New build rss

Contract to lay out new Wylfa plant

New Nuclear

16 May 2013

Wylfa (Magnox Sites)_48Work to develop the design of Horizon Nuclear Power's proposed new plant at Wylfa in the UK is set to start.

I&C collaboration celebrates China first

Corporate

09 May 2013

Ningde (CGNPC)_48The first digital instrumentation and control (I&C) system developed jointly by Mitsubishi Electrical Corporation of Japan and China Techenergy Corporation has entered commercial operation.

Kundankulam's public interest ruling

New Nuclear

07 May 2013

Kudankulam 69x48A panel of two judges at India's Supreme Court has concluded that the Kudankulam nuclear power plant is vital for the country's economic growth and dismissed widespread public apprehension at the project as having 'no basis'.

CGNPC renamed to reflect expansion

Corporate

15 May 2013

China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPC) has changed its name to China General Nuclear Power Group to reflect the group's ambitions to grow outside of Guangdong and China itself.

New nuclear development council for Vietnam

Nuclear Policies

09 May 2013

Vietnam is to set up a new National Council for Atomic Energy Development, tasked with identifying strategies and priorities for the development of nuclear energy in the country.

First selection of Atmea1 nuclear reactor

New Nuclear

03 May 2013

Atmea1_68x48Turkey stands to be the first country to use the Atmea1 reactor design by Areva and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. An accord signed today could see four of the units deployed at Sinop in the early 2020s.