Russia’s Rosatom is building Turkey’s first nuclear power plant in its southern Mersin province, with the first reactor expected to go online next year Turkey is in contact with China regarding the construction of a planned third nuclear power plant and is surveying sites for a fourth, a top ministry official said. Russia’s Rosatom is …
The 214-tonne upper part of the inner containment dome, with a diameter of 36 metres, has been installed in its design position at Tianwan nuclear power plant unit 7, in Jiangsu province in China. The installation of the upper part came a month after the lower tier was lifted into position. The plant uses a double …
Pakistan and China signed a $4.8 billion deal on Tuesday to build a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said, hailing the investment by a country that Pakistan views as its most dependable ally. Work on the Chashma 5 project would begin immediately, Sharif said on state-run news channel PTV following the signing …
Slovenia’s government will take a decision in principle by 1 August on the JEK2 new nuclear project, Prime Minister Robert Golob has said – meanwhile the operating company said it was considering increasing the proposed capacity of the scheme. During a visit to the Krško nuclear power plant, Golob said: “Slovenia is, and will remain, a …
The CA03 module has been hoisted into place at unit 3 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China’s Zhejiang province. Meanwhile, the circular rail that will support the polar crane of unit 3 at the Xudabao plant in Liaoning province has been installed. Together with the CA02 module, the CA03 makes up the in-containment …
Westinghouse has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract with Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild for the construction of an AP1000 reactor at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant site in Bulgaria. In January, Bulgaria’s parliament asked ministers to negotiate with the US government for a new AP1000 unit at Kozloduy. The vote urged action to be taken …
Egypt’s Dabaa nuclear power plant is on track to meet its original schedule, according to a senior government official. Progress is being made on the plant, which has a capacity of 4,800 megawatts, and it is expected to be completed between 2028 and 2031. Mohamed Shaker, Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, said that the nuclear …
Slovenia hopes to attract foreign investors to the project for the construction of a second unit at Krsko nuclear power plant (NPP), Austrian media reported. The government aims to attract multiple foreign investors, including Austrian companies, despite the opposition of Vienna to the project, Austrian news agency APA quoted Slovenia’s prime minister Robert Golob as …
The president of Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency (Panstwowa Agencja Atomistyki, PAA) has issued a general opinion on the safety analysis of the country’s first planned nuclear power plant. The scope of the planned, independent verification of safety analyses presented in Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe’s (PEJ’s) application was deemed to be correct. In order to obtain …
Škoda JS Director General František Krček says he believes Czech industry could handle a majority of the work for new nuclear plants in the country – and says he also hopes for orders relating to small modular reactors within five years. Krček, in an interview with e15, noted that Škoda JS had signed memorandums with the …