The fate of two incomplete nuclear reactors ― Shin-Kori 5 and 6 ― will be decided this week. The decision, which will be announced Friday, is likely to profoundly affect the future of Korea’s nuclear energy. The review committee, which consists of 471 ordinary citizens, held the final discussion about whether to continue the construction of …
Small but very critical item in the uranium space this week. Suggesting that the world’s largest producing nation may be about to take drastic action in propping up faltering prices. That’s Kazakhstan — the world’s reigning champ for uranium output the last several years. Where officials said they may move to further cut production in …
OSTROVETS, 12 October (BelTA) – The loading of nuclear fuel into the first power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant is supposed to begin in summer 2019, BelTA learned from Alexander Kanyuka, Head of the Reactor Department of the state enterprise Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, on 12 October. “We intend to get nuclear fuel …
Kazakhstan’s energy minister Kanat Bozumbayev announced Wednesday that the country will supply uranium to five nuclear power plants in China beginning in 2019. “We are working with our Chinese partners on uranium conversion,” Bozumbayev told media representatives at the 18th Asian Nuclear Cooperation Forum held in Kazakhstan’s capital city Astana. China is on schedule to …
NIAMEY, Oct 11 (Reuters) – French uranium mining and nuclear fuel group Areva NewCo’s two uranium mines in Niger will cut staff and output in the face of falling uranium prices, a local union leader said on Wednesday. The state-owned company runs the open-cut Somair mine outside the northern, desert town of Arlit and the …
* Olkiluoto EPR to start May 2019, Flamanville Dec 2019 * EDF keeps 10.5 bln euros budget for Flamanville * Both reactors years behind schedule, billions over budget (Adds detail and background) PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) – French state-controlled power group EDF confirmed that it expected its long-delayed nuclear reactor in Flamanville, northern France, to …
HELSINKI (Reuters) – The start of regular power production at Finland’s biggest nuclear reactor Olkiluoto 3 will be pushed back another five months to May 2019, owner Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said on Monday, the latest in a decade of delays. The project in western Finland, built by a consortium led by French state-owned nuclear group …
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Russian company Rosatom’s 12.5 billion euro (11.25 billion pounds) project to build two nuclear reactors in Hungary has been delayed by at least a year, Hungarian authorities said. Hungarian minister Janos Suli told a conference on Thursday that the Paks nuclear project would be delayed by 22 months because of European Union …
Georgia Power on Friday touted continued progress continues at the Vogtle nuclear expansion site near Waynesboro, Georgia with recent latest milestones achieved over the past week including a 71-hour continues concrete pour the company deemed a “super placement.” Workers on site also managed the latest heavy lift at the site involving the placement of a 237-ton CA03 …
Unit 3 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China’s Jiangsu province today attained a sustained chain reaction for the first time. The Russian-supplied VVER-1000 is scheduled to enter commercial operation next year. Following approval to load fuel into the unit by China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration on 9 August, the process to load a …
