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Garoña licence renewal option sought
Spanish utility Nuclenor has requested a partial revocation of a ministerial order allowing an extension to the operating licence application deadline for the shut Garoña nuclear power plant, enabling a possible restart.
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Friday, 17 May 2013
Regulator OKs Belgian reactor restart
Belgian reactor operator Electrabel is preparing to restart units at Tihange and Doel after national nuclear regulators confirmed that crack-like indications discovered in the reactors' pressure vessels are of no safety significance.
Regulation & Safety
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Friday, 17 May 2013
CGNPC renamed to reflect expansion
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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.
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Simulator upgrade for Chinese plant
L3-MAPPS will add a severe accident module to the full scope simulator of China's Ling Ao Phase II nuclear power plant.
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Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Kewaunee enters retirement
Electricity generation at Dominion's Kewaunee nuclear power plant in Wisconsin ended today after almost 40 years of operation.
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Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Isotope reactor steps up to the plate
Belgium's BR2 reactor is to run an additional production cycle to guarantee supplies of vital medical isotopes while the Netherlands' HFR reactor remains out of action due to unforeseen problems.
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Thursday, 2 May 2013
Regulatory approval for Fessenheim 2 upgrades
French nuclear regulators have prescribed a program of works to be carried out at Fessenheim 2 to allow France's second-oldest nuclear unit to continue to operate beyond its third ten-yearly inspection.
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Tuesday, 30 April 2013
France and China strengthen nuclear bond
A state visit has seen Areva, EDF and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corporation sign a three-way agreement for further cooperation.
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Friday, 26 April 2013
Uprates completed at Florida plants
Florida Power & Light is celebrating the completion of a major five-year upgrade program that has added over 500 MWe of capacity to four reactors at its Turkey Point and St Lucie sites.
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Monday, 22 April 2013
Air cooling for Finnish plant
New cooling towers will help to ensure safety at Finland's Loviisa nuclear power plant even if the seawater normally used to cool the plant were to be unavailable.
Regulation & Safety
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013
US nuclear safety goes from strength to strength
Contracts have been signed for the operation of two regional US response centres to manage emergency backup equipment, while newly released performance metrics for 2012 show US plants achieving good safety performances.
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Friday, 12 April 2013
Darlington turbine refurb contract
Alstom is to refurbish the turbines and generators of all four Candu reactors at the Darlington nuclear power plant under a contract signed with Ontario Power Generation. The work is part of a project to extend the plant's life by up to 30 years.
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Thursday, 4 April 2013
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Belgian reactor operator Electrabel is preparing to restart units at Tihange and Doel after national nuclear regulators confirmed that crack-like indications discovered in the reactors' pressure vessels are of no safety significance.
L3-MAPPS will add a severe accident module to the full scope simulator of China's Ling Ao Phase II nuclear power plant.
Electricity generation at Dominion's Kewaunee nuclear power plant in Wisconsin ended today after almost 40 years of operation._74x48.jpg "BR2 top view reference (SCK-CEN) 74x48")
Belgium's BR2 reactor is to run an additional production cycle to guarantee supplies of vital medical isotopes while the Netherlands' HFR reactor remains out of action due to unforeseen problems._72x48.jpg "Fessenheim (EDF) 72x48")
French nuclear regulators have prescribed a program of works to be carried out at Fessenheim 2 to allow France's second-oldest nuclear unit to continue to operate beyond its third ten-yearly inspection.
Florida Power & Light is celebrating the completion of a major five-year upgrade program that has added over 500 MWe of capacity to four reactors at its Turkey Point and St Lucie sites.
New cooling towers will help to ensure safety at Finland's Loviisa nuclear power plant even if the seawater normally used to cool the plant were to be unavailable.
Contracts have been signed for the operation of two regional US response centres to manage emergency backup equipment, while newly released performance metrics for 2012 show US plants achieving good safety performances.