The UK SMR consortium, led by Rolls-Royce, has announced it expects to create 6,000 regional UK jobs within the next five years, if the UK Government makes a clear commitment that enables a fleet of 16 small modular reactor (SMR) power stations to be built over the next 20 years. The power stations will help …
Financial details still to be settled but PM due to make announcement next week Boris Johnson is poised to give the go-ahead to a new nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk as part of the Government’s bid to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The Prime Minister is due to give a major speech next week …
The prime ministers of Romania and France signed a declaration of intent on cooperation in the civil nuclear field aimed at collaborating in the construction of reactors 3 and 4 at Cernavoda and refurbishment of reactor 1, on October 26 in Paris, Romania’s PM Ludovic Orban announced. As announced in Washington last month, France will …
Georgia Power said it still expects to meet a state regulatory deadline for commercial operation of the first of two new reactors at its Vogtle nuclear plant expansion. The utility, though, on Oct. 22 acknowledged it has pushed back some aspects of the project, including delaying the loading of nuclear fuel for the first reactor …
A “solid group” of 10-12 countries building nuclear power plants for the first time will emerge in the next decade, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Director General William Magwood in a WebChat last week. Bangladesh, Belarus, Egypt, Turkey and the UAE are among the nuclear newcomers, …
Cold functional testing has been completed at unit 6 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China’s Jiangsu province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has announced. The ACPR1000 reactor is scheduled to enter commercial operation by the end of 2021. Cold functional tests are carried out to confirm whether components and systems important to safety …
Fuel assembly loading activities at Fuqing nuclear power plant, China’s first nuclear facility using Hualong One technology－a domestically developed third-generation reactor design－are expected to accelerate China’s nuclear power construction despite the impact of COVID-19, said insiders. China National Nuclear Corp recently announced that it has begun to load fuel at the No 5 nuclear power …
FUZHOU, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — Fuel loading started Friday at China’s first nuclear power unit using Hualong One technology, a domestically developed third-generation reactor design, bringing the unit one step closer to operation. The loading started at 3:30 p.m. at the No. 5 nuclear power unit in the city of Fuqing, east China’s Fujian Province, …
The future of nuclear power in China is promising, Zheng Mingguang, Chief Engineer at China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) told World Nuclear Association’s Strategic eForum 2020yesterday. He believes both the use of large and small-scale reactors will find applications in China beyond just electricity generation. Speaking during the high-level panel Driving investment towards nuclear projects, …
Unit 5 at Tianwan nuclear power plant, developed by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and located in Lianyungang in East China’s Jiangsu province, successfully completed its full-power continuous operation assessment on Sept 8, meaning it now meets the conditions for commercial operation. To date, the number of nuclear power units in the service of CNNC …