Hitachi pulled out of plans for a nuclear project at Wylfa in 2020 (Image: Horizon Nuclear Power)
Great Britain announced last week that it will purchase land at two nuclear sites from Hitachi for £160 million ($203 million).
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the deal for the sites—Wylfa in northern Wales and Oldbury-on-Severn in southwestern England—during the annual budget speech to Parliament. Under Hitachi’s ownership, the land was prepped for developing a pair of advanced boiling water reactor units, but those plans were suspended in 2019 due to economic constraints.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff pictured at Vistra's Comanche Peak plant in 2021. (Photo: NRC)
Vistra this week completed its acquisition of Energy Harbor Corp., a move the company announced almost exactly a year ago with a $3.43 billion price tag.
Susquehanna nuclear plant in Salem Township, Penn., along with the data center in foreground. (Photo: Talen Energy)
Talen Energy announced its sale of a 960-megawatt data center campus to cloud service provider Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon, for $650 million.
The Westinghouse fuel fabrication facility in South Carolina. (Photo: Westinghouse)
Hundreds of employees at the Westinghouse nuclear fuel fabrication facility in South Carolina are trying to form a union and join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Duke Energy Center (tall silver building at right) in Charlotte, N.C. (Photo: Duke Energy)
Duke Energy has confirmed “limited” layoffs across its territories as part of a company reorganization focused on clean energy.
In a statement, the company said, “Duke Energy is entering the next phase of its clean energy transition, which calls for a transformative expansion and modernization of our clean energy grid. . . . . We are reorganizing for greater efficiency and cost effectiveness.”