The first new nuclear reactor for a British power station for more than 30 years has arrived in Somerset. At just 13-metres long and weighing 500-tonnes, the “reactor pressure vessel” will create the heat needed to make steam for the world’s largest turbines. It is the first of two nuclear reactors which will be installed …
The semi-state company JESS has asked for the permit to build the plant in Jaslovské Bohunice. While the dominant electricity producer Slovenské Elektrárne is intensively working on completing the third and fourth units of its nuclear power plant in Mochovce, the semi-state company JESS has advanced in its preparation of a brand new power plant …
Building new nuclear plants is ‘one pathway’ toward a fully electrified system, Energy Minister Todd Smith said in an interview. Ontario is exploring the possibility of building new, large-scale nuclear plants in order to meet increasing demand for electricity and phase out natural gas generation. A report late last year by the Independent Electricity System …
The inner dome for unit 3 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant was successfully hoisted into place on Feb 21, in South China’s Hainan province, marking the Hualong One unit’s shift from the construction stage to the equipment installation stage. The steel dome is located atop the nuclear island and is an important component in guaranteeing reactor …
The outer dome for unit 1 of the China National Nuclear Corporation’s (CNNC) Zhangzhou nuclear power plant was successfully hoisted into place on Feb 17, in East China’s Fujian province. It marks the completion of the main structure of the first Hualong One mass construction unit, and lays a solid foundation for subsequent construction, cold functional tests and …
Czech electricity producer CEZ’s logo is seen on the company’s headquarters in Prague March 17, 2013. The prosecution in Bulgaria requested CEZ license revocation over massive regulatory breaches, local media reported. REUTERS/David W Cerny Czech utility CEZ (CEZP.PR) will start talks with bidders for a multi-billion dollar project to build a new unit at its Dukovany nuclear …
A startup company wants to build fast nuclear reactors, and the company’s CEO said Wyoming may be on the list of possible locations for its plants. The Aurora-brand reactors that Silicon Valley-based Oklo is looking to build are much smaller than the TerraPower Natrium reactor planned to replace a retiring coal plant in Kemmerer. Aurora …
The Estonian government has appointed Edinburgh, UK-based law company Castletown Law to advise it on law and legislation for the country’s advanced civil nuclear energy programme. Last week, Fermi Energia selected GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor for potential deployment in the Baltic country by the early 2030s. Castletown said the work will …
The reactor internals – including a 10-metre internal shaft, a baffle and a block of protective pipes – have been delivered to the construction site of the first power unit at Kursk II in western Russia. The internals were manufactured by the Volgodonsk branch of JSC AEM-Technologies (part of the machine-building division of Rosatom – …
Early work across the Sizewell estate is continuing to prepare the site for construction of the new power station, which is anticipated to start in 2024. Ecologists are overseeing the activity to ensure that wildlife is able to disperse naturally into surrounding habitat or is re-homed in replacement habitat that has been created over many …