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7 August 2016 Novovoronezh‑6, First Russian Generation III Reactor Connected to the Grid Novovoronezh-6, First Russian Generation III Reactor Connected to the Grid Paris, 7 August 2016 Russian nuclear builder-operator Rosatom announced the grid connection of what it declares to be the first operating Generation III+ reactor in the world (see What is a Generation III+?). The VVER-1200 Novovoronezh-6 generated its first electricity on 5 August 2016, with a delay of four years. Construction started on 24 June 2008 and commercial operation was planned for the end of 2012. (…)
21 July 2016 35^th Reactor Connected to Chinese Grid – Fangchenggang‑2 35^th Reactor Connected to Chinese Grid—Fangchenggang-2 Unit 2 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China’s Guangxi province started supplying electricity to the grid on 15 July 2016, according to plant owner China General Nuclear (CGN). The CPR-1000 designed reactor was under construction since December 2010. Fangchenggang Unit 1 was connected to the grid on 25 October 2015. Located on the Qisha peninsula in Guangxi province, 45 km from the Vietnamese border, a total of six reactors (…)
21 June 2016 Changjiang‑2 on China’s Hainan Island Connected to the Grid Changjiang-2 on China’s Hainan Island Connected to the Grid Monday, 21 June 2016 Grid connection took place on 20 June 2016 of the Changjiang-2 Generation II Changjiang Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) on the Chinese southern island of Hainan. The reactor started up with a delay of about four months compared to the target date one year ago. When construction started in November 2010, the objective was a startup in 2015 (no month indicated at the time). While the overall delay is limited (…)
8 June 2016 Watts Bar‑2 (US): Grid Connection 43 Years After Construction Start—Shutdown 2 Days Later Watts Bar-2 (US): Grid Connection 43 Years After Construction Start—Shutdown 2 Days Later 8 June 2016 More than four decades after construction began, the Watts Bar-2 reactor was finally connected to the grid on 3 June 2016. However, two days later, while operating at 12.5 percent power, the reactor automatically shut down. According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the reactor tripped when a high pressure turbine valve failed to open. As of 8 June 2016, the reactor has (…)
2 April 2016 Ningde‑4 and Hongyanhe‑4 Connected to China’s Power Grid Ningde-4 and Hongyanhe-4 Connected to China’s Power Grid Within three days, China connected its first two nuclear units in 2016 to the grid. More are scheduled to follow. The fourth CPR-1000 reactor at the Ningde nuclear power plant started generating power on 29 March 2016. Hongyanhe-4, also a CPR-1000, followed on 1 April. As reported by WNISR, there are significant safety concerns over the aged design of the CPR-1000. China General Nuclear (CGN) is involved in both projects. The (…)
26 March 2016 Permanent Closure of Japanese Reactor Ikata‑1 Permanent Closure of Japanese Reactor Ikata-1 On 25 March 2016, the Shikoku Electric Power Company took the decision to permanently shut down the Ikata-1 nuclear reactor. Since April 2015, six reactors in Japan have now been announced for retirement. The 566 MW unit, which began operation in 1977, had been shut down since September 2011. The utility has been assessing the financial implications of upgrading the reactor including the installation of fireproofing power cabling, with total (…)
2 March 2016 Takahama‑4 Reactor Fails Grid Connection in Japan Takahama-4 Fails Grid Connection in Japan 2 March 2016 After a nearly five-year-long outage, Takahama-4 reactor failed to connect to the grid as planned on 29 February 2016. Only three other units have been restarted in Japan after all nuclear plants had progressively been shut down following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Located in Fukui prefecture in the Chubu region of Japan, the 32-year-old Takahama-4 reactor, owned by Kansai Electric Power Company, was restarted on 26 February 2016, (…)
30 January 2016 Third Reactor Restarted in Japan—Takahama‑3 Restarted/Connected to the Grid Third Reactor Restarted in Japan—Takahama-3 Restarted/Connected to the Grid 30 January 2016, updated/corrected on 1 February 2016 After nearly four years of outage, the Takahama-3 reactor, located in Fukui Prefecture in the Chubu region of Japan, was restarted on 29 January and connected to the grid on 1 February 2016. The same day operation restarted at unit 3, owner Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) began loading fuel into the Takahama-4 reactor, with plans to restart not before (…)
20 January 2016 Shin Kori‑3 Connected to the South Korean Grid Shin Kori-3 Connected to the South Korean Grid 20 January 2016 The Shin Kori-3, located at Gori in the city district of Busan in the south east of the Republic of Korea, was connected to the grid on 15 January 2016, two years later than planned. The Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) owned reactor is the first APR1400 (Advanced Pressurized Reactor) design to begin operation and the nations 25^th commercial reactor. KHNP applied for an operational license for Shin Kori-3 in 2011, with (…)
4 January 2016 UPDATE1: World Nuclear Industry Status as of 1 January 2016: Mind the China Effect Paris. 4 January 2016—UPDATE 5 January 2016 In 2015, a total of ten new nuclear reactors were connected to the world’s grids, more than in any year since 1990. Two reactors were closed, Grafenrheinfeld in Germany and Wylfa in the United Kingdom. As of 1 January 2016, a total of 398 reactors—eight more than a year ago, but 40 less than in 2002—were operating in 31 countries. Two reactors, Sendai-1 and -2, were restarted in Japan, the first since the country was shaken by the triple disaster (…)

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