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UK Needs To ‘Make Up Its Mind’ On Nuclear, Consider RAB Financing Model, Says Oxford Economist
Source: NucNet29 Jan (NucNet): The UK government needs to make up its mind whether it is a serious about nuclear and prepared to do it properly, which means it has to make key strategic decisions, stick…
Rolls-Royce Asking UK Gov’t To Back SMR Project, Says Financial Times
Source: NucNet28 Jan (NucNet): Rolls-Royce and its partners are asking the UK government for more than £200m in funding to develop a business that will build small modular nuclear reactors, according to a report in the…
China Nuclear Generation Increased 18.6% In 2018, Says Federation
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet28 Jan (NucNet): China’s fleet of commercial nuclear power plants generated 294 TWh of electrical energy in 2018, a 18.6% increase over 2017, according to figures from the Chinese Federation of Electric Power Enterprises. …
Russian Regulator Approves Start Of Bilibino-1 Decommissioning
Source: NucNet25 Jan (NucNet): Russian regulator Rostechnadzor has approved the start of decommissioning work at Unit 1 of the Bilibino nuclear power station in the far northeastern region of Chukotka. …
Spain Nuclear Operator Has Good Basis For LTO, Says IAEA Review
Source: NucNet25 Jan (NucNet): The operator of the Ascó and Vandellós nuclear power stations in Spain has established a good basis for managing the planned long-term operation of three units at the facilities, an International Atomic…
Berkeley Energia Optimistic On Salamanca As Uranium Market Strengthens
Source: NucNet24 Jan (NucNet): The company developing the Salamanca uranium mine in northwestern Spain said yesterday it has received several positive recommendations for the facility. …
Saudi Arabia Has Received Nuclear Offers From Five Countries, Says Official
Source: NucNet24 Jan (NucNet): Saudi Arabia has received offers from five countries to build the first two nuclear power plants in the kingdom, an official said. …
EC Report Says Existing Nuclear Will Be Cheapest Form Of Energy In 2030
Source: NucNet23 Jan (NucNet): The average levelised cost of electricity from existing nuclear plants in the European Union will be slightly less than €60/MWh in 2030, making it cheaper than all the other forms of energy,…
Hot Tests For Flamanville 3 Set For February
Source: NewsFrench utility and nuclear plant developer EDF said Tuesday that full pressure and temperature simulations known as hot tests would get underway at the long-delayed Flamanville Unit 3 Pressurized Water Rector (PWR) in the second…
GSE Lands Nuclear Company's Data Systems Contract
Source: NewsWith the results of a successful pilot project behind it, GSE Systems said Tuesday it has been awarded a contract from a major US nuclear operating company to deliver a Data Validation & Reconciliation (“DVR”)…
EDF Says Hot Testing At Flamanville-3 Now Scheduled To Begin Next Month
Source: NucNet22 Jan (NucNet): EDF is “actively pursuing” an action plan to rectify problems with weldings at the Flamanville-3 EPR nuclear unit under construction in northern France with hot testing of the plant, previously scheduled to…
‘Unacceptable’ Corrosion At UK’s Dungeness B Gets Level 2 INES Rating
Source: NucNetThe discovery of “unacceptable” corrosion in seismic restraints, pipework and storage vessels associated with several systems providing a safety function at the Dungeness B nuclear power station in southern England has been rated Level 2…
China’s CGN ‘In Talks With Rolls-Royce’ To Supply Bradwell B Equipment
Source: NucNet21 Jan (NucNet): China’s largest state-backed nuclear company is in talks with Rolls-Royce about supplying equipment for the Bradwell B power station it hopes to build in Essex, reports the Financial Times. …
Hitachi Freezes Plans to Build Four ABWRs in the UK
Source: Neutron BytesDue to a lack of investor interest, rising costs, and the UK government’s reluctance to take more than a one-third equity stake in the projects, Hitachi has suspended all work on the Wylfa and Oldbury…
Westinghouse Awarded $93.6M To Support EnCore Fuel Development
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company has been awarded $93.6 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in support of their accident-tolerant fuel program, EnCore fuel, the company said Friday.
Nuclear Still Largest Source Of Generation In Spain, Latest Figures Show
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet18 Jan (NucNet): Spain’s fleet of seven commercial nuclear reactor units generated 53.2 TWh of electricity in 2018, a slight fall from 55.6 TWh in 2017 but still the largest source of generation in the…
UK Parliamentary Nuclear Group Says Wylfa ‘Vital For Future Energy Needs’
Source: NucNet18 Jan (NucNet): A UK parliamentary group has said Hitachi’s decision to suspend work on the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station in north Wales is “hugely disappointing” with the facility a crucial part of the…
Hitachi Suspends Work On Wylfa Newydd and Oldbury Projects
Source: NewsHorizon Nuclear Power parent Hitachi Ltd. of Japan and the British government both reaffirmed their commitments to nuclear power Thursday, on the heels of Hitachi’s announcement that the company was pulling away from two large…
Hitachi Halts Wylfa Newydd Nuclear Plans After Talks On Financing Fail
Source: NucNet17 Jan (NucNet): Japan’s Hitachi announced today it will suspend work on plans to build two UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactors at the Wylfa Newydd nuclear site in north Wales because of rising construction costs…
L3 MAPPS to Convert Wolsong Unit 1 Simulator for Unit 3 Training
Source: News—Press Release— – Converted simulator is expected to be in service by the third quarter of 2020 – L3 MAPPS announced today that it is under contract with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.…