French nuclear output surpassed 40 gigawatts (GW) for the first time in nine months this weekend as the country experiences a cold snap, in a sign that the resumption of three reactors was boosting production, grid operator RTE data showed on Sunday. The head of the country’s CRE energy watchdog had said on Friday that …
France’s EDF (EDF.PA) aims to start corrosion repairs at its Penly 2 nuclear reactor in mid January, pending regulatory approval of its plans next week, as the power utility battles to recover from an unprecedented number of outages. The news comes as the state-owned utility ramps up three reactors following repairs, just as a cold snap tests Europe’s resolve …
The Netherlands is planning to build two new nuclear power plants by 2035, which should supply up to 13% of the country’s total electricity production by then, the Dutch government said on Friday. The power plants need to play an important role in the country’s energy transition, as the Netherlands aims to make its power …
NTPC Ltd., India’s top power producer, is planning to build a massive nuclear fleet that’ll aid the nation’s push to shift away from coal and curb emissions to hit net-zero by 2070. The state-run company aims to install 20 to 30 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2040, according to a person familiar with the plans, …
Georgia Power today announced the completion of cold hydro testing for Vogtle Unit 4 at the nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga. The completion of cold hydro testing is required to support the last major test remaining for Unit 4, hot functional testing, which is projected to commence by the end of the first quarter of 2023. …
India plans to build more nuclear power plants to increase the production of clean energy, the government said on Wednesday. The government has approved five new sites for nuclear power plants and given the financial go-ahead to build 10 700-MW pressurized heavy water reactors, the statement said. Source: Reuters
The Shin Hanul 1 nuclear reactor in southern South Korea will go into full operation this week some 12 years after its construction began, a move expected to help the country better manage electricity demand, the state-run nuclear power agency said Tuesday. The Shin Hanul No. 1 nuclear reactor in Uljin, 307 kilometers southeast of …
Installation work has started within the reactor building of the Changjiang SMR (Image: CNNC) Equipment installation work has commenced at the ACP100 small modular reactor (SMR) demonstration project at the Changjiang nuclear power plant on China’s island province of Hainan. Welding began in the JR110 room of the R11 area of the nuclear island reactor …
The ceremony to mark the start of site preparations for the SMR at Darlington (Image: Doug Ford – Twitter) Site preparation is now under way for Canada’s first grid-scale small modular reactor (SMR) at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) Darlington site. Meanwhile, an initial geological survey has been completed for a proposed SMR at the Temelín …
Canada’s nuclear regulator has given Ontario Power Generation (OPG) the go-ahead to load fuel into Darlington unit 3 after removing the first regulatory hold-point for the refurbished reactor. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) Executive Vice-President and Chief Regulatory Operations Officer Ramzi Jammal notified OPG by letter that the OPG has met the conditions for the removal of …
