New build rss

Taishan 2 steam generator ready

New Nuclear

23 May 2013

Taishan 2 SG (CGNPC) 48The first Chinese-made steam generator for an EPR has been completed and is being transported to unit 2 of the Taishan plant in the country's Guangdong province.

Contract to lay out new Wylfa plant

New Nuclear

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.

I&C collaboration celebrates China first

Corporate

09 May 2013

Ningde (CGNPC)_48The first digital instrumentation and control (I&C) system developed jointly by Mitsubishi Electrical Corporation of Japan and China Techenergy Corporation has entered commercial operation.

Fast reactor developer licensed to build

New Nuclear

21 May 2013

Russia's AKME-Engineering is now licensed to provide construction services for nuclear power plants, in preparation for the construction of a pilot heavy metal-cooled reactor.

CGNPC renamed to reflect expansion

Corporate

15 May 2013

CORRECTED China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPC) has changed its name to China General Nuclear Power Group to reflect the group's ambitions to grow outside of Guangdong and China itself.

New nuclear development council for Vietnam

Nuclear Policies

09 May 2013

Vietnam is to set up a new National Council for Atomic Energy Development, tasked with identifying strategies and priorities for the development of nuclear energy in the country.