(BOE Report) – Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to push for the accelerated revival of nuclear power to tackle inflation, a source of public discontent, with reactor restarts key to reducing costly fuel imports. Takaichi has appointed Ryosei Akazawa, who was Japan’s point person in its recent tariff deal with the U.S., as trade and industry minister
(Oil Price) – Just five years ago, no one could predict the surge in electricity demand that the United States is currently experiencing because of the proliferation of data centers as AI takes center stage in the tech industry. Many, however, predicted that nuclear is due for a renaissance—and it is getting it, in both conventional form and, in the future,
(Oil Price) – U.S. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), which is developing fusion energy, has signed a more than $1-billion power purchase agreement with Italy’s energy major Eni as the two companies continue to partner to bring fusion power to commercial use. Nuclear fusion has long been considered the answer to zero-emission by-product-free energy generation. However, no one has cracked the nuclear fusion code
(Oil Price)– Sweden’s government will ask the Parliament to approve state loans worth $23.4 billion (220 billion Swedish crowns) to companies to build nuclear reactors in the Scandinavian country. Sweden plans to build two new nuclear reactors by 2035 in a hedge on low-carbon energy security, with 10 new reactors hoped for by 2045. The Swedish government moved to phase out
(Oil & Gas 360) – Publisher’s Note: You can view the EnerCom Denver—The Energy Investment Conference and the Energy Transition and Emerging Technology Series presenter replays for a limited time. Denver-based, Energy Fuels is a global critical mineral company poised to provide 10 of the 50 critical minerals the world needs for today’s technology and beyond. Utilizing a 45-year history
(Oil & Gas 360) – Publisher’s Note: You can view the EnerCom Denver—The Energy Investment Conference and the Energy Transition and Emerging Technology Series presenter replays for a limited time. Deep Fission is pioneering a bold new approach to delivering carbon-free, reliable, and affordable electricity by placing their scalable 15 MWe small modular reactors (SMRs) one mile underground. deepfission.com About
(Oil & Gas 360) – Publisher’s Note: You can view the EnerCom Denver—The Energy Investment Conference and the Energy Transition and Emerging Technology Series presenter replays for a limited time. Deep isolation works with government waste management programs to reduce the liability of growing nuclear waste inventories. the company has designed and developed a directional borehole disposal solution that meets
(Oil Price)– Plutonium material from dismantled U.S. nuclear warheads from the Cold War could be offered to American power firms as a fuel to potentially use in advanced nuclear technologies, under a draft plan of the Trump Administration. The U.S. does not use plutonium in nuclear power facilities. In the past, plutonium has been converted into fuel for commercial reactors
(BOE Report)– South Korea touted a broad range of U.S. investment plans by its companies at Monday’s summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, spanning shipbuilding, nuclear energy, aerospace, energy and critical minerals. While South Korean companies pledged at the summit $150 billion in U.S. investments, the countries also agreed to establish a non-binding
(Oil & Gas 360) – Nuclear Companies Presenting at EnerCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference. Log in to join us. The nuclear company lineup for the conference includes: Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) Oklo deploys sodium fast reactors using recycled nuclear waste and down blended fissionable material, or High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium fuel to generate electricity. Its commercial Aurora power plant
(Oil & Gas 360) – Don’t Miss The Energy Transition and Emerging Technology Session at EnerCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference, celebrating its 30th anniversary this August! Registration is still available for EnerCom Denver – The Energy Investment Conference. The full schedule for the conference can be found at www.enercomdenver.com. Login to join. In recent years, the Energy Transition
(Oil Price)– Major data center operator Equinix (EQIX.O) has announced a series of agreements to secure advanced nuclear electricity, including power purchase agreements and a pre-order for microreactors, to fuel its data centers. The move comes as the growing energy demands of data centers, driven by technologies like generative artificial intelligence (AI), raise concerns about global power supplies. According to a
