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WNISR
Essential News –
6 May 2022
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Startup of Hongyanhe-6 Nuclear Reactor in China
Hongyanhe-6 in Dalian, Liaoning province, China, was connected to the grid for the first time on 2 May 2022. The Hongyanhe plant is owned and operated by Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co, a joint venture between China General Nuclear Power Corporation (
CGN
) and China Power Investment Corporation (
CNPC
), each holding a 45 percent stake, with the Dalian Municipal Construction Investment Co holding the remaining 10 Percent. The project comprises six 1,000-
MW
units in two phases. Photo: (...)
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26 February 2022
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Russian Nuclear Industry Starts Nuclear Reactor Construction in China—Anyways
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, 26 February 2022 Construction of the Tianwan-8 reactor, a Russian
VVER
-1200 design, began 25 February 2022 with the pouring of base mat concrete. Located in Lianyungang City on the Yellow Sea coast of Jiangsu province in eastern China, six reactors are currently operating at the site, and according to Russian state nuclear company, Rosatom, Tianwan units 7 and 8, now both under construction, are scheduled to “be commissioned in 2026-2027.” The Tianwan plant is owned and operated by (...)
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15 February 2022
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– Nuclear Power 2021
Highest Number of Reactor Closures in a Decade
2021 in nuclear numbers—Six reactor startups, ten less than planned at the beginning of the year. Eight closures plus two closure announcements. Ten construction starts. Three reactors in Long-Term Outage (
LTO
) restarted, two closed. As of 1 January 2022, 412 reactors in operation, 25 in
LTO
, and 55 under construction. The Year 2021 saw the largest number of nuclear reactor closures in a decade, since 2011, when the Fukushima disaster began. Three of the six remaining units were closed in (...)
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in the Media –
27 January 2022
Forbes (U.S.)
Current Climate: Solar Roofs’ Mainstream Route, Electric Batteries’ Recycling Imperative, And A Chat About Nuclear Energy
Climate Talks: Sofia Lotto Persio interviews Mycle Schneider. Abstract of “Current Climate”, weekly sustainability news published by Forbes. by Sofia Lotto Persio Published 8 January 2022 Hello and welcome to the first Current Climate issue of 2022. [...] In Climate Talks, I spoke to Mycle Schneider, lead author of the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report, about whether nuclear power is truly a sustainable energy source. [...] Climate Talks The International Atomic Energy Agency (...)
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Essential News –
10 January 2022
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Fuqing-6 Hualong One Reactor Connected to the Grid in China
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, 10 January 2022 The Fuqing-6 reactor located in Fujian province in south east China was connected to the grid on 1 January 2022 according to plant owner China National Nuclear Corporation (
CNNC
). Construction began on the
HPR1000
reactor, also known as Hualong One design, on 22 December 2015. The design is derived mainly from the 900 MWe reactors that China imported from France in the 1980s (Daya Bay) and 1990s (Ling Ao). The first
HPR1000
, Fuqing-5, was connected to the grid on 27 (...)
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Essential News –
10 January 2022
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Construction Start of Changjiang-4 and Sanaocun-2 Reactors in China
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, 10 January 2022 Two construction starts at year-end in China. Pouring of basemat concrete for the reactor building of Changjiang-4 began 28 December 2021. Two days later, on 30 December 2021, construction started on Sanaocun-2. The Changjiang site is located in Haiwei Township, Changjiang Li Autonomous County on the island province of Hainan, while the Sanaocun site is in the eastern Zhejiang province. Both projects use the
HPR1000
reactor design, also known as the Hualong One. (...)
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Essential News –
24 December 2021
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Grid Connection for First High-Temperature Reactor Module in China
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, 24 December 2021 Grid connection for one of the two modules that make up Shidao Bay-1 nuclear plant took place on 20 December 2021. The plant consists of two High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor - Pebble-bed Modules (
HTR
-
PM
) located at the Shidaowan site, in the eastern China province of Shandong. Construction start was 9 December 2012 with grid connection originally planned for 2017. The 2 x 100
MW
reactors are owned by the China Huaneng Group and operated by the Huaneng Shandong Shidao (...)
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in the Media –
16 December 2021
Wall Street Journal (
USA
)
U.K., Joining Trend, Sees Nuclear as Key to Cut Carbon Emissions
Britain’s plan for net-zero carbon output by 2050 includes new nuclear investments, with China, France and India also expanding production By Max Colchester, Jennifer Hiller and Paul Vieira Published 19 October 2021 The
U.K.
said Tuesday that nuclear power would play an important role in underpinning its plan to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, joining a growing group of countries turning back to atomic energy as they consider how to wean themselves off fossil fuels. The announcement comes as (...)
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in the Media –
23 November 2021 [fr]
Le Monde (France)
«
EDF
a sous-estimé la culture du secret du régime chinois
»
La fermeture de l’
EPR
de Taishan, conçu par l’entreprise française, a terni l’image de l’électricien qui «
n’a pu se faire respecter par ses cocontractants chinois
», décrypte la chercheuse. Par Isabelle Feng – Chercheuse Publié le 19 Novembre 2021 Tribune. Existe-t-il une troisième voie dans un monde dominé par le conflit entre les Etats-Unis et la Chine
? La question se pose autant à l’Union européenne qu’aux multinationales européennes implantées en Chine depuis des décennies, comme
EDF
. Si la crise (...)
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20 October 2021
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (
US
)
Four takeaways from the 2021 World Nuclear Industry Status Report
By Dawn Stover Published 1 October 2021 Although there are 23 fewer nuclear reactors in the world today than at the 2002 peak of 438, the past year saw a small uptick in the number of reactors operating worldwide and a corresponding increase in the global fleet’s net operating capacity. That’s one data point in the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2021, the latest in a series of annual industry reports compiled by an international team of independent experts led by Mycle Schneider, a (...)
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