Unit 5 at Tianwan nuclear power plant, developed by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and located in Lianyungang in East China’s Jiangsu province, successfully completed its full-power continuous operation assessment on Sept 8, meaning it now meets the conditions for commercial operation. To date, the number of nuclear power units in the service of CNNC …
The K-2 Unit of Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan, the first overseas unit using Hualong One technology, successfully completes hot functional tests on Sept 4. [Photo/official WeChat account of CNNC] The K-2 Unit of Karachi nuclear power plant in Pakistan, the first overseas unit to use Hualong One (HPR100) technology, successfully completed its hot …
UAE National professionals held key roles in every phase of the construction, testing, start-up and grid synchronization of Unit 1 at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Since its inception in 2009, the UAE Peaceful Nuclear Energy Program has achieved countless milestones – now including two of its most historic accomplishments to date, the successful start-up …
Electricity generated from the world’s nuclear reactors increased for the seventh consecutive year in 2019, with electricity output reaching 2657 TWh. This was an increase of 95 TWh on the previous year, and the second-highest ever output, according to Agneta Rising, Director General of World Nuclear Association. At the end of 2019 the capacity of …
Freight water terminal located at Padma river became fully operational on Rooppur NPP construction site in Bangladesh (General Contractor — JSC “Atomstroyexport”, a company of Rosatom Engineering Division). The port is intended for receiving various process equipment for the construction and further operation of Nuclear Power Plant, including the delivery of fresh fuel and removal …
Kazatomprom KZAP.KZ, KAPq.L, the world’s No. 1 uranium miner, has started buying the metal on the spot market and may purchase more this year to replenish its stock after the coronavirus pandemic upended the global market, it said on Thursday. Supply disruptions have accelerated the rebalancing of the nuclear fuel market, pushing up the spot price and prompting …
POLAND HAS AFFIRMED IN RECENT weeks its determination to close its power generation gap by building between 6GW and 9GW of new nuclear capacity. However, construction of the first plants will now not start until 2026. The initial plan had been to start construction around 2020 and to have Poland’s first nuclear plant in operation …
All the nuclear fuel has been loaded into the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. Physical launch operations continue, BelTA learned from Vigen Marukhyan, Head of the Nuclear Safety Regulation Office of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor), on 20 August. According to the source, as of …
Kazatomprom KZAP.KZ, KAPq.L, the world’s biggest uranium miner, will keep its output reduced by 20% through 2022, it said on Wednesday, in order to help the market recover. “The decision to keep production similar year-over-year, and extend production curtailment into 2022, is indicative of a global uranium market that is still recovering from a long period of …
Chairman of the Nuclear Plants Agency Amgad al-Wakil told Egypt Today that the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) is expected to issue the permit to construct Dabaa Nuclear Power Station in the second half of 2021. Wakil pointed out that the agency applied for the permit on March 10, 2019, and that it …
