Fuel loading starts at first Belarusian nuclear power plant On 7 August, fuel loading began at VVER-1200-type unit 1 of the Belarusian nuclear power plant Ostrovets, the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced. A total of 163 fuel assemblies will be loaded into the reactor before the end of August. The reactor will then be brought to the minimum…
UAE launches its first nuclear power plant On 1 August 2020, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched the…
USA lifts ban on funding nuclear energy projects abroad The American development bank Development Finance Corporation (DFC) changed…
Oil giants agree to cut their greenhouse gas emissions A group of the world’s top oil companies, including Aramco, BP, Chevron,…
Denmark approved Russian ships to build the Nord Stream 2 pipeline The Danish Energy Agency has permitted Russian ships to take part in the…
Projects can start to apply for funding from the EU’s Innovation Fund The European Commission has established the Innovation Fund which will…
Framatome, GE and Rosatom team up for Belene NPP project Rosatom, Framatome and GE Steam Power have signed a Memorandum of…
