Unit 1 of the Tricastin nuclear power plant in southern France can operate for a further ten years, the country’s nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), has decided. It becomes the first French power reactor licensed to operate beyond 40 years. In February 2021, ASN set the conditions for the continued operation …
Hydro-Québec has confirmed it is assessing the current state of the plant which closed in 2012, as it looks at options to increase its production of clean electricity. Gentilly 2, with an installed capacity of 675 MWe, was Québec’s only operating nuclear power plant when the provincial government announced in September 2012 that a planned …
The first fuel for Rooppur 1’s initial load has been formally accepted by the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) after an inspection at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP) in Russia. Meanwhile, installation of the unit’s eight heat exchangers has been completed at the plant site in Bangladesh. NCCP is an enterprise of TVEL, the …
On August 10th, the core module of the Linglong One reactor, a multi-purpose modular small reactor in Hainan, a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), was lifted and moved towards the nuclear island. Pressure vessel, evaporator and other key equipment were installed in one step, marking the peak phase of Linglong One’s installation. This is the …
Sweden said it needs to treble nuclear power capacity over the next couple of decades to meet a surge in electricity demand. At least 10 new conventional reactors need to be built by 2045, Romina Pourmokhtari, the nation’s climate and energy minister, said in a statement on Wednesday. The biggest Nordic nation has six reactors …
Two countries selected by Ugandan authorities, with negotiations taking place and agreements signed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced Tuesday that Russia and South Korea will soon start building nuclear power plants in the country. Addressing the 2nd G-25 Africa Coffee Summit, which is being attended by leaders and delegates from 25 African coffee-producing nations at …
Concreting of the reactor building foundation slab has been completed at the construction site of Akkuyu NPP Unit 4 of the. The completion of an important construction stage enables to proceed to the construction of the reactor cavity walls, where the reactor core localization device — the “core catcher” will be located. A special high-quality …
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) head Mohammad Eslami said the country is looking to increase its nuclear power generation capacity to 20 GWe. The country’s first nuclear power plant, Bushehr, has now generated more than 60 billion kilowatt-hours, he told a parliamentary council. Bushehr unit 1 – a Russian-designed VVER-1000 pressurised water reactor, which …
All 116 of the novel T-pylons on National Grid’s Hinkley Connection in the UK have now been completed. The 57-kilometre connection route will connect low-carbon energy from EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant to six million UK homes and businesses whilst also allowing for more capacity on the network for renewable energy from …
The reactor vessel for unit 7 of Tianwan nuclear power plant in Jiangsu province, China, has arrived at the site after a two month journey by sea from Russia. The reactor vessel’s delivery came the day after four steam generators were delivered. In April, Rosatom reported that the reactor vessel and steam generators had set …
