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Commercial operation marks completion of Vogtle expansion

Commercial operation marks completion of Vogtle expansion

Georgia Power has announced the start of commercial operations at the second of the two AP1000 units built as an expansion of the existing two-unit Vogtle plant. The plant is now the largest generator of clean energy in the USA.

New Nuclear 29 April 2024

Construction starts of second Lianjiang unit

Construction starts of second Lianjiang unit

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 2 at the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. It is the second of two CAP1000 units planned as the initial phase of the plant, which will eventually house six such reactors.

New Nuclear 29 April 2024

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Poland's nuclear programme making good progress, says IAEA

Poland's nuclear programme making good progress, says IAEA

An International Atomic Energy Agency review mission has praised steps taken to develop the necessary infrastructure for a safe and sustainable nuclear power programme in Poland. Meanwhile, Bechtel marks the start of site field work for the country's first nuclear power plant.

New Nuclear 26 April 2024

Industria and Rolls-Royce SMR plans take step forward

Industria and Rolls-Royce SMR plans take step forward

Poland's Industria says that it now has all the necessary ministerial opinions required to move on to the next stage of its plans for the construction of small modular reactor plants using Rolls-Royce SMR's technology.

New Nuclear 26 April 2024

Romanian President leads visit to Doosan SMR production facilities

Romanian President leads visit to Doosan SMR production facilities

Romania plans a small modular reactor power plant, using NuScale technology, with South Korea's Doosan Enerbility set to manufacture and supply the core equipment, including the upper reactor module.

New Nuclear 25 April 2024

Design work for Argentina's radioisotope production plant under way

Design work for Argentina's radioisotope production plant under way

Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission and nuclear construction specialists INVAP have held a workshop focused on the design of the facility which will form part of the complex alongside the new RA-10 multipurpose reactor.

New Nuclear 23 April 2024

China starts mass production of carbon-14 isotope

China starts mass production of carbon-14 isotope

The carbon-14 isotope is being produced at the Qinshan nuclear power plant, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced.

New Nuclear 22 April 2024

Second tier of containment installed for BREST-OD-300

Second tier of containment installed for BREST-OD-300

The 184-tonnes section - the second of three - has been lifted into place for the lead-cooled fast neutron reactor under construction at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in Russia.

New Nuclear 19 April 2024

Super module installed at first Lianjiang unit

Super module installed at first Lianjiang unit

The CA01 'super module' has been installed at unit 1 of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute announced. It is the first of two CAP1000 reactors planned for the first phase of the plant.

New Nuclear 18 April 2024

Inner containment in place at Tianwan 8

Inner containment in place at Tianwan 8

The dome of the inner containment structure has been hoisted into place on top of the inner containment walls at unit 8 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province.

New Nuclear 17 April 2024