1. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    The national conservative PiS government moved to finally award the contract to a consortium of Westinghouse and the US construction company Bechtel in November 2022. Investment costs of 3-1000 billion zloty (= approx. 3700-90 billion euros) were estimated for a nuclear power plant with three AP100 reactors and an output of 21 MW, and a further 23 billion zloty for infrastructure investments around the nuclear power plant site . The construction...

  2. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    According to the analysis, they will account for a record share of 2023 percent of EU electricity in 27 - for the first time, renewables will make up more than a quarter of the energy mix... February 6th United States | Westinghouse | AP1000 | Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Further Delays for Vogtle 4 Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co., says vibrations occurred in a cooling system at Unit 4...

  3. Newsletter XXXI 2023 - July 30th to August 05th - News+ Brussels buys more fire-fighting aircraft to fight forest fires

    It will be built on the site of Weezer Airport. Rheinmetall wants to produce parts for American stealth bombers there... * United States | Westinghouse | cost increase | AP1000 High additional costs and delays First new US nuclear power plant in decades goes online For some it is a pioneering breakthrough, for others it is a warning example: In the USA...

  4. Newsletter XXIX 2023 - July 16 to 22 - News+ I don't want to be my grandson

    Arable land must be removed from financial speculation and agricultural subsidies should be given to ecological, regional farms, Rackete made the first substantive points... * Slovakia | Westinghouse | AP1000 | SMR JAVYS from Slovakia signs AP1000 and AP300 agreements Westinghouse Electric Company has signed letters of intent with Slovakian company JAVYS regarding the possible deployment...

  5. Newsletter IX 2023 - February 26 to March 4 - News+ 48 days until the last nuclear power plants in Germany are switched off

    around 35.000 MW of output. [...] Nuclear power plants: Nuclear power plants in the Vogtle nuclear power plant are scheduled to go online in 2023 after years of delay. Two new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plants, each with 1.100 MW (net output), are being built in the US state of Georgia. But as with other new nuclear power plants, the project is far behind schedule and costs have exploded. The two 2012...

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