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Commissioning milestones at Chinese AP1000s
Commissioning milestones at Chinese AP1000s
Milestones in the start-up of two AP1000s under construction in China were met on 17 August, with Sanmen unit 2 achieving first criticality and Haiyang unit 1 being grid connected.
New Nuclear · Friday, 17 August 2018
NuGen confirms Moorside as potential UK plant site
NuGen confirms Moorside as potential UK plant site
NuGeneration has provided information to support the Moorside site in Cumbria being carried forward into the UK government's new national policy statement as a site for a new nuclear power plant following an assessment process.
New Nuclear · Friday, 17 August 2018
Oglethorpe to vote on Vogtle future
Oglethorpe to vote on Vogtle future
The board of Oglethorpe Power, co-owner of the Vogtle 3 and 4 construction project, is to vote by the end of September on whether to continue with the project following the announcement of increases in the project cost.
New Nuclear · Friday, 17 August 2018
Upgrades for Slovakian and Korean simulators
Upgrades for Slovakian and Korean simulators
US company GSE Systems Inc has been awarded two contracts worth a total of USD8 million to update simulators at nuclear power plants at Mochovce in Slovakia and Kori in South Korea.
Corporate · Thursday, 16 August 2018
Chinese AP1000 reaches full power operation
Chinese AP1000 reaches full power operation
Unit 1 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province has reached full power operation for the first time. In late-June, the unit became the world's first AP1000 to achieve grid connection and power generation.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Haiyang AP1000s reach commissioning milestones
Haiyang AP1000s reach commissioning milestones
Milestones in the commissioning of the AP1000s under construction at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province were met on 8 August. Unit 1 achieved first criticality, while fuel loading started at unit 2.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 9 August 2018
Progress at Vogtle, but cost forecast rises
Progress at Vogtle, but cost forecast rises
Georgia Power has announced that Southern Nuclear has made "significant progress" on construction of units 3 and 4 of the Vogtle nuclear power plant, but its share of the project has risen from USD7.3 billion to USD8.4 billion.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 9 August 2018
Fuqing 5 enters system commissioning phase
Fuqing 5 enters system commissioning phase
Installation of the control room has been completed at the demonstration Hualong One being constructed as unit 5 of the Fuqing nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 9 August 2018
Turbine equipment installed at Leningrad II-2
Turbine equipment installed at Leningrad II-2
Installation of the main equipment for the turbine of unit 2 of the Leningrad Phase II nuclear power plant in northwest Russia has been completed and according to schedule, Rosatom said yesterday.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Barakah 2 completes hot functional tests
Barakah 2 completes hot functional tests
Tests that simulate the temperatures and pressures which the reactor systems will be subjected to during normal operation have been completed at unit 2 of Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates.
New Nuclear · Monday, 6 August 2018
Cold functional tests start at Novovoronezh II-2
Cold functional tests start at Novovoronezh II-2
Russia's Rosatom has announced the start of cold functional tests at unit 2 of the Novovoronezh II nuclear power plant. Cold and hot tests will take about 100 days, with the cold tests accounting for 35 days, it said yesterday.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 2 August 2018
Kepco loses preferred bidder status for NuGen
Kepco loses preferred bidder status for NuGen
Toshiba Corporation has informed Korea Electric Power Company that it is no longer the preferred bidder to acquire 100% of its UK nuclear power development company, NuGeneration.
Corporate · Wednesday, 1 August 2018
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