Supply chain rss

International tie-up bolsters AP1000 supply chain

Corporate

14 May 2013

Westinghouse AP1000 48Westinghouse and China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corp have formed a joint venture to develop the global AP1000 supply chain.

MHI signs off on turbine contract

Corporate

25 April 2013

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed the final shipment of turbine rotors for the first AP1000 nuclear power plants under construction in China.

Joint venture settles on Russian turbine site

Corporate

07 January 2013

Nuclear steam turbines based on Alstom's Arabelle design are to be manufactured at Volgodonsk, Alstom-Atomenergomash has announced.

New steam generators arrive at Prairie Island

Corporate

29 April 2013

Prairie Island steam generators 48Areva has delivered two replacement steam generators for use in Xcel Energy's Prairie Island nuclear power plant in Minnesota.

Yangjiang steam generators arrive on site

New Nuclear

31 January 2013

Steam generators for Yangjiang 3, January 2012 (Shanghai Electric) 75x48A delivery this month completed the journey of three steam generators from the Lingang manufacturing plant near Shanghai to the Yangjiang nuclear power plant site.

South Korean units restart after probe

Regulation and Safety

02 January 2013

Yonggwang 48Two units at South Korea's Yonggwang nuclear power plant have been given permission to restart by the country's regulator. Units 5 and 6 had been offline since early November 2012 when it was discovered that non-safety-critical parts had been supplied using forged certificates.