After warning Switzerland over two years ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recommends the authorities develop a roadmap to deal with the impending problem of labour shortage in Swiss nuclear power plants. Switzerland’s existing nuclear power plants are on the verge of having their lifetimes extended from 50 to 80 years. But now a …
Candu Energy Inc., an AtkinsRéalis company [SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.] (TSX: ATRL) and the Canadian Commercial Corporation (“CCC”), a federal Crown corporation, have signed a contract with Nuclearelectrica S.A. (SNN) to provide engineering, technology and procurement of tooling and reactor components in support of the life extension of SNN’s Unit 1 CANDU® reactor at the Cernavoda …
The pressurised water reactor was synchronised to the South African energy grid on 18 November after nearly a year offline for the replacement of the plant’s three original steam generators, a prerequisite for the long-term operation of the plant. Completion of the longest outage in the plant’s history is a “huge milestone” in its generational …
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power station restart, a key toward the dual goals of energy security and decarbonization is now strengthening counterterrorism measures. (Captured on November 6 in Kariwa Village, Niigata Prefecture. (© Sankei by Aya Yonezawa) Tokyo Electric Power Holdings is accelerating preparations for the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture. In the face …
Eiffage, through its subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil, just signed the contract with EDF to carry out the main civil engineering works for the first pair of EPR2-type nuclear power plants on the site of Penly. The contract has a value greater than 4 billion euros. The tender of this contract began in 2019. The contract …
Russia’s state nuclear power corporation has reported that turbine blades broke at a plant where the company has installed two reactors of a type it is also building in Turkey and plans to construct in Hungary. Rosenergoatom, which runs Russia’s nuclear power stations, said it was not clear what caused the blades to break, forcing …
France’s nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), has said it is prepared to give EDF more time in order to implement safety upgrades required at its fleet of 900 MWe nuclear power reactors. EDF’s 32 operating 900 MWe reactors came into commercial operation between 1977 and 1988, and include the oldest of …
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a follow-up nuclear security advisory mission to Switzerland. The International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission concluded Switzerland has strengthened its nuclear security regime since a mission in 2018. IPPAS missions are intended to assist IAEA member states in strengthening their national nuclear security …
France’s power sector is under fresh scrutiny as maintenance on several of the country’s critical nuclear reactors continues just as Europe braces for another winter, when regional heating demand typically peaks. Nuclear reactors generate 65% to 70% of France’s electricity, which is the highest share of nuclear generation globally and has historically enabled France to …
Switzerland plans keeping nuclear plants in use longer than previously expected over fears of electricity shortages, mirroring a broader trend of European countries revisiting the potential of atomic energy. The country decided to exit nuclear power in 2017, but didn’t set a date to shut down its four plants, which are supposed to run as …
