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10 June 2021 WNISR EDF Energy Closes Two Reactors in the United Kingdom—More to Come WNISR, 10 June 2021 On 7 June 2021, EDF Energy, to the surprise of many, announced that it would not seek to restart the two reactors at its Dungeness B nuclear power plant in Kent, United Kingdom. The Dungeness B nuclear power plant will remain closed. — Photo EDF The station had not operated since September 2018—and was thus considered by WNISR in Long-Term Outage (LTO)—while EDF was “managing a range of unique, significant and ongoing technical challenges”. As recently as October 2020, EDF (...)
10 June 2021 WNISR China Overtook France in Nuclear Power Generation WNISR, 10 June 2021 In 2020, China generated more electricity from nuclear power plants than France and accedes to the second rank, behind the United States, of the largest nuclear energy producers in the world, according to concordant data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the OECD’s International Energy Agency (IEA) and the respective energy administrations in China and France. However, wind and solar together injected twice as much power into the Chinese grid than (...)
21 May 2021 WNISR Two More Nuclear Reactor Construction‑Starts in China Simultaneous construction start of two Russian-designed reactors in China. The event perfectly illustrates the current world nuclear market situation: China builds at home, Russia abroad. No further big players around. WNISR, 21 May 2021 Russia’s President Putin in video-link with Chinese President Xi launching the construction of two Russian reactors in China. China began construction 19 May 2021 of two Russian VVER-1200 reactors, with the start of concrete basemat-pouring for Tianwan-7 (...)
13 May 2021 WNISR Grid Connection for China’s Tianwan‑6 WNISR, 13 May 2021 The Tianwan-6 reactor was connected to the grid on 11 May 2021. Photo: Tianwan Units 5 and 6. Located on the Yellow Sea coast of Jiangsu province, in eastern China, the reactor was built by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). Tianwan-6 has been under construction since 7 September 2016. Unit-5 was connected to the grid on 8 August 2020. Both units are of the ACPR-1000 design, a more advanced version of China General Nuclear Corporation’s (CGN) Generation II (...)
2 May 2021 WNISR End of Nuclear Generation at Indian Point, 50 km from Manhattan, New York WNISR, 30 April 2021 Forty-five years after first being connected to the grid, the Indian Point-3 reactor closed on 30 April 2021, bringing to an end nuclear generation at the site which is located on the Hudson River, 48 km from Manhattan, New York. A 50-mile (80-km) radius from the Indian Point Energy Center nuclear plant is shown, which includes all of New York City. In 2011, the United States government urged Americans within 50 miles of the damaged Japanese Fukushima nuclear plant to (...)
22 April 2021 WNISR 70 Years of Nuclear Power ‑ Launch of Interactive Datavisualization World Nuclear Power Reactors 1951-2021 – The WNISR Interactive DataViz
1 April 2021 WNISR First 2021 Reactor Construction‑Start in China Construction start at Changjiang-3 (Photo curtesy CNNC/via NucNet) WNISR, 1 April 2021 Pouring of basemat concrete for the reactor building of Changjiang-3 located in Haiwei Township, Changjiang Li Autonomous County on the island province of Hainan, began 31 March 2021. The reactor design is the HPR-1000, also known as the Hualong One, and is scheduled to commence operations in 2026. Unit 4 construction-start is scheduled for early 2022. The design is derived mainly from the 900 MWe (...)
20 March 2021 WNISR Grid Connection of Chinese Reactor in Pakistan WNISR, 20 March 2021 Construction site of the two Hualong One units at the Karachi site in Pakistan (Photo PAEC) The 1100-MW Karachi-2 reactor, located on the Arabian Sea, Sindh province in southern Pakistan, reportedly was connected to the grid on 18 March 2021. The reactor, also called KANUPP-2, is a Hualong One or ACP-1000, supplied by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) on a turnkey basis. It will be operated by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Corporation, PAEC. Karachi-3, which (...)
18 March 2021 WNISR Construction Start of Akkuyu‑3 in Turkey WNISR, 18 March 2021 Presidents Putin and Erdogan assist the construction start of Akkuyu-3 via video link (Photo: Akkuyu Nuclear JSC) First basemat concrete was poured for the foundation of the Akkuyu-3 reactor building on 10 March 2021. The construction start brings to three VVER-1200 AES-2006 reactors being built at the Akkuyu site, located in Mersin province on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. Russian President Putin and Turkish President Erdogan attended the ceremony via video link. The (...)
15 January 2021 WNISR Grid Connection for India’s Largest Reactor at Kakrapar WNISR, 15 January 2021 Kakrapar units 3 and 4 under construction — Photo DAE The 700-MW Kakrapar Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) Unit 3 in the Indian state of Gujarat was connected to the grid on 10 January 2021, according to the Indian Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). State owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPICL) began construction of India’s largest capacity reactor on 22 November 2010 with operation originally planned for 2015. Construction of unit 4 at Kakrapar (...)

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