuclear Safety School will train safety experts from around the world. A cooperation agreement between KINS and the IAEA was signed by KINS President Won Ky Shin and IAEA Deputy Director General Tomihiro Taniguchi. An IAEA team has recently travelled to Korea to celebrate the opening of a center designed to advance the international education of nuclear safety experts. The ...
-
Nuclear safety initiative enters new phase
Heads of the nuclear regulatory agencies of ten countries met this week at the NEA to discuss progress in an important international initiative, the Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP). During the meeting chaired by Mr. André-Claude Lacoste, Chairman of the French Nuclear Safety Authority, the regulators agreed to enter a new phase of co-operation and launch a programme of work, ...
-
Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia to get more aid to decommission nuclear plants
EU financial aid to help Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia to complete the decommissioning of the Kozloduy, Ignalina and Bohunice nuclear power plants in the next EU budget period (2014-2020) was approved by MEPs on Tuesday. These power plants are "too dated and could not be cost-effectively upgraded to meet the minimum required safety standards" says rapporteur Giles Chichester (ECR, UK). The ...
-
ERIA emphasises its role on energy development for Asia
At the keynote session on the first day of SETA 2016 meeting, Mr.Hidetoshi Nishimura, President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, or ERIA, has shared with the participants the role of ERIA in promoting the development of energy sector for ASEAN and East Asian countries. He said that ERIA works on research and analysis for producing recommendation on policy and energy ...
-
Japan ex-leaders join calls against nuclear power
Japan's flagging anti-nuclear movement is getting a boost from two former prime ministers who are calling for atomic power to be phased out following the Fukushima disaster. Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday that the current prime minister, Shinzo Abe, should take advantage of his high public support and sway in parliament to "do the right thing." "Prime Minister Abe should ...
-
German Day on Biomass highlights the global strategic role of sustainable bioenergy to achieve the transition to a low carbon economy
More than 100 participants gathered today for the German Day on Biomass organized at the 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. “We can cover the electrical demand with renewable energies in Germany by 2050”, said Jochen Flasbarth, President of the Federal Environment Agency, underlining the leading role that Germany plays in stimulating the development of ambitious energy ...
-
Prospects for the Algae Biofuel Community presented at the 19th EU BC&E
The 19th European Biomass Conference in Berlin acknowledged the rising interest in the potential of algae as energy crops by not only dedicating several sessions to the topic but also hosting as a parallel event the Workshop on Algae, dedicated to reviewing the technology status of algae and exploring deployment opportunities. The intense exchange of ideas during the day has highlighted the ...
-
Multiple investment and cooperation opportunities in advanced bioenergy projects promoted by Canadian delegation and trade mission attract European business at the 19th EU BC&E
A Canadian delegation took part in the 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition organising multiple activities for the promotion of business to business relationships and cooperation among Canadian biomass and bioenergy producers and European organisations and investors. On 6 June, a trade mission organised by Douglas Bradley, President of the Canadian Bioenergy Association, brought 10 ...
-
Professor Kai Sipilä, Finland, awarded for Europe’s top bioenergy prize at the 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Berlin
The Johannes Linneborn Prize for Achievements in Biomass Development was awarded today on the occasion of the 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition in Berlin, Germany, to Professor Kai Sipilä, Vice President Strategic Energy Research, Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT). The prize was awarded for his leadership in development of biomass conversion technologies and for ...
-
Japan restarts reactor after break due to Fukushima
A power plant operator in southern Japan restarted a nuclear reactor on Tuesday, the first to begin operating under new safety requirements following the Fukushima disaster. Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Tuesday it had restarted the No. 1 reactor at its Sendai nuclear plant as planned. The restart marks Japan's return to nuclear energy four-and-half-years after the 2011 meltdowns at the ...
-
South Korea and Saudi sign SMART deal; NuScale targets Canada with SMR design
South Korea and Saudi Arabia sign revised SMART deal South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) has signed a revised contract with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-CARE) to establish a joint entity for the construction of its SMART SMR in the Kingdom. SMART (System-integrated Modular Advanced Reactor) is a 330 MWt pressurised water reactor ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you