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NRC / Chairman Kristine Svinicki To Step Down After 13 Years
Source: NucNetUS Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Kristine Svinicki announced she intends to leave the commission on January 20 after 13 years of service. Ms Svinicki has served as a commissioner under three administrations and is the…
Italy / Sogin Publishes List Of 67 Potential Radwaste Repository Sites
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetItaly’s state-owned nuclear waste management company Sogin has published a list of 67 potential sites for a national radwaste storage facility. The list includes potential sites in the northwest, central Italy, the south, and the…
Olkiluoto / Electricity Production At Finland Nuclear Station Down Slightly On 2019
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNetThe Olkiluoto nuclear power station in southwest Finland produced 14.6 TWh of electricity in 2020, meeting about one-sixth of the country’ total electricity consumption but representing a slight fall from the 14.75 TWh produced in…
Sweden / After 44 Years Of Operation, Ringhals-1 Shuts Down For Good
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNetAfter 44 years of commercial operation, the Ringhals-1 nuclear power reactor near Varberg in southwestern Sweden has been shut down for good. The 881-MW boiling water reactor unit reactor began commercial operation on 1 January…
Slovenia / Krško Nuclear Plant Scheduled For Restart After Croatia Earthquake
Source: NucNetSlovenia’s single-unit Krško nuclear power station is scheduled for restart and grid connection at 22:00 local time on 30 December 2020, after an automatic shutdown the day before was caused by an earthquake in neighbouring…
Bulgaria / Kozloduy Sets Generation Record In 2020
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNetBulgaria’s Kozloduy-5 and -6 nuclear reactor units generated a record amount of electricity in 2020, the plant operator Kozloduy NPP said in a statement. From 1 January until 30 December 2020 the two VVER-1000 units…
Slovenia / Krško Nuclear Plant In Safe Shutdown After Croatia Earthquake
Source: NucNetSlovenia’s single-unit Krško nuclear power station is in a safe sate after it was automatically shut down earlier on 29 December as a result of an earthquake in neighbouring Croatia, according to the national nuclear…
Europe / UK And EU Reach Post-Brexit Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NucNetThe UK and the European Union reached last week a draft nuclear cooperation agreement in the framework of the general UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) concluded after last-minute talks in Brussels, the UK government…
China / Tianwan-4 VVER Handed Over To Operator By Russia’s Atomstroyexport
Source: NucNetAtomstroyexport, the export branch of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has handed over the Tianwan-4 nuclear reactor unit to plant operator Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC), a statement said. Tianwan-4 is a Russia-designed 1,045-MW VVER…
Japan’s MOX Fuel Plan Gets a Green Light, but Reprocessing Start Delayed for Two Years
Source: Neutron BytesJapan Struggles to Make Progress with MOX Fuel Program Despite Ambitious Goals DOE ARDP Program Awards $20 million for Advanced Reactor Concepts BWXT to Start $106.6 Million Microreactor Design Project Battelle Energy Alliance and NASA…
US / Stimulus Plan Includes $1.5 Billion For Nuclear Energy Programmes
Source: NucNetA $908bn relief and stimulus plan approved by US Congress includes $1.5bn for nuclear energy programmes, signalling the importance of nuclear as the country tries to move towards an increasingly decarbonised economy. The total appropriation…
Belarus VVER–1200 Begins Final Tests
Source: NewsThe pilot operation stage at the Belarus NPP unit 1 of III+Gen with VVER-1200 reactor technology began Tuesday, December 22, Russian nuclear giant Rosatom announced.
Ohio Nuclear Bailout Hit With Injunction
Source: NewsA bribery scandal said to be the largest in history for the state of Ohio has prompted a Franklin County judge to slap an injunction on the state’s nuclear power bailout law.
Hanhikivi Unit 1 Moves Forward On Ground And On Paper
Source: NewsWhile site preparation for Finland’s Hanhikivi Unit 1 project continues, energy company Fennovoima said Monday that it had conditionally accepted design documents for Basic Design Stage One submitted by Russian parts supplier RAOS Project, part…
Czech Republic / Cabinet Approves Four Sites For Deep Geological Repository
Source: NucNetThe Czech cabinet has approvd a shortlist of four potential sites for a deep geological repository and has rubber-stamped legislation that will set out the “rules of the game” and improve transparency throughout the selection…
US / DOE Announces $20 Million In FY2020 Funding For Advanced Reactor Projects
Source: NucNetThe US Department of Energy has announced $20m in awards for the third of three programmes under its new advanced reactor demonstration programme. Three teams will receive FY20 funding for projects designed to help domestic…
Poland / Activists Call On Germany To Reconsider Nuclear Phaseout Decision
Source: NucNetClimate and environmental activists in Poland are calling on Germany to reconsider its 2011 decision to permanently shut down all operational nuclear power plants. Members of the FOTA4Climate initiative submitted to the Germany embassy in…
Canada / Regulator Renews Licence For BWXT Fuel Facilities
Source: NucNetCanada’s nuclear regulator has renewed the nuclear fuel facility licence held by BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc (BWXT) for plants in Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission also decided to authorise the…
Sweden / Westinghouse Signs Contract For Reactor Segmentation At Agesta
Source: NucNetUS-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with Swedish utility Vattenfall to segment the nuclear reactor at its Agesta nuclear power plant near Stockholm. Under the terms of the contract, Westinghouse will plan, design…
Will the UK Govt Take a £20bn Equity Stake in Sizewell?
Source: Neutron BytesWill the UK Government take an equity stake in Sizewell C? DOE Grants $30M to Five US Firms for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Designs Canada Outlines Next Steps for Progress on Small Modular Reactor Technology Will…