Shanghai’s Energy Singularity looks to raise $500mn to develop clean energy breakthrough using locally sourced materials
New unit could be connected to grid by end of year but optimism over further expansion faces political hurdles
A new UK state body might ease investor fears but any renaissance is likely to be slow
Collaboration with Darpa agency among ways Tokamak Energy is seeking to monetise its magnet breakthroughs
Asian nation seeks to become leading player in market dominated by China and Russia
Move by Kazakh mining company Kazatomprom threatens to squeeze supplies of the radioactive fuel
Rafael Grossi says Russian power station is within artillery range of Ukrainian positions
Moscow is laying the ground for long-term control of vital infrastructure in an alliance member state
Investors should pay close attention to risks that still need to be addressed
Opposition wants to change law and build new plants but critics say focus should remain on renewable energy
Also in today’s newsletter, US nuclear energy sector primed for a political boost
Sellafield allowed ‘significant vulnerabilities’ to persist in IT systems
Rome plans to allow investments in small reactors as part of a bid to lower the country’s carbon emissions
Export push of homegrown technology to follow after rapid domestic build-out of power plants over last decade
UK state-owned operator accepts cyber security was ‘not sufficiently adhered to’
Despite sanctions, Russian companies are building more than a third of the new reactors around the world, which is gaining Moscow new friends
Barack Obama’s former energy secretary discusses the forces and technologies slowing the energy transition
‘Nuclear transmutation’ could cut highly radioactive waste by 80%, says national body
Potential investors tell Jeremy Hunt regulatory clarity also essential before backing new power plants
Older workers in demand as western companies prepare for biggest wave of new projects in decades
Bloc tells London it will be locked out of Iter project in France within months unless it rejoins civil atomic programme
Kepco has held early-stage discussions with British officials over mothballed Wylfa site
Alignment of standards would lower costs to develop small modular reactors, speeding up their rollout
Intervention comes as EU leaders prepare to debate bloc’s economic competitiveness
Great British Nuclear’s chair says reactor technologies other than French design should be looked at for ‘at least’ two more large plants
