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Contract to lay out new Wylfa plant

16 May 2013

Wylfa (Magnox Sites)_48Work to develop the design of Horizon Nuclear Power's proposed new plant at Wylfa in the UK is set to start.

Kundankulam's public interest ruling

07 May 2013

Kudankulam 69x48A panel of two judges at India's Supreme Court has concluded that the Kudankulam nuclear power plant is vital for the country's economic growth and dismissed widespread public apprehension at the project as having 'no basis'.

Harris expansion plans put on hold

03 May 2013

Harris (Duke) 48Duke Energy has suspended plans to construct two new reactors at its existing Shearon Harris plant in North Carolina due to slower growth in electricity demand than previously expected.

Building steam in Chinese nuclear

10 May 2013

Fangjiashan 2 SG hoisting, May 2013 (CNECC) 48x71Steam generators have been installed at new nuclear power reactors in Ningde and Fangjiashan in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces respectively.

First selection of Atmea1 nuclear reactor

03 May 2013

Atmea1_68x48Turkey stands to be the first country to use the Atmea1 reactor design by Areva and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. An accord signed today could see four of the units deployed at Sinop in the early 2020s.

NINA falls foul of foreign ownership law

01 May 2013

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.