Poland has opened its first Clean Energy Training Center, a joint project of the Polish Ministry of Climate and the Environment and the U.S. Department of Energy, with technical support from the Tennessee-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Located in Warsaw, the CETC is geared as Central Europe’s hub for workforce training needed to expand nuclear...
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Jacobs Books $53M Contract for Continued Operational Support of UK’s Nuclear Facilities
Jacobs has secured a $53 million project management resources framework contract from EDF Nuclear Operations to continue operational support of the United Kingdom’s nuclear energy facilities for two more years. According to Karen Wiemelt, a senior vice president at Jacobs, the company will support EDF’s mission of maximizing the power-generation capabilities of nuclear plants through...
GE Hitachi Wins UK Nuclear Power Development Funding for Small Modular Reactor
The U.K. Department for Energy Security & Net Zero has awarded a $42.6 million grant to GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, a GE Vernova unit, under the Future Nuclear Enabling Fund to support London’s goal of 24 gigawatts of nuclear power generation capacity by 2050. The FNEF has an allocation of up to $152.2 million to help...
Westinghouse, Bechtel Gain Support for Nuclear Reactor Projects in Czechia
Westinghouse Electric and Bechtel will tap the Czech Republic’s nuclear industry capabilities to pursue their proposal to supply the Balkan country with up to four nuclear reactors. The American companies will draw support from the local industry base via an agreement signed with the Czech Power Industry Alliance in Washington on Wednesday, Westinghouse said. The CPIA,...