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TVO Announces Another Delay For Olkiluoto Unit 3
Source: NewsEight days after announcing the long-delayed Unit 3 reactor at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland would be ready to enter commercial operations in May 2019, the owner of the plant has said that…
US Announces $64M In Awards For Advanced Nuclear Energy Projects
Source: NucNet19 Jun (NucNet): The US Department of Energy has announced nearly $64m in awards for advanced nuclear energy technology to national laboratories, industry, and 39 US universities in 29 states. …
Strong Response To Canada's SMR Demonstration Invitation
Source: NewsA call to solicit interest in small modular reactors (SMR) in Canada has established a strong response from interested parties, the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) said.
Trump Directs DOE To Rescue Struggling Nuclear Plants
Source: NewsPresident Donald Trump stepped into the debate on securing the national electricity resources by directing grid operators to purchase power from economically troubled nuclear power and coal-fired power plants.
Tanzania's Uranium Mines Wait For Economics To Change
Source: NewsThe east African nation of nation of Tanzania is poised to enter the market as a uranium producer, but is holding back until the price of the fissile metal rises, the International Atomic Energy Agency…
KHNP Closes Wolsong-1 Prematurely And Drops New-Build Plans, Reports Say
Source: NucNet18 Jun (NucNet): Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) will shut down the Wolsong-1 nuclear plant unit before the end of its lifetime in 2022, South Korean media quoted Chung Jae-hoon, KHNP’s chief executive officer,…
Westinghouse AP1000 On Track For First Criticality In June
Source: NewsChen Hua, chairman of the China National Nuclear Power Corporation, has said that the first completed Westinghouse-designed AP1000 reactor would reach first criticality by the end of June and that it remained on track to…
California Court Allows Diablo Canyon Lease To Stand
Source: NewsPacific Gas and Electric, owners of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant n San Louis Obispo County near Los Angeles, have met a legal challenge with a verdict in an California appeals court that will…
Canada’s OPG Announces Progress On Darlington-2 Refurbishing
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet15 Jun (NucNet): Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has begun reassembling the 878-MW Darlington-2 nuclear power unit as part of refurbishment works which started in 2016. …
Westinghouse Secures Cofrentes NPP Fuel Contract
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company today announced the signing of a contract for manufacture and delivery of boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel to Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant (CNC) in Spain in 2019 and 2021. CNC is wholly…
Nuclear Body Sounds Warning On Premature Shutdowns In France And Calls For ‘Renewal’ Of Nuclear Fleet
Source: NucNet14 Jun (NucNet): The premature shutdown of nuclear power units in France would jeopardise the country’s energy security and hamper efforts to reduce carbon emissions, Valérie Faudon, head of the French Nuclear Energy Society (SFEN),…
Finland’s Olkiluoto-3 EPR To Begin Operation In September 2019 Under Updated Schedule
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet14 Jun (NucNet): The Olkiluoto-3 EPR unit under construction in Finland is scheduled to begin regular electricity generation in September 2019, nuclear operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said in a statement yesterday. …
French Regulator Introduces Stricter Manufacturing Controls Following Le Creusot Problems
Source: NucNet13 Jun (NucNet): French nuclear regulator ASN has decided to strengthen its oversight of the production process of nuclear equipment and components as a result of the series of manufacturing irregularities, which were detected in…
Darlington Unit 2 Re-Assembly Begins
Source: NewsIt’s time to put Darlington Nuclear’s Unit 2 reactor back together, Ontario Power Generation announced Tuesday.
IAEA Seeks Solutions To Fusion Containment
Source: NewsThe IAEA said Monday it had issued a challenge for data specialists to come up models that would open the door for new materials to be used to build fusion reactors.
GE Ends Manufacturing At Salem, Va., Plant
Source: NewsUnion officials at General Electric's manufacturing division in Salem, Virginia, where the company has made power-generation turbines for decades, said they had received a letter of intent advising them that GE intends to close down…
Jordan Abandons Nuclear Station Deal With Russia
Source: NucNet12 Jun (NucNet): Jordan has scrapped a $10bn (€8.5bn) deal with Russia to build the Middle Eastern kingdom’s first nuclear power station, reports in local media said today. …
China, Signs Four-Reactor Deal With Rosatom
Source: NewsRussia's nuclear engineer and construction giant Rosatom has signed a deal in China that calls for the construction of four Russian-designed VVER-1200 reactors, two of which are slated for the Xudabao nuclear facility, while two…
Russia And China Sign Deal For Construction Of Four VVER Units
Source: NucNet11 Jun (NucNet): Russia and China have signed two deals for the construction of four Generation III+ VVER-1200 units at the Xudabao and Tianwan sites during Russian president Vladimir Putin’s official visit to Beijing on…
Federal Judge Temporarily Halts MOX Cancellation
Source: NewsA federal judge in South Carolina has temporarily put a halt to the federal government's plan to back out of the mixed oxide fuel (MOX) project at the Savannah River Site that the Department of…