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Kundankulam's public interest ruling
A 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'.
New Nuclear
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Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Harris expansion plans put on hold
Duke 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.
New Nuclear
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Friday, 3 May 2013
First selection of Atmea1 nuclear reactor
Turkey 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.
New Nuclear
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Friday, 3 May 2013
NINA falls foul of foreign ownership law
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.
New Nuclear
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013
ESBWR back as proposed North Anna unit
Dominion has reverted to GE-Hitachi's Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) as the favoured technology for the proposed third unit at its North Anna plant in Virginia.
New Nuclear
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Friday, 26 April 2013
Kudankulam valve replacement
Commissioning work has been delayed at unit 1 of India's new Kudankulam nuclear power plant with the replacement of four valves in the passive core cooling system.
New Nuclear
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Butkevičius negotiates on Visaginas
Lithuania's optimal power mix would include nuclear along with a range of other sources, said new prime minister Algirdas Butkevičius, but the Visaginas project's economics are critical and need the buy-in of local partners.
New Nuclear
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Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Ningde 1 goes commercial
The first unit at the Ningde nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province is now operating commercially. It is one of four Chinese-designed CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors that will operate at the site.
New Nuclear
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Tuesday, 23 April 2013
French fuel for Korean reactor in Jordan
Fuel for Jordan's research reactor will be made by Areva, the company announced. A South Korean consortium is supplying the 5 MWt unit to Jordan University of Science and Technology.
Uranium & Fuel
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Friday, 19 April 2013
World has stalled on clean energy
The world's governments are failing on almost every level to clean up their energy systems and must intervene to support nuclear power, said the IEA, noting that only renewables and electric vehicles are 'on track'.
Energy & Environment
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Wednesday, 17 April 2013
UK starts ABWR design assessment
The generic design assessment for Hitachi-GE's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) has officially begun with the signature of agreements by the company and UK nuclear regulators.
New Nuclear
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Another option for Hanhikivi
Fennovoima has invited Rosatom to participate in "direct negotiations" on the supply of a mid-sized AES-2006 reactor for its planned Hanhikivi plant in Finland. Toshiba's larger EU-ABWR is also under consideration.
New Nuclear
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Friday, 5 April 2013
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 48.jpg "Harris (Duke) 48")
Duke 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.
Turkey 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.
Dominion has reverted to GE-Hitachi's Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) as the favoured technology for the proposed third unit at its North Anna plant in Virginia.
The first unit at the Ningde nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province is now operating commercially. It is one of four Chinese-designed CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors that will operate at the site._80x48.jpg "ABWR (Hitachi) 80x48")
The generic design assessment for Hitachi-GE's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) has officially begun with the signature of agreements by the company and UK nuclear regulators.
Fennovoima has invited Rosatom to participate in "direct negotiations" on the supply of a mid-sized AES-2006 reactor for its planned Hanhikivi plant in Finland. Toshiba's larger EU-ABWR is also under consideration.