Newcleo, an innovative startup in the clean nuclear sector, has completed a €135 million financing round, part of a €1 billion capital increase plan. The company aims to become the first Italian unicorn in energy
On the sidelines of a new outreach initiative, Swg says the number of Italians in favor of new nuclear power plants is growing
Zero-emission energy production is planned through floating offshore plants equipped with new-generation compact reactors. In the future, it will also be possible to consider transmission on land
Webuild and Ansaldo Nucleare join forces to develop modular solutions to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future
During the night, a fire seriously damaged a cooling tower at the Zaporizhzhia power plant. Russia blames Ukrainian drones, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claims fire was started by Russian occupiers
Edf, Edison, Ansaldo Energia, Ansaldo Nucleare and Federacciai sign an MoU for the construction of small modular reactors in Italy for the decarbonisation of the steel sector. The agreement aims to improve the country's competitiveness and energy security
The Senate relaunches the debate on nuclear energy in Italy with a new bill, proposing new generation plants, both fission and fusion, and defining the role of ministers in choosing sites
Iran, the results of the ballot: wall against the conservatives, the reformist deputy and heart surgeon Pezeshkian defeats the intransigent Jalili and becomes the new president of the country: "We will extend the hand of friendship to everyone". How will he behave now with the West between war and…
The summit concluded with a long list of commitments, but the reality so far has been a long gap between the announcements and their implementation
Israel launched the counterattack during the night. Drones used. Objective: the base near the city of Isfahan. The nuclear power plants of the Islamic Republic are safe. For CNN, the limited attack would have respected US wishes against escalation. Oil prices…
Change of course on nuclear energy. A SWG survey changes Italians' perception of the much discussed but zero-emission energy source.
Russia has "more advanced" nuclear weapons than the USA and "from a technical-military point of view" is ready to use them: this is Vladimir Putin's threat in announcing troops on the border with Finland which has just joined NATO. President…
The two Italian giants join forces for research and experimentation on mini reactors. Both Enel and Ansaldo already boast experience and investments abroad.
The left abstains from the investigation proposed by the centre-right. We want to understand if and how useful and convenient it is for the country to accept new generation nuclear power
In a context of divided environmentalism, a contrast emerges between the most extreme souls, who pursue radical environmental policies, and those who adopt a more pragmatic vision. The energy recipe of the future? Nuclear, gas and realism
A new bill from the Noi Moderati group will be discussed in May. Politics is divided while research is being done and resources are being invested around the world.
Europe has proposed an Alliance to develop research and construction of mini reactors. Announcements coming soon.
Italy in good position with Enea in research. The alliance with private individuals will have European repercussions.
The agreement between an Italian startup already active in France paves the way for the use of non-hazardous mini reactors
The COP28 agreement is a big step forward even if there is a lack of accountability on the commitments of individual countries and the absence of clear commitments from the richest countries to finance the gradual transition of the poorest countries
The list takes into account the territorial characteristics for hosting the waste. The self-nominations foreseen by the Ministry of the Environment and the need to decide quickly
Among the many nonsense that the Northern League leader spreads every day, his proposal to set up a nuclear power plant in Milan is worthy of an Oscar of stupidity but risks obscuring the first dogma-free reflections on the future of nuclear energy
The success of an experiment in which Italy is the protagonist with technologies and research coordination. 70 million euros invested
European alliance to study new waste-free reactors. Ansaldo and Enea among the partners for a very delicate job
The coup in Niger, among the main producers of uranium, could have repercussions on the price lists and the price of the raw material. If the nuclear price list were to rise, Italy will have to dig into its wallet
Payment will begin on August 24. According to the IAEA it is safe, but China and Hong Kong are on the barricades
New decommissioning plans for 46 million euros at the Latina and Garigliano plants. The big issue of waste storage remains open
Nuclear propulsion engines to decarbonise the naval industry: this is the objective of the collaboration agreement. Here comes the quarterly Fincantieri
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been powered only from reserve sources for two days. And in Europe, concern is growing. In Japan, meanwhile, green light for the spill of radioactive Fukushima water into the sea amid protests from China, Korea…
The Chamber of Deputies has approved a document that reopens the debate and can bring Italy into the alliance for nuclear power in Europe. In conversation with Professor Giuseppe Zollino, one of the leading Italian experts.
Umberto Minopoli, the first innovative Neapolitan leader of the PCI much appreciated by Giorgio Napolitano and then an industrial expert and highly competent manager, disappeared in the night
April 26: on the anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which threatened the world with radioactive pollution, what is the situation in the area and the dangers of war between Ukraine and Russia
Budapest has obtained from Russia to import gas on favorable terms and to restructure the Paks nuclear power plant. Pressing EU
In mid-April, the German government will definitively shut down nuclear energy. No worries about supplies. The League files a motion in the Chamber.
The French President's strategy supported by investments in Framatome components. Energy sovereignty while Europe discusses and invests in the ecological transition.
Newcleo has secured Enel an option as the first investor in the first nuclear plant that the Anglo-Italian start-up will build outside Italy: it will be in France by 2030
The French energy giant's monstrous loss in 2022 cannot be reduced to a bad economic situation. Here are the real "culprits" of its decline
Massive Russian attack in the night across Ukraine, also hit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Grossi (Aiea): “One day luck will run out. act now”
The agreement aims to "enhance the skills of the Italian nuclear supply chain and at the same time initiate a reflection on the possible role of the new nuclear power in the energy transition in Italy". Ansaldo will be the main player in Italy.
INTERVIEW WITH GIUSEPPE ZOLLINO, professor of energy technology and economics at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Padua, who examines all the inconsistencies of the Brussels Green Deal. The case of the car is exemplary: focusing only on electric not only puts you in serious…
The construction of the single nuclear waste repository is moving further and further away. The objective declared by MASE is to achieve it by 2030. Meanwhile, waste of any origin in temporary deposits is increasing.
Umberto Quadrino, top manager of Fiat and former CEO of Edison continues to deal with energy as president of Tages Holding. He intervenes in the debate opened on FIRSTonline by Umberto Minopoli on nuclear power to say that he, who has always…
The abandonment of nuclear power has condemned Italy to heavy energy dependence from abroad. Three urgent requests to the Meloni government to return to investing in nuclear power
For the first time, a Californian laboratory has managed to generate more energy than needed to trigger the reaction, achieving that net gain that science has been looking for for 70 years.
European price lists slightly recover on the wave of Janet Yellen's forecasts - The world awaits the US announcement on nuclear fusion - Unicredit and Recordati stand out in Milan, Tim swings, Tod's falls
The mobilization of 300 reservists that caused the flight of many Russians and street protests, the threat of nuclear power and the trick of the referendum in Donbass reveal the fragility of the tsar - What are weapons…
The Observatory on Italian public accounts takes stock of the positions of the parties on the subject of energy - No one makes cost estimates but some points make everyone agree, such as the gas price ceiling
To face the emergency and the energy transition, a strong unity between the political forces is needed to avoid populist falls but for now rigidity and prejudices prevent it
12 euros per share for 100% control of Edf. The stock soars on the stock market and approaches the takeover bid price. Here is the French state's plan to nationalize the energy giant
A Tokyo court condemned the company for failing to prevent the accident following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami
What happens after two Commissions of the European Parliament have rejected the EU Commission's proposal for investments also in gas and nuclear power. Italy among the protagonists
The finance minister confirms that the government is evaluating the hypothesis to allow the group to build the new nuclear reactors envisaged in Macron's energy plan
The Russia-Ukraine war forces us to review our energy strategy. And the nuclear theme returns, already adopted by all the countries of the world except Italy. A book by Umberto Minopoli addresses it by answering many doubts and refuting…
Alongside the debate on the use of nuclear power to overcome the energy crisis, the Government confirms the plan to dismantle the old sites.
"There are no miracle recipes to solve the gas emergency". This was stated by Carlo Stagnaro, industrial policy expert and director of the Bruno Leoni Institute. Here are his proposals to remedy the current imbalance
The National Charter of Suitable Areas has arrived at MITE: the green light is almost there - The place for the National Radioactive Waste Deposit must be chosen by 2025
INTERVIEW WITH STEFANO SILVESTRI, scientific adviser and former president of Iai - The end of the war and the conclusion of the peace negotiations are not around the corner and nuclear ghosts have not yet been exorcised: yet a compromise would be reasonable
Edf's capital increase follows a series of vicissitudes due to nuclear production and government measures to contain energy costs
The news about the power station continues and raises fears of widespread radioactivity.
There are four active nuclear power plants in Ukraine plus Chernobyl. The Russian army could capture another one within days
The Russians also bomb an atomic power plant in Ukraine and there is always a storm on the markets: heavy losses for the stock exchanges, bonds and raw materials soar
By the end of 2022, more than 45% of the global physical progress of decommissioning activities will be achieved. In two years achieved almost as much as in the previous twenty
Another 8 plants are under study - The plan provides for the extension of the life span of the reactors and the construction of 50 offshore wind farms - EDF shares in decline
The choice to include nuclear power among green energies damages the credibility of the European energy transition and is dictated by reasons that are neither logical nor transparent
Once again the Union appears divided on strategic choices in the field of energy. Expectations for private financing and the heavy opposition of Germany on gas and nuclear energy as sustainable energy sources.
INTERVIEW WITH GILBERTO DIALUCE, President of Enea - The increase in prices, nuclear energy, the Superbonus and technologies - "It is a complex moment, but it is essential to structure a different mix of energy sources and accelerate production from renewable sources"
Sogin closed 2021 with the national consultation on the waste storage. The 2020-2025 Business Plan has been confirmed by the management.
Gas and nuclear energy at the center of yet another clash between governments. Environmentalists attack the EU, but a mix of sources must be ensured in the medium term
According to Eni's CEO, the leveling must also involve India and Russia, otherwise "Europe will have much more expensive energy by paying the carbon tax" and it will be better to import from non-EU countries - "Unfortunately, this problem has not spoke at the cop…
Despite the race for reconfirmation at the Elysée, the French President relaunches the program for 6 new latest generation nuclear power plants, which guarantee clean energy at low cost
Europe must decide whether nuclear, gas and CO2 capture are among the sources and technologies that are sustainable, and therefore financeable, from an environmental point of view. Open letter to Prime Minister Draghi of Italia più Verde and FOR: signed by entrepreneurs, scientists, and…
An appeal from Minister Cingolani to study possible new nuclear technologies was enough to unleash the storm because, as usual, ideologies prevail over cold rationality on atomic energy: this is what happened
The fiasco of new "safer" plants, soaring costs, the dangerous temptation to prolong the life of old plants: today's nuclear power has a very hard life pending fusion
REPORTAGE ON CHERNOBYL TODAY - A niche but lucrative tourism revolves around the atomic plant that exploded in 1986. Also thanks to a successful TV series, tourists are increasing and with them the extreme offers: from a ride on the Soviet tank…
After the publication of the map of suitable sites, Confindustria calculates the costs of non-management of nuclear waste and the benefits (not only economic) that the country would derive from the creation of the national repository. Here is a summary
After years of reprimands, the ministers of Environment and Development have given the go-ahead to Sogin who has published the Cnapi, a (non-definitive) map of the sites potentially suitable for hosting the deposit of nuclear waste. Site stormed. Now yes…
The great Italian scientist was only 37 when he received the prize - His research was decisive for the development of atomic energy - Two weeks after the award ceremony, Fermi was forced to emigrate to the USA
Italian high-tech industries play a leading role in the creation of Iter, the first fusion power plant in the world. An Enea study analyzes the effects of the project under construction. Here are the Top 10 names
PHOTO GALLERY and REPORTAGE on Chernobyl on the anniversary of the greatest post-war nuclear tragedy in April 1986
The CEO of the company launches an appeal to the Government: "Decide on the deposit, we are at the limit" - Minister Costa reassures: "The Charter of potentially suitable areas within a year" - In 2018 Sogin carried out a volume of decommissioning activities…
The CEO Luca Desiata illustrated the activities related to the decommissioning of the nuclear power plant and the focus on the recycling of removed non-nuclear materials. The activity started in 2016
A study conducted by ISPRA reveals that our country, which has abandoned nuclear power unlike other European partners, was among the first to bring the revolution of renewables and has an energy efficiency level between…
Hearing in the Senate of regional representatives who point the finger at the government's delays. The Charter of areas suitable for receiving radioactive waste has not yet been published
The public group in charge of the decommissioning of nuclear power plants improved decommissioning activity which rose to 63,2 million in 2017 against 53,8 million. Reduction of employees reduces costs. CEO Luca Desiata: "Orders to third parties have tripled"
"Let's see what happens, we're talking to them, (the summit) could even be held on the 12th," Trump said 24 hours after the cancellation of the summit
The American president spoke live from the White House, confirming the news from the press: the USA is withdrawing from the Jcpoa, the agreement desired by Obam and signed by European countries with China and Russia. Introduced new sanctions. Trump: "That deal is…
"There is no more need for nuclear tests or missile tests, and we will also close the nuclear site in the north of the country," the leader of the Pyongyang regime announced unexpectedly - Donald Trump exulted via Twitter: "Great news…
Kim invited Trump to face-to-face to discuss denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and would commit to suspending nuclear and missile tests - Trump said he was open to meeting by May.
By 10 April, Enea will announce where the laboratory for nuclear fusion processes will be built. Nine Regions have joined the tender. The works for the construction of the headquarters will last 7 years
The situation could explode at any moment. Protests are spreading across the country. The Rohani government is under accusation, and is responding with violence and an absolute blockade of the Internet. Trump warns…
FROM ENIDAY - Since 1970, the year of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, five countries have officially possessed atomic weapons: the USA, Russia, Great Britain, France and China - But in the following years three other countries have joined…
According to the South Korean agency Yonhap, a bridge collapsed on 10 October at the Punggye-ri nuclear site, in North Korea, during excavation work on another tunnel - About 200 would be dead and there is a risk Of…
on the Pope's own initiative, the world summit for nuclear disarmament will be held in Rome on 10 and 11 November - representatives of the UN, NATO, the United States, South Korea and Russia will be present
"Either the agreement is corrected or cancelled. Harsh sanctions against the guardians of the revolution", said the US president - But Germany, France and the United Kingdom isolate him: we will continue to respect him.
Stockholm Academy honors non-profit organization for the prohibition of nuclear weapons. The award comes in one of the moments of greatest tension between the US and North Korea over the Korean nuclear programme
Tension at the UN, after the American president sibylline hinted, without however revealing his decisions for now, that he had already thought about how to revise the nuclear pact - Nbc: agreement at risk - Mogherini: "We already have a potential...
From Affarinternazionali.it - Even after the sixth nuclear test with the launch of the high-powered missile by North Korea, Seoul throws water on the fire of alarmism: the South Korean population is rooting for peaceful solutions but the president…
Sogin is dismantling the old chimney of the Garigliano nuclear power plant, a symbol of many protests - The CEO Desiata: "The demolition is the final phase of a significant project in the disposal program of the Garigliano power plant".
New escalation of threats between North Korea and the United States. After Trump's words, the official North Korean agency replies: "Our missiles can hit the US base at any time. Only Kim Jong-sun's order is missing".
Green light for the payment of the economic compensations foreseen for 63 Municipalities and 9 former Provinces, all interested in the areas where the disused power plants are located, after the pressing of the Anci. A 4 year delay. Meanwhile, the search continues for…
