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NINA falls foul of foreign ownership law
Plans for two new reactors at the South Texas Project (STP) are facing a new hurdle after US regulators determined that licence applicant Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA) does not meet statutory requirements on foreign ownership.
New Nuclear
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013
ESBWR back as proposed North Anna unit
Dominion has reverted to GE-Hitachi's Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) as the favoured technology for the proposed third unit at its North Anna plant in Virginia.
New Nuclear
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Friday, 26 April 2013
Kudankulam valve replacement
Commissioning work has been delayed at unit 1 of India's new Kudankulam nuclear power plant with the replacement of four valves in the passive core cooling system.
New Nuclear
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Butkevičius negotiates on Visaginas
Lithuania's optimal power mix would include nuclear along with a range of other sources, said new prime minister Algirdas Butkevičius, but the Visaginas project's economics are critical and need the buy-in of local partners.
New Nuclear
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Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Ningde 1 goes commercial
The first unit at the Ningde nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province is now operating commercially. It is one of four Chinese-designed CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors that will operate at the site.
New Nuclear
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Tuesday, 23 April 2013
French fuel for Korean reactor in Jordan
Fuel for Jordan's research reactor will be made by Areva, the company announced. A South Korean consortium is supplying the 5 MWt unit to Jordan University of Science and Technology.
Uranium & Fuel
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Friday, 19 April 2013
World has stalled on clean energy
The world's governments are failing on almost every level to clean up their energy systems and must intervene to support nuclear power, said the IEA, noting that only renewables and electric vehicles are 'on track'.
Energy & Environment
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013
UK starts ABWR design assessment
The generic design assessment for Hitachi-GE's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) has officially begun with the signature of agreements by the company and UK nuclear regulators.
New Nuclear
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Another option for Hanhikivi
Fennovoima has invited Rosatom to participate in "direct negotiations" on the supply of a mid-sized AES-2006 reactor for its planned Hanhikivi plant in Finland. Toshiba's larger EU-ABWR is also under consideration.
New Nuclear
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Friday, 5 April 2013
Putin offers help to South African nuclear industry
Russia is offering to help South Africa to develop its own nuclear industry from resource production to power plant design and manufacture, Vladimir Putin has told South African president Jacob Zuma.
Corporate
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Thursday, 28 March 2013
Polar crane installed at Haiyang
The bridge of the polar crane for unit 1 of the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province has been raised into position near the top of the AP1000 reactor building.
New Nuclear
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013
UK seizes the day with new nuclear strategy
A new industrial strategy published by the UK government sets out detailed plans to enable the country to make the most of opportunities for economic growth in the nuclear energy sector at home and abroad.
Nuclear Policies
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013
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Dominion has reverted to GE-Hitachi's Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) as the favoured technology for the proposed third unit at its North Anna plant in Virginia.
Commissioning work has been delayed at unit 1 of India's new Kudankulam nuclear power plant with the replacement of four valves in the passive core cooling system.
The first unit at the Ningde nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province is now operating commercially. It is one of four Chinese-designed CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors that will operate at the site._80x48.jpg "ABWR (Hitachi) 80x48")
The generic design assessment for Hitachi-GE's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) has officially begun with the signature of agreements by the company and UK nuclear regulators.
Fennovoima has invited Rosatom to participate in "direct negotiations" on the supply of a mid-sized AES-2006 reactor for its planned Hanhikivi plant in Finland. Toshiba's larger EU-ABWR is also under consideration.
The bridge of the polar crane for unit 1 of the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province has been raised into position near the top of the AP1000 reactor building.
A new industrial strategy published by the UK government sets out detailed plans to enable the country to make the most of opportunities for economic growth in the nuclear energy sector at home and abroad.