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WNISR
Essential News –
11 November 2020
WNISR
Another Nuclear Reactor Construction Start in China
Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant Site (Artist Illustration,
NNSA
)
WNISR
, 11 November 2020 Construction start of Taipingling-2 on 15 October 2020 has been reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (
IAEA
) Power Reactor Information System (
PRIS
). The reactor, also called Huizhou-2 and owned by
CGN
Power (part of China General Nuclear Power Corporation or
CGNPC
), is located in Guangdong province. This is the second construction start in China in 2020 and the third in the world, (...)
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7 September 2020
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Second Nuclear Construction Start in 2020 in the World—in China
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, 7 September 2020 Construction has begun of the Zhangzhou-2, a Hualong One or
HPR
-1000 design reactor with the pouring of basemat concrete on 4 September 2020, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (
CNNC
). It is the second unit at the site following the construction start of Zhangzhou-1 on 16 October 2019. It is also the second construction start in the world after Akkuyu-2 in Turkey earlier in the year. The plant is owned by
CNNC
-Guodian Zhangzhou Energy Company, (...)
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Essential News –
13 August 2020
First Reactor Grid Connection in the World in 2020—in China
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, 13 August 2020 The Tianwan reactor unit 5 was connected to the grid on 8 August 2020. Built and operated by the China National Nuclear Corporation (
CNNC
), commercial operation is scheduled for December this year. Tianwan is the first reactor to be connected to the grid in the world in 2020, and it is located in Jiangsu province on the Yellow Sea, eastern China. The one startup wordwide compares with three reactor closures (two in France, one in the U.S.) during the year so far. (...)
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19 October 2019
China: First Commercial Reactor Construction-Start in Three Years
China: First Commercial Reactor Construction-Start in Three Years
WNISR
, 18 October 2019 China National Nuclear Corporation (
CNNC
), on 16 October 2019, announced the construction start of Zhangzhou-1, a Hualong or
HPR
-1000 design. Phase 1 of the project at Zhangzhou, located in south east China’s Fuijan province, was originally planned to be based on two Westinghouse
AP1000
reactors. However, as reported by Reuters, citing a Chinese energy academic, “the problem with
AP1000
—the delays, (...)
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Essential News –
1 July 2019
Second European Pressurized Water Reactor Starts Up… in China
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, 30 June 2019 On 28 June 2019, China connected the second European Pressurized Water Reactor (
EPR
) at Taishan to the grid. The first unit, Taishan-1, had generated its first power on 29 June 2018. Despite its name, Europe is still waiting for an
EPR
to come online. One reactor has been under construction at Olkiluoto in Finland since 2005, and another one since 2007 at the Flamanville site in France. Both projects experienced multiple design problems, management failures and (...)
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in the Media –
6 January 2019 [fr]
Le Temps (Switzerland)
L’idylle de la Chine avec le nucléaire
Alors que le reste du monde se détourne de cette forme d’énergie, Pékin ne cesse de construire de nouvelles centrales. Une façon de lutter contre le smog et de soutenir la croissance. Le Temps Publié dimanche 6 janvier 2019 à 15:31, modifié dimanche 6 janvier 2019 à 15:32. Julie Zaugg, Hong-Kong Fin décembre, le prix de l’uranium atteignait 29 dollars la livre, une hausse de 41% depuis avril. Cet étrange sursaut du prix d’une commodité largement délaissée depuis la catastrophe de (...)
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in the Media –
13 December 2018
MIT
Technology Review (
US
)
China’s losing its taste for nuclear power. That’s bad news.
Once nuclear’s strongest booster, China is growing wary about its cost and safety.
MIT
Technology Review, 12 December 2018 by Peter Fairley "Most beautiful wedding photos taken at a nuclear power plant” might just be the strangest competition ever. But by inviting couples to celebrate their nuptials at the Daya Bay plant in Shenzhen and post the pictures online, China General Nuclear Power (
CGN
), the country’s largest nuclear power operator, got lots of favorable publicity. For (...)
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in the Media –
1 November 2018 [de]
Der Spiegel (Germany)
Warum Chinas Liebe zur Atomkraft erkaltet
Spiegel Online, Donnerstag, 27.09.2018 14:27 Uhr Von Georg Blume Kein anderes Land hat seit dem Atomunfall im japanischen Fukushima im Jahr 2011 mehr in die Atomkraft investiert als China. Noch im vergangenen Jahr stieg die weltweite Produktion von Atomstrom nur deshalb um ein Prozent, weil China seine um 18 Prozent erhöhte. Doch nun gibt es Signale für eine energiepolitische Wende in Peking. Die hochrangige und regierungsnahe Branchenvertreterin Jade Huang spricht von einer (...)
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Essential News –
30 October 2018
Seventh Reactor Startup in China in 2018 [Corrected]
Seventh Reactor Startup in China in 2018
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, 30 October 2018, Corrected. The Tianwan unit 4 reactor was connected to the Chinese power grid on 27 October 2018. This is the seventh reactor to start up in China in 2018, a remarkable performance. Only two other units started up in the world throughout the year so far, both in Russia. Tianwan-4 is a Russian-origin
VVER
-1000 reactor, designed by Gidropress and supplied by Rosatom, and it is located in Jiangsu province on the Yellow (...)
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Essential News –
16 October 2018
Fourth—and Last?—Westinghouse
AP1000
Connected to Chinese Grid
Fourth—and Last?—Westinghouse
AP1000
Connected to Chinese Grid
WNISR
, 16 October 2018 The Haiyang-2
AP1000
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 13 October 2018. This brings to four the number of Westinghouse
AP1000
reactors operating in China. Haiyang-1 was connected to the grid on 17 August 2018, and Sanmen-1 and -2 were connected on 30 June 2018 and 24 (...)
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