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Nucleoelectrica sets out plan for Atucha II repair

A life-size mock-up of the reactor and special tools have been designed and built ahead of the repair procedure which the operating company hopes will take place next month at Argentina's Atucha II nuclear power unit.

Regulation & Safety 30 May 2023

Refurbished Candus make headway towards restart

Fuel loading has been completed at Bruce 6, keeping the project on track to resume operation later this year. Meanwhile, Canada's nuclear regulator has given the go-ahead for Ontario Power Generation to restart Darlington 3.

Corporate 25 May 2023

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says agreement on protecting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is needed urgently, saying "this situation cannot continue" after its link to external power supplies was lost for most of the morning on Monday and it was forced to rely on emergency diesel generators for a seventh occasion.

Regulation & Safety 22 May 2023

South Africa faces winter loadshedding as Koeberg outage continues

South Africa's power system is severely constrained with a high risk of increased stages of loadshedding as the nation heads into winter, Eskom said this week. Unit 1 at the Koeberg nuclear power plant is expected to return to service in September.

Nuclear Policies 19 May 2023

Westinghouse to supply new steam generators for Surry nuclear plant

Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with Dominion Energy to design, engineer and manufacture six replacement steam generators for Surry nuclear power station in Virginia in the USA.

Corporate 17 May 2023

Faulty seals replaced in Olkiluoto EPR

Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj said it had detected and subsequently repaired defects and deficiencies in the seals of the connectors of unit 3 at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant. The EPR entered commercial operation on 1 May.

Regulation & Safety 16 May 2023

Second unit of Belarus nuclear plant connected to grid

The second unit of Belarus's first nuclear power plant has been connected to the power grid and delivered its first kilowatt-hours to the country's electricity system.

New Nuclear 15 May 2023

NuScale SMR simulator opens in Romania

The first simulator for the control room of a NuScale VOYGR small modular reactor power plant in Europe has opened at the University Politehnica of Bucharest in Romania. The simulator is the fifth in total, but the first outside the USA.

New Nuclear 15 May 2023

Major contract awarded for remaining Bruce refurbishments

Bruce Power has awarded a CAD1.3 billion (USD1 billion) contract for fuel channel and feeder replacement for its remaining four Major Component Replacement projects to Shoreline Power Group. The announcement comes as fuel loading begins at Bruce unit 6 ahead of its planned return to service.

Corporate 15 May 2023

Jacobs announces separation plans

The company's board has approved a plan to create two independent companies: Critical Mission Solutions will be a pure-play provider of technical consulting, applied science research, training, and other services to federal government agencies; while Jacobs will be a technology-enabled solutions provider focused on critical infrastructure and advanced manufacturing challenges.

Corporate 09 May 2023

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