To be officially handed over on October 5 RNPP has two 1200MW units The first batch of fresh uranium, the nuclear fuel of the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, has arrived in Bangladesh. According to official sources, the consignment of uranium arrived in Dhaka from Russia on Thursday afternoon through a special …
Costs of expanding nuclear power plants could ultimately run into the hundreds of billions of dollars Demand for electricity across Canada is forecast to double in the next 25 years, and all the signs from Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government indicate that nuclear energy will supply the biggest portion of the province’s additional power needs. …
The UK’s National Grid Plc is preparing for a possible power crunch in January as several planned nuclear outages coincide with peak winter demand. Electricity consumption is projected to climb to a high during the first two weeks of January, just as nuclear availability is forecast to drop, according to National Grid’s winter outlook report …
A dome is installed over a Hualong One nuclear power unit at Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China May 23, 2018, in this picture provided by Fangchenggang nuclear power plant and released by China Daily/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights China expects to greenlight six to eight new nuclear power units a year …
Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation have begun at unit 4 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China’s Guangxi Autonomous Region. The unit is the second of two demonstration China General Nuclear-designed Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors at the site. Hot functional tests …
As many as 1,000 jobs could be created at the Paks II nuclear power plant by 2024. he first concrete pour at the 2.4GW Paks-II nuclear power plant in Hungary will take place by 2025, Rosatom’s director-general Alexey Likhachev stated during a visit to the construction site. The plant is now complete and construction of a workshop …
Poland’s General Director for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ) has issued to Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) its decision on the environmental conditions for the construction of a nuclear power plant in the province of Pomerania. PEJ, the Polish government company that is progressing its policy to deploy up to six reactors at multiple sites in the country …
The Italian government has launched the National Platform for Sustainable Nuclear Power, which will lead within nine months to developing guidelines for possibly reintroducing nuclear power among national energy sources. Thursday (21 September) saw the first meeting of the National Platform for a Sustainable Nuclear, set up by the government to define a time frame …
The Canadian Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson has announced CAD3 billion (USD2.2 billion) of export financing to Nuclearelectrica to support the building of two CANDU-6 reactors at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania. The agreement was announced by Wilkinson alongside Sebastian Burduja, Romania’s Energy Minister, in Ottowa. He said it would …
The loading of fuel has been completed at unit 2 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced. The unit – the second of two APR1400 reactors at the site – is expected to enter commercial operation in about six months’ time following the completion of test runs. Shin …
