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3 June 2014
Unit 2 of Ostrovets Plant in Belarus Under Construction
On 2 June 2014, first concrete was poured for the 2
nd
reactor at Belarus’s first nuclear power plant at Ostrovets. Construction was started on the 1
st
reactor in November 2013. Both units are Russian designed
AES1200
MWe reactors and have been purchased with a loan provided by the Russian state-owned Vnesheconombank of $10 billion. The government of neighboring Lithuania has repeatedly criticized the safety of the project and has particular concerns as the proposed site is only 50 km from (...)
15 April 2014
Finnish Regulator Approves Olkiluoto‑3 Instrumentation & Control System
Finnish Regulator Approves Olkiluoto-3 Instrumentation & Control System After several years of delay, the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (
STUK
) on 10 April 2014 has approved the Instrumentation and Control (I&C) system for the Olkiluoto-3 (
OL3
) European Pressurized water Reactor (
EPR
) under construction in Finland. Teollisuuden Voima Oy, (
TVO
), the owner of the
OL3
, welcomed the decision, but pointed out that for final approval of the I&C architecture
STUK
(...)
13 February 2014
Further Delay in Akkuyu Turkish Nuclear Power Project
On 7 February 2104 it was reported there will be a further delay of up to a year in the four decades old Akkuyu nuclear power plant project located in the province of Mersin on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. The delay is due to the failure by Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom to provide sufficient information in its environmental impact assessment report for Akkuyu. Under a joint Turkish/Russian intergovernmental agreement signed in 2010, it was agreed that Rosatom will build, own and (...)
12 February 2014
Construction Start of Small Modular Reactor in Argentina
Construction of the
CAREM
-25 (Central ARgentina de Elementos Modulares) nuclear reactor began 8 February 2014 with the pouring of concrete for the base slab. After repeated delays, the 27 MWe small modular pressurized water reactor, is being built at a site next to the Atucha nuclear power plant in Lima, 110 km northwest of Buenos Aires. The reactor has been developed by the National Atomic Energy Commission (
CNEA
) and its high technology spin off company
INVAP
. According to the
CNEA
, the (...)
7 February 2014
Two Reactor Closures at Fukushima Officialized / Spanish Garoña in “Long‑term Shutdown”
The International Atomic Energy Agency (
IAEA
) updated its Power Reactor Information System (
PRIS
) on 6 February 2014 when it amended its listing of reactor operations in Japan and Spain. But it still has a long way to go before its database reflects actual reality. More than 13 months after the shutdown of the Spanish reactor Santa Maria de Garoña, the
IAEA
has now listed the unit as being in “long term shutdown”. The
IAEA
defines the category as leaving open the option of restart at (...)
17 January 2014
Significant Further Delay for Vietnam’s Nuclear Plans [Updated]
Updated on 1 February 2014 The Prime Minister of Vietnam announced 15 January 2014 that it might delay construction of its first nuclear power plant to 2020 to ensure “safety and efficiency.” Phan Minh Tuan, Deputy Director of the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Plant Project Management Board, confirmed that a “realistic schedule” for the project to build two Russian
VVER
-1000 reactors would be first concrete in 2017 or 2018. A second project, to be supplied by Japanese companies is also to be (...)
10 January 2014
Yangjiang‑1 in China Connected to the Grid
According to the trade press, Yangjiang unit 1 was connected to the grid on 31 December 2013. Located in Guangdong Province in southern China, the Yangjiang 1 nuclear reactor is a
CPR
-1000 design with significant unresolved safety issues. All six reactors at Yangjiang are scheduled to be in operation by 2018 with a combined capacity of around 6,100 MWe. The first four reactors at the site are of the standardized
CPR
-1000 design, with units 5 and 6 designated
ACPR
-1000. The Yangjiang (...)
8 January 2014
Ningde‑2 Reactor Startup in China
The Ningde 2 nuclear reactor was synchronized to the grid on 4 January 2014, with full power operations to follow after further tests. The Ningde power plant is located on three islands in Fuding city in northeast of Fujian province on the coast of the Taiwan Straits. As reported by
WNISR
, there are significant concerns over the aged design of the
CPR
-1000, which do not meet key safety criteria. Construction of Ningde unit 2 began in November 2008. It will be operated by China General (...)
Mycle Schneider,
4 January 2014
World Nuclear Industry Status on 1 January 2014 [Updated]
Updated on 10 January 2014 As of 1 January 2014, there were 430 nuclear reactors considered “in operation” in the world, preliminary analysis indicates. The number is identical to the situation one year ago. The main changes in world nuclear statistics during the year 2013 include four new units connected to the grid—three in China (Hongyanhe-1 & -2) and Yangjiang-1, and one in India (Kudankulam-1)—while four units were announced as shutdown definitely. Thus, in 2013, the number of (...)
3 January 2014
Construction Start on Unit 6 at Yangjiang, China
Pouring of the concrete basemat for the Yangjiang reactor unit 6 began on 23 December, 2013, plant builder China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corporation (
CNECC
) reported. Six reactors are currently under construction at the site, located in Guangdong Province, in southern China. Four of these are of the standardized
CPR
-1000 design, with units 5 and 6 designated
ACPR
-1000. Safety concerns for the the
CPR
-1000 persist, as reported here. All the reactors at Yangjiang are scheduled (...)
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