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The Annual Reports –
4 September 2018
Nuclear Power: Strategic Asset, Liability or Increasingly Irrelevant?
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2018 Released
Paris, London, 4 September 2018. Nuclear power plants added a total of 7-gigawatt (
GW
) capacity to the world’s electricity grids in 2017 and the first half of 2018, a tiny fraction of the total from all sources, which is estimated at some 257
GW
(net) in 2017, including 157
GW
of renewable capacity (the largest increase ever). Over that 18-month period, six reactors started up in China, two in Russia and one in Pakistan. For the third year in a row, excluding China, global nuclear power generation has declined, finds the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2018 (
WNISR2018
).
WNISR
Essential News –
26 August 2018
Two More AP1000s Connected to the Chinese Grid
Two More AP1000s Connected to the Chinese Grid
WNISR
, 26 August 2018 Two more
AP1000
reactors have been connected to the grid in China during the past ten days. Haiyang-1, located in Shandong Province, owned by the China Power Investment Corporation (
CPI
) and operated by the Shandong Nuclear Power Company, Ltd (
SDNCP
) was connected to the grid on 17 August 2018. Sanmen-2, located in Zhejiang Province, was connected to the grid on 24 August 2018, according to plant owner the China (...)
WNISR
Essential News –
2 July 2018
A Double First for China as Taishan
EPR
and Sanmen
AP1000
Connect to the Grid
A Double First for China as Taishan
EPR
and Sanmen
AP1000
Connect to the Grid
WNISR
, 1 July 2018 The Chinese nuclear program scored a double world first in the space of 24 hours, when on 29 June 2018 Taishan-1, the first European/Evolutionary Pressurized Water Reactor (
EPR
), was connected to the grid, followed on 30 June 2018 by Sanmen-1, the first
AP1000
. The startup of these reactors marks an important milestone in the Chinese nuclear program, but they also highlight the overall (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
20 March 2018
China Dialogue (
UK
/China)
Is China losing interest in nuclear power?
Slowing demand for electricity and competition from renewables have halted new reactor approvals, writes Feng Hao China Dialogue, 19.03.2018 Feng Hao Globally, the outlook for new, large nuclear reactors is gloomy, according to the International Energy Agency’s (
IEA
) World Energy Outlook. A lot of countries have backed away from nuclear power in recent years due to concerns over public safety, cost and the complex challenge of getting plants built. But not China, whose state-backed (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
12 January 2018
Macau Business (China)
Nuclear deterrent
A recent incident in the nearby Taishan nuclear plant hints at lax quality control that has delayed the project and could pose safety risks, warns international expert Mycle Schneider who fears cost-cutting is also leaving nuclear plants vulnerable to natural disasters and terrorist attack Macau Business, January 2018 by Vítor Quintã The alarm bells sounded last month, with Hong Kong Free Press reported cracks had been found in a component of one of the two reactors in Taishan (...)
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in the Media –
12 January 2018
Reuters (
UK
/China/France)
So close yet so far: China deal elusive for France’s Areva
A deal long sought by French company Areva to build a $12-billion nuclear waste reprocessing plant in China looks increasingly unlikely to go ahead despite a visit to Beijing by President Emmanuel Macron meant to drum up business. Reuters, #
BUSINESS
NEWS
/
JANUARY
11, 2018 / 2:45
PM
David Stanway, Geert De Clercq
SHANGHAI
/
PARIS
(Reuters) During Macron’s state visit this week, Areva and China National Nuclear Corp (
CNNC
) signed a new “protocol agreement” to build the plant but, not (...)
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