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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 (...)
9 January 2021 WNISR Fourth 2020 Reactor Construction‑Start in China WNISR, 6 January 2021 Beginning of concrete pour for the base slab of the San’ao-1 reactor building - Photo CGN Construction began 31 December 2020 on unit 1 at the Zhejiang San’ao Nuclear Power Plant with the first basemat-concrete pour, according to China General Nuclear (CGN) and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). This was the fourth construction start of the year in China and the fifth in the world. Only one other reactor got underway in 2020 outside China, Akkuyu-2, in Turkey. (...)
4 January 2021 WNISR World Nuclear Reactor Status as of 1 January 2021 (with DataViz) Two new nuclear countries but global operating fleet in decline Nuclear Power 2020 in a Nutshell – 5 reactor startups (7 less than scheduled), 6 closures, 5 construction starts. Five reactors entered Long-Term Outage (LTO), three were restarted after LTO. Globally, 412 reactors are operating, three less than a year ago. With 51 units under construction, the number remained stable. WNISR, 4 January 2021 The year 2020 saw two newcomer countries starting up their first reactor, the United Arab Emirates and Belarus. These are the first new countries to join (...)
3 January 2021 WNISR Permanent Closure of Swedish Reactor Ringhals‑1 WNISR 3 January 2021 On 1 January 2021, Swedish energy company Vattenfall announced that its 46-year-old Ringhals-1 reactor had been closed. Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant — Photo Vattenfall The 760-MW Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), located on the Varo Peninsula 65km from Gothenburg, was connected to the grid on 14 October 1974 and was closed on 31 December 2020. The Ringhals plant is owned by Vattenfall (70.4%) and Sydkraft Nuclear Power (29.6%). A parliamentary motion on 22 January 2020, (...)
3 January 2021 WNISR Construction Start of Second Fast Reactor in China WNISR, 3 January 2021 Construction site of the CFR-600 Unit 2 — Photo CNNC Construction began 27 December 2020 on the China Fast Reactor (CFR-600) unit 2 according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The CFR is a sodium cooled reactor, also known as the Xiapu Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) pilot project, and is being built in Xiapu County, Fujian province. There remains uncertainty about the status of CFR-600 unit 1. It has reportedly been under construction since December (...)
31 December 2020 WNISR Video & PPT of WNISR2020 Global Launch and Press Book WNISR, 31 December 2020 The Global Launch of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2020 (WNISR2020) took place on 24 September 2020 with two online events. The first was hosted by Chatham House, London, for timezones compatible with European watches. The second was hosted by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in Washington D.C. for timezones that fit American clocks (see video and PPT hereunder). Greg Jaczko, former Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), (...)
29 November 2020 WNISR First Chinese Hualong‑One Reactor Connected to the Grid Fuqing Units 5 and 6 - Photo CNNC WNISR, 29 November 2020 The Fuqing-5 reactor, located in Fujian province in south east China, was connected to the grid on 27 November 2020, according to plant owner the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). Construction began on 7 May 2015. It is the first Hualong One (HPR-1000) reactor to begin operation, with the design derived mainly from the 900 MWe reactors that China imported from France in the 1980s (Daya Bay) and 1990s (Ling Ao). Fuqing-6, also (...)

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