Russia’s Rosatom expects to sell a 49 percent stake in its Turkish nuclear project to a consortium of Turkish companies by the end of the year, and aims to start construction of the Akkuyu plant by the end of March, a company executive said. Kirill Komarov, Rosatom’s first deputy chief executive for corporate development and …
The nation’s nuclear watchdog gave conditional approval Sept. 13 to Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s application to resume operations of its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant. It marks the first time that reactors operated by TEPCO, which manages the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, have passed more stringent reactor regulations imposed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority after …
Japan’s nuclear policy-setting Atomic Energy Commission has issued a report calling for nuclear power to remain a key component of the country’s energy mix despite broad public support for a less nuclear-reliant society. By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear policy-setting Atomic Energy Commission called Thursday for nuclear power to remain a …
Saudi Arabia is expected to launch a tender process for its first nuclear reactors as early as next month and will reach out to potential vendors from countries including South Korea, France and China, industry sources said. The world’s top oil exporter wants to start construction next year on two plants with a total capacity …
The first of three steam generators has been installed at Karachi unit 2. The unit is the first of two Chinese-designed Hualong One nuclear power reactors being constructed at the site in Pakistan. The operation to raise the steam generator – some 21 meters in length and weighing about 365 tonnes – over the reactor …
FUKUOKA – Kyushu Electric Power Co. is planning to restart two nuclear reactors at its Genkai power plant in Saga Prefecture next year, the utility’s president said Tuesday. The Nos. 3 and 4 reactors are tentatively scheduled for January and March restarts, respectively, and would bring the number of the utilities’ reactors back online to four, …
A 500-member jury was formed Monday to deliberate on President Moon Jae-in’s proposal to scrap the construction of two atomic power reactors in the southeastern city of Ulsan to lessen the country’s dependence on nuclear energy, officials said. The members were selected from a pool of 5,981 people who expressed willingness to take part in …
The dome has been installed upon the containment building of unit 6 at the Hongyanhe nuclear power plant in China’s Liaoning province. The milestone marks the end of major civil engineering works at the unit. The operation to install the containment dome – measuring 37 metres in diameter and 11m in height and weighing about …
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), the utility responsible for the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant and its March 2011 triple meltdown, is aiming to get the reactors at its other power plants back on line. The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), which must approve any restarts, had been holding to a very strict line on TEPCO …
The second AP1000 unit under construction at the Sanmen site in China’s Zhejiang province has completed cold hydrostatic testing of its primary circuit. The tests are an important step in the commissioning of new units. Cold hydrostatic testing involves filling the reactor’s primary circuit with water, which is circulated at high pressure by the reactor …
