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Sheffield Forgemasters regains ASME accreditation

Sheffield Forgemasters regains ASME accreditation

The UK's Sheffield Forgemasters has been awarded accreditation by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as a supplier of heavy forgings and castings to the civil nuclear market. The company originally gained ASME accreditation as a Nuclear Material Organisation in 1992, but that had lapsed, with the lack of nuclear new-build in the following years.

Corporate 19 April 2024

Second tier of containment installed for BREST-OD-300

Second tier of containment installed for BREST-OD-300

The 184-tonnes section - the second of three - has been lifted into place for the lead-cooled fast neutron reactor under construction at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in Russia.

New Nuclear 19 April 2024

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Super module installed at first Lianjiang unit

Super module installed at first Lianjiang unit

The CA01 'super module' has been installed at unit 1 of the Lianjiang nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute announced. It is the first of two CAP1000 reactors planned for the first phase of the plant.

New Nuclear 18 April 2024

Inner containment in place at Tianwan 8

Inner containment in place at Tianwan 8

The dome of the inner containment structure has been hoisted into place on top of the inner containment walls at unit 8 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province.

New Nuclear 17 April 2024

Work under way for first Westinghouse AP1000 in Ukraine

Work under way for first Westinghouse AP1000 in Ukraine

Energoatom and Westinghouse's CEOs, Ukraine's Minister of Energy and the US ambassador have gathered at an event to mark the start of the project to build unit 5 at the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant.

New Nuclear 15 April 2024

Digital control system installation begins at Chinese SMR

Digital control system installation begins at Chinese SMR

Installation of the digital control system has begun at the ACP100 small modular reactor demonstration project at the Changjiang site on China's island province of Hainan, China National Nuclear Corporation has announced.

New Nuclear 11 April 2024

Commissioning work is beginning at Akkuyu 1

Commissioning work is beginning at Akkuyu 1

The first unit at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey is now entering the commissioning stage, with the aim of it supplying Turkey's energy system in 2025, Rosatom says.

New Nuclear 09 April 2024

Haiyang 3 containment takes shape

Haiyang 3 containment takes shape

The walls of the containment building of unit 3 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province are now in place following the installation of the third cylinder ring, the Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute announced.

New Nuclear 19 March 2024

First concrete poured at Leningrad 7

First concrete poured at Leningrad 7

The concreting of the 2100-square-metre foundation slab for the new VVER-1200 unit has begun, with those attending the occasion told the additional Leningrad nuclear power plant capacity would help towards Russia achieving a 25% energy share for nuclear by 2045.

New Nuclear 14 March 2024

El Dabaa: Installation of first unit's inner containment starts

El Dabaa: Installation of first unit's inner containment starts

Work has begun on the first tier of the inner containment building for the first unit of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt.

New Nuclear 13 March 2024