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Tokai 2 cleared for restart
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority yesterday approved the restart of unit 2 of the Tokai nuclear power plant after concluding that safety measures submitted by Japan Atomic Power Company passed revised safety standards.
Regulation & Safety
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Thursday, 27 September 2018
Injunction lifted on operation of Japanese reactor
UPDATED 28 September: Shikoku Electric Power Company expects unit 3 of its Ikata nuclear power plant in Japan's Ehime Prefecture to resume power generation by the end of next month following a high court decision to overturn an injunction imposed last December.
Regulation & Safety
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Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Outages extended at Belgian plants
Scheduled outages at Belgium's Tihange 2 and 3 have been further extended while concrete degradation issues in adjacent non-nuclear buildings are addressed, operator Electrabel has announced.
Regulation & Safety
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Monday, 24 September 2018
First AP1000 reactor enters commercial operation
Unit 1 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province has completed 168 hours of full-power continuous operation. The AP1000 reactor is now deemed to be in commercial operation.
New Nuclear
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Friday, 21 September 2018
US resilience in face of the storm
Two emergency response centres that store and maintain mobile operational equipment for deployment to US nuclear facilities in times of need were put on standby in preparation for Hurricane Florence, which made landfall in South Carolina earlier this week.
Regulation & Safety
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Friday, 21 September 2018
Operating licence extensions for Olkiluoto units
The Finnish government has approved a 20-year extension to the operating licences of units 1 and 2 at Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj's Olkiluoto nuclear power plant.
Regulation & Safety
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Thursday, 20 September 2018
Oyster Creek retires after 49 years
Exelon Generation's Oyster Creek nuclear power plant retired from service yesterday after 49 years of electricity generation. The single-unit boiling water reactor was the oldest operating nuclear power plant in the USA.
Waste & Recycling
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Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Challenging the nuclear finance status quo
Financial challenges facing nuclear energy need to be tackled by disrupting the status quo to help drive down costs, delegates heard at the recent
World Nuclear Association 2018
Symposium
in London.
Corporate
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Monday, 17 September 2018
US plant operators prepare for Hurricane Florence
UPDATED: Duke Energy has shut down both units at the Brunswick nuclear power plant as the North Carolina site faces hurricane-force winds, major storm surges and heavy rain. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission is staffing its incident response centre in Atlanta around the clock to monitor Hurricane Florence, which has now made landfall.
Regulation & Safety
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Thursday, 13 September 2018
Coolant channel replacement complete at Kakrapar 2
India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has concluded that corrosion spots caused by impurities in carbon dioxide gas at the Kakrapar plant led to coolant channel leaks in 2015 and 2016. Work has now been completed at unit 2.
Regulation & Safety
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Tuesday, 4 September 2018
New Brunswick to test emergency plans
NB Power and the New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organisation are to carry out Synergy Challenge 2018, a full-scale exercise to test the province's readiness to respond to a simulated nuclear emergency at the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant.
Regulation & Safety
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Thursday, 30 August 2018
Second Sanmen AP1000 connected to grid
Unit 2 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province has been connected to the electricity grid and has begun supplying power. In late-June, Sanmen 1 became the world's first AP1000 to achieve grid connection and power generation.
New Nuclear
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Friday, 24 August 2018
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