Gujarat Kakrapar-3 Atomic Power Plant: The significance of KAPP-3

KAPP-3, which attained criticality on Wednesday morning, is India’s first 700 MWe unit, and the biggest indigenously developed variant of the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor. The third unit of the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP-3) in Gujarat achieved its ‘first criticality’ — a term that signifies the initiation of a controlled but sustained nuclear fission reaction — …

One more unit at Kakrapar achieves criticality, ready to produce atomic power

The third unit of Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant (KAPP) in Gujarat is ready to generate electricity, with the 700 MWe reactor achieving ‘criticality. A nuclear reactor reaches ‘criticality’, when it is ready for ongoing nuclear reaction or fission that generates energy. “Congratulations to our nuclear scientists for achieving criticality of Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant-3! This …

Fuel Loading Starts at Power Unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2

The first of 163 nuclear fuel assemblies has been loaded into the VVER-1200 reactor of power unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2. Fuel loading marks the beginning of the physical start-up of an NPP. The plant is operated by ROSATOM’s Electric Power Division Rosenergoatom. Rosenergoatom‘s Director General Andrei Petrov said: “Beginning physical start-up procedures means that …

1,200 new jobs and 300 apprenticeships for next phase of construction at Hinkley Point C

Installation of storage tanks marks beginning of “MEH” phase to fit electrical systems, cables and pipework 1,200 new jobs and 300 apprenticeships expected across British supply chain Engineering firms in Staffordshire and Lancashire are latest to announce new jobs Training in welding and electrical engineering will boost national skills capacity Staffordshire-based Capula and Exyte Hargreaves from …

Construction starts on 2nd unit of Turkey’s 1st nuclear power plant Akkuyu

The construction of the second unit of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant Akkuyu has started, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez said Friday. Dönmez stated that they aim to put the first unit into operation at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in 2023. “We plan to commission the second unit in the following year,” …

South Africa kickstarts nuclear plans

The Department of Minerals and Energy has published the Request for Information, which resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe said would start preparatory work to develop plans for the programme. “Given the long lead-time of building additional new nuclear capacity, upfront planning is necessary for security of energy supply to society,” Mantashe tweeted. Power security …

Framatome completes modernization project at Doel nuclear power plant

Framatome’s digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems at the Doel nuclear power plant in Belgium passed the final site acceptance test (SAT). This important milestone marks the completion of the project to modernize the control and emergency systems at units 1 and 2. As part of the project, Framatome designed, manufactured, tested and installed its …