One man was killed and eight were injured in a crane failure at the Arkansas Nuclear One power plant on 31 March. An unexplained failure caused a heavy lift gantry to collapse in the process of moving a 500-tonne component inside the turbine building.
Duke Energy has decided against trying to repair the Crystal River nuclear reactor, which has been offline for two years due to problems with containment concrete discovered during uprate work. Decommissioning begins immediately.
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The Mühleberg nuclear power plant can continue operating indefinitely, Switzerland's Federal Court has ruled, overturning a March 2012 ruling by the Federal Administrative Court that it would have to close in June._87x48.jpg "Embalse (NS-SA) 87x48")
The Development Bank of Latin America has issued its first loan for a nuclear project to support the refurbishment and licence extension of Argentina's Embalse nuclear power plant..jpg "Angra 1 RVH (MHI)_48")
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed the installation of a new reactor vessel head at Brazil's Angra 1. The contract was the first large-scale overseas reactor component retrofit for the Japanese company.
Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko praised work to develop technical solutions to enable the world's oldest RBMK reactor to continue operating during a visit to Leningrad 1. The fate of the unit will be made clear by 1 November.
Canadian nuclear companies have welcomed plans for private sector involvement in the management of national nuclear laboratories in the latest phase of the restructuring of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
Iberdrola Ingenieria has formally announced the completion of a five-year project to upgrade Mexico's only nuclear power plant, Laguna Verde.
Unit 1 of the Hongyanhe plant in Liaoning province in northeast China has been connected to the electricity grid. The reactor is expected to enter commercial operation later this year.
Belgian utility Electrabel has submitted an action plan to the country's nuclear regulator for carrying out additional tests to determine whether two of its reactors can safely be restarted following the discovery of manufacturing defects in their reactor pressure vessels last year.
Duke Energy has decided against trying to repair the Crystal River nuclear reactor, which has been offline for two years due to problems with containment concrete discovered during uprate work. Decommissioning begins immediately.