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Temelin tender decision faces delay

19 June 2013

Political turmoil could impact the tender process for the planned construction of two new reactors at the Czech Republic's Temelin plant. The winning bid was due to be decided in September.

Rostov 3 vessel installation begins

18 June 2013

Rostov 3 RPV installation 48The reactor pressure vessel for unit 3 of Russia's Rostov nuclear power plant is in the process of installation. The component has been put in place ready for circulation pipes to be connected.

Grid concerns for Baltic project

11 June 2013

Turbine blank Alstom-AEM 48Work may be halted on the Baltic nuclear power plant project as the possibility to export its power appears less certain.

Land secured for pilot fast reactor

18 June 2013

SVBR-100 module (AKME) 48A lease agreement has been signed for land on which the pilot heavy metal-cooled SVBR-100 reactor will be built in Dimitrovgrad in Russia's Ulyanovsk region.

TVO shows commitment to Olkiluoto 3

14 June 2013

Olkiluoto 3 - May 2012 48The shareholders of Finland's Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) have agreed to €300 million ($400 million) of loan commitments to enable the company to realise the completion of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR project.

Hongyanhe 1 enters commercial operation

07 June 2013

Hongyanghe site 48The first of four reactors being built at the Hongyanhe plant in Liaoning province in northeast China has begun commercial operation. It becomes China's seventeenth operating nuclear power unit.