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Fuel loading under way at second Zhangzhou unit
Fuel loading under way at second Zhangzhou unit
The process of loading 177 fuel assemblies into the core of unit 2 at China's Zhangzhou nuclear power plant has begun, China National Nuclear Corporation announced. The unit is the second of four Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors under construction at the site.
 
Monday, 13 October 2025
El Dabaa reactor support ring arrives, reactor vessel shipped
El Dabaa reactor support ring arrives, reactor vessel shipped

The 20-tonne reactor support ring will be installed at a height of 11 metres in the reactor shaft and will support the weight of the reactor vessel which could reach 1000 tonnes when combined with equipment and fluids.
 

New Nuclear · Monday, 13 October 2025
Excavation works begin for Uzbekistan small modular reactor
Excavation works begin for Uzbekistan small modular reactor
About 1.5 million cubic metres of soil will be excavated during the digging of a pit 13 metres deep for the RITM-200N small modular reactor being built in Uzbekistan.
 
New Nuclear · Friday, 10 October 2025
Largest load transported along ITER itinerary
Largest load transported along ITER itinerary
The cryostat for ITER's magnet cold test facility has arrived at the construction site in Cadarache, southern France, following a 104-kilometre-long journey by road from the port of Berre-l'Étang, near Marseille.
 
Fusion · Thursday, 9 October 2025
Paks II equipment supply approved, Rosatom says
Paks II equipment supply approved, Rosatom says
Rosatom has said that an audit by Paks II and the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority has certified that its machine-building division meets the requirements for the supply of nuclear steam generator equipment for the Paks II project.
 
New Nuclear · Thursday, 9 October 2025
Cold testing of second San'ao unit completed
Cold testing of second San'ao unit completed
Cold functional tests have been completed at unit 2 of the San'ao nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province, China General Nuclear has announced. The unit is the second of six HPR1000s (Hualong Ones) planned at the site.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 7 October 2025
ITER's Control Building completed
ITER's Control Building completed
Fusion for Energy - the ITER Organisation's European domestic agency - and its contractor Demathieu Bard have completed the Control Building for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor at Cadarache in south-eastern France.
Fusion · Friday, 3 October 2025
In pictures: Construction landmarks for BREST-OD-300
In pictures: Construction landmarks for BREST-OD-300
The last roofing truss has been moved into place on the turbine hall and the metal shell for the central cavity of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor has been installed.
 
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Construction of new Dutch research reactor formally begins
Construction of new Dutch research reactor formally begins
Anita van den Ende, Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, has officially launched the construction of the Pallas research reactor in Petten, the Netherlands.
 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Groundworks begin for second Bailong unit
Groundworks begin for second Bailong unit
Excavation work has started for the foundation of the nuclear island of the second of two CAP1000 pressurised water reactors planned as Phase I of the Bailong nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
 
New Nuclear · Monday, 29 September 2025
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