Poland is close to choosing Westinghouse Electric Co. to help it build its first nuclear power plant as the European Union’s largest eastern economy rushes to replace its aging coal-fired units. Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin and Climate Minister Anna Moskwa announcement their preferred option after meeting with US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm over the weekend. …
The core catcher casing has been installed at unit 8 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China’s Jiangsu province, marking the start of installation of the unit’s nuclear island main equipment, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. The 6.1-metre-high, 156-tonne casing is part of the core catcher, which is designed to catch the molten …
NuScale Power LLC (NuScale) announced today that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) issued letter ML22287A155, concurring with NRC staff, stating that the NuScale methodology for determining the appropriate size of the Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) is acceptable for use by NuScale small modular reactor (SMR) power plants. This methodology …
Marks historic moment for modern U.S. nuclear industry Milestone is pivotal prior to startup testing and commercial operation The new nuclear unit projected to enter service in the first quarter 2023 Georgia Power announced tonight that fuel load into the Vogtle Unit 3 reactor core has begun at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Ga. The fuel load process …
Work has begun to install the steam generators for unit 2 of Rooppur, one of two units at what will be the first nuclear power plant in Bangladesh. The Rooppur nuclear power plant is 160 kilometres from the capital Dhaka, with two VVER-1200 reactors of Russian design and with a total 2400MW capacity. The steam generator, …
The New Units Using AP1000 Technology at Lianjiang Will Expand Carbon-Free Power Westinghouse Electric Company congratulates China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) on adding two additional AP1000® technology-based plants in China to its growing list of newbuild projects. China’s State Council recently approved the two units owned by State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) at Lianjiang …
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and its operations and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company (Nawah), in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Transmission & Despatch Company (TRANSCO), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), has successfully connected Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant to the UAE grid and is dispatching its …
Polskie Elektrownie Nucleowe has applied to the President of the National Atomic Energy Agency (Panstwowa Agencja Atomistyki, PAA) for a general opinion on the planned verification of safety analyses for prospective nuclear power plants. Poland has plans for new nuclear power capacity in the coming years of up to 9 GWe, with the first unit online in …
As Europe struggles to contain a worsening fuel crunch, one country is about to secure energy independence that will shield households from crippling electricity costs and the threat of blackouts. A new nuclear reactor in Slovakia is due to start early next year, the nation’s first atomic generator to open in 22 years. The central …
The second unit at Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant has had the installation of its reactor pressure vessel (RPV) completed. The reactor vessel – which is 11.45 metres by 5.6 metres and weighs 343 tonnes – was installed in position in an operation lasting about six hours, using a Liebherr 13,000 crawler crane, Rosatom’s Akkuyu …