Unit 2 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China’s Zhejiang province has been connected to the electricity grid and has begun supplying power. In late-June, Sanmen 1 became the world’s first AP1000 to achieve grid connection and power generation. Sanmen 2 was connected to the grid at 5:22pm today, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) …
Installation has begun of the core catcher – a passive safety system – for unit 1 of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced. A core catcher is a device provided to catch the molten core material – corium – of a reactor in the unlikely event of a …
Chugoku Electric Power Co. on Friday applied to the government for safety screening of a nuclear reactor it is constructing, opening up the possibility of it becoming Japan’s first newly built reactor to go into operation since the 2011 Fukushima crisis. Work on the No. 3 unit at the Shimane plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, …
Milestones in the commissioning of the AP1000s under construction at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China’s Shandong province were met on 8 August. Unit 1 achieved first criticality, while fuel loading started at unit 2. Unit 1 of the Haiyang plant attained first criticality – a sustained chain reaction – at 10.42am yesterday, State …
Several milestones have been reached at nuclear power plant construction sites around the world including on the Leningrad II-2, Novovoronezh II-2, Barakah, and Plant Vogtle projects. Russian Progress At the Leningrad site, Rosatom—the Russian state atomic energy corporation—reported on August 7 that the main turbine equipment installation for Phase II Unit 2 was completed. The …
Turkey will build a third nuclear power plant in the Thrace region northwest of Istanbul, and will cooperate with China on the initiative, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Wednesday. Donmez also told broadcaster A Haber that Turkey’s first nuclear power plant was expected to come online in 2023. The $20 billion, 4,800 megawatt (MW) plant has …
Shimane Gov. Zembee Mizoguchi expressed an intention Tuesday to approve Chugoku Electric Power Co.’s plan to operate its new nuclear reactor, paving the way for the utility’s application for government screening. The city of Matsue, which hosts the Shimane nuclear plant, the neighboring Tottori Prefecture and other cities in the two prefectures located within 30 …
The developer of Britain’s first nuclear power station in more than three decades has approached 12 pension funds about helping finance a sister plant on the other side of the country. Electricite de France SA is working on ways to pay for its Sizewell C project in East Anglia that will make it cheaper than …
Saudi Arabia’s nuclear energy organisation is hosting a delegation from the intergovernmental International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for a 10-day review of its nuclear plans The review comes as the kingdom pursues the building of at least two nuclear plants to help diversify its energy mix. It has been in talks with firms from South …
The goal is to economize by using less gas and coal. Uzbekistan has said it has reached an agreement with Russia to jointly build a nuclear power plant, a development it says will help it economize on gas and coal. Opponents of the scheme, however, say the power station could pose a danger to the …
