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Tianwan 7 gets lower tier of inner containment dome

Tianwan 7 gets lower tier of inner containment dome

The 44-metre diameter lower tier of the inner containment dome, weighing 391 tonnes, has been lifted into position on the seventh unit of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China.

New Nuclear 19 May 2023

Xudabao 3 vessel passes hydrostatic tests

Xudabao 3 vessel passes hydrostatic tests

The reactor pressure vessel for unit 3 at the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province has successfully completed hydrostatic testing in Russia. The two VVER-1200 reactors that form phase two of the plant - units 3 and 4 - are scheduled to be commissioned in 2027-2028.

New Nuclear 12 May 2023

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Major module put in place at Sanmen 4

Major module put in place at Sanmen 4

The largest and heaviest module has been installed at unit 4 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute has announced. Two CAP1000 units - the Chinese version of the AP1000 - are being constructed as Phase II of the plant, in China's Zhejiang province.

New Nuclear 05 May 2023

Preparatory construction begins for Pallas research reactor

Preparatory construction begins for Pallas research reactor

Work has begun to build the foundations for the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands, which will replace the existing High Flux Reactor. However, the Dutch government has yet to make a final decision on constructing the reactor.

New Nuclear 05 May 2023

Construction begins of third unit at Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power plant

Construction begins of third unit at Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power plant

First concrete has been poured into the foundation slab marking the start of the main construction phase for unit 3 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant project, and follows the issuing of a construction licence by the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority on 29 March.

New Nuclear 03 May 2023

Korea starts construction of new research reactor

Korea starts construction of new research reactor

The first concrete has been poured for the Kijang Research Reactor at the Radiology Science Industrial Complex in Gijang-gun, Busan, the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute announced.

New Nuclear 03 May 2023

Indian companies sign agreement for nuclear plant construction

Indian companies sign agreement for nuclear plant construction

The supplementary joint venture agreement between NTPC - the country's largest integrated energy company - and government enterprise Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is for the development of six 700 MWe pressurised heavy water reactors across two sites.

Corporate 02 May 2023

Test assembly completed for Bolivia's research reactor

Test assembly completed for Bolivia's research reactor

The process of assembling the research reactor was reproduced at the manufacturing site in Russia ahead of it being shipped to Bolivia.

New Nuclear 02 May 2023

Presidents address ceremony inaugurating Turkey's first nuclear plant

Presidents address ceremony inaugurating Turkey's first nuclear plant

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin joined online as a ceremony was held to mark the arrival of first fuel for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey.

New Nuclear 27 April 2023

Construction begins of fourth Haiyang unit

Construction begins of fourth Haiyang unit

First concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 4 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province. It marks the official start of construction of the second of two CAP1000 pressurised water reactors planned as Phase II of the plant.

New Nuclear 25 April 2023