Work on Turkey’s first nuclear power plant in the southern coastal area of Akkuyu is being carried out without proper inspections and could lead to disastrous consequences, local geological engineering association head Erkan Demir told pro-Kurdish daily Yeni Yaşam. Reports on the Akkuyu plant’s construction have raised serious fears since it began in 2018, with …
Tehran continues cooperating with Russia, China and Europe within the nuclear deal framework, according to the official Construction of the second and the third power units of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is implemented at a quick pace and even ahead of schedule, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi …
US turbine manufacturer General Electric has applied to participate in the construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant, Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said. By August 19, which is the deadline for receiving offers, she expects an offer from Russia’s Rosatom, as well, BNR reported. One cannot speak of a Russian project because the site and the …
The second EPR reactor at the Taishan nuclear power plant in China’s Guangdong province has reached full generating capacity for the first time, Framatome has announced. Taishan 2 is expected to enter commercial operation later this year. The Taishan project – 140 kilometres west of Hong Kong – is owned by the Guangdong Taishan Nuclear …
Unit 6 of the Yangjiang nuclear power plant in China’s Guangdong province has met commercial operation conditions and is now generating electricity, China General Nuclear has announced, adding it had only the formality now of waiting for the remaining permits and documentation. The 1000 MWe CGN-designed ACPR1000 pressurised water reactor achieved a sustained chain reaction …
The establishment of an organisation responsible for the construction and operation of Ghana’s first nuclear power plant has been approved by the country’s cabinet, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said this week. Speaking at the commissioning of three Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) facilities in Accra on 30 July, Bawumia said the government had already released …
Georgia regulators are raising fresh doubts about Georgia Power’s latest timeline for completing the nuclear power expansion at Plant Vogtle, in part because of lingering risks, productivity slips and concerns about aging equipment. The Vogtle project is already years behind scheduled and billions of dollars over budget. Virtually anyone in the state who pays an electric bill …
CNNC’s new nuclear power project in Zhangzhou city, Southeast China’s Fujian province, was authorized by the National Energy Administration, according to an announcement by China National Nuclear Power Co, a subsidiary of CNNC, on July 26. The project consists of the construction of two HPR1000 (Hualong 1) units, which will be funded, built, and operated …
On July 29, 2019, at 4:55 am, the innovative VVER-1200 reactor power block No.2 of the Novovoronezh NPP-2 (the Novovoronezh NPP 7th power block) reached 90% of its capacity. This means that the new 3+ generation power block has entered its next phase of low-power testing during the pilot production stage. The pilot production is …
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has confirmed plans to begin work by the end of the year on the Linglong One small modular reactor (SMR) following a nine-year research and development programme. The first concrete will be poured for the 125MW pressurised water reactor in December at the Changjiang nuclear plant on the island of …