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26 August 2018 Two More AP1000s Connected to the Chinese Grid Two More AP1000s Connected to the Chinese Grid WNISR, 26 August 2018 Two more AP1000 reactors have been connected to the grid in China during the past ten days. Haiyang-1, located 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 17 August 2018. Sanmen-2, located in Zhejiang Province, was connected to the grid on 24 August 2018, according to plant owner the China National (...)
2 July 2018 A Double First for China as Taishan EPR and Sanmen AP1000 Connect to the Grid A Double First for China as Taishan EPR and Sanmen AP1000 Connect to the Grid WNISR, 1 July 2018 The Chinese nuclear program scored a double world first in the space of 24 hours, when on 29 June 2018 Taishan-1, the first European/Evolutionary Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR), was connected to the grid, followed on 30 June 2018 by Sanmen-1, the first AP1000. The startup of these reactors marks an important milestone in the Chinese nuclear program, but they also highlight the overall failure of (...)
20 June 2018 Genkai‑4 Reconnected to Japanese Grid After 6.5‑Year Outage Genkai-4 Reconnected to Japanese Grid After 6.5-Year Outage WNISR, 20 June 2018 The Genkai-4 PWR was reconnected to the grid 20 June 2018, six and a half years after it shut down in December 2011. The 1180 MWe reactor, owned by the Kyushu Electric Power Company, is located in Genkai town, Saga Prefecture in southern Kyushu. Restart of the Genkai reactor had been delayed by two months due to the Kobe Steel scandal, where parts supplied to Kyushu Electric, amongst many others, were required to (...)
13 May 2018 Ohi‑4, Down Since 2013, Finally Reconnected to the Japanese Grid Ohi-4, Down Since 2013, Finally Reconnected to the Japanese Grid WNISR, 12 May 2018 The Ohi unit 4 reactor was reconnected to the grid 11 May 2018, plant owner Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) announced. The reactor, located on Wakasa bay, Fukui Prefecture in western Japan, last operated on 14 September 2013. KEPCO had planned to restart in March 2018, but had to delay for two months due to the need for inspections following the disclosure of data falsifications on products supplied by (...)
11 May 2018 Construction Start at the First Unit of Kursk‑II in Russia Construction Start at the First Unit of Kursk-II in Russia WNISR, 11 May 2018 The pouring of basemat concrete at the Kursk II unit 1 reactor was begun 29 April 2018, according to plant owner Joint Stock Company Concern Rosenergoatom. The 1255 MW VVER pressurized water reactor located 40 km from the city of Kursk in western Russia, is the first of the VVER V-510 design to be built, and is based on the AES-2006/V-392M design. The 1200 MW Novovoronezh unit 6, which began operations on 5 August (...)
27 March 2018 Permanent Closure of Ikata‑2 Brings Total Shutdowns to One Third of Pre‑Fukushima Capacity in Japan Permanent Closure of Ikata-2 Brings Total Shutdowns to One Third of Pre-Fukushima Capacity in Japan WNISR, 27 March 2018 Only two days after Kyushu Electric’s restart announcement for Genkai-3, on 27 March 2018, Shikoku Electric Power Company announced that its Board of Directors had taken the decision for the permanent shutdown of the Ikata-2 reactor. The 538 MW Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR), located in Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, was connected to the grid on 19 August 1981 (...)
26 March 2018 Japan: Genkai‑3 Restarted After 7‑Year Outage Japan: Genkai-3 Restarted After 8-Year Outage WNISR, 26 March 2018 Genkai-3 was reconnected to the grid 25 March 2018, more than seven years after it shut down in December 2010. The 1180 MWe Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR), owned by the Kyushu Electric Power Company, is located in Genkai town, Saga Prefecture in southern Kyushu. Restart of the Genkai reactor had been delayed by two months due to the Kobe Steel scandal, where parts supplied to Kyushu Electric were required to be checked prior (...)
17 March 2018 Japan: Ohi‑3 Restarted After 4.5‑Year Outage Japan: Ohi-3 Restarted After 4.5-Year Outage WNISR, 17 March 2018 On 16 March 2018, Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) reconnected its reactor Ohi-3 to the grid, four and a half years after it was shut down on 2 September 2013. KEPCO plans to restart Ohi-4 in mid May 2018. The Ohi nuclear plant has been the subject of multiple lawsuits since its shutdown. KEPCO submitted its applications to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) for safety examinations of Ohi-3 and -4 on (...)
12 March 2018 Five Years Late: Grid Connection of First Unit of Leningrad‑II Nuclear Plant in Russia Five Years Late: Grid Connection of First Unit of Leningrad-II Nuclear Plant in Russia WNISR, Monday, 12 March 2018 Russia connected the VVER 1200 series reactor, Leningrad-II unit 1 to the grid, 9 March 2018, ten years after construction start in 2008 and five years later than the original scheduled startup in 2013. It is the second Rosatom VVER 1200 to enter service, following the Novovoronezh-6 grid connection on 5 August 2016. The Leningrad plant, is located at Sosnovy Bor, in northwest (...)
14 February 2018 The Construction Saga of Rostov Reactors 3 and 4 WNISR, 14 February 2018 In the following timeline, the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) rebuilds some of the 35-year long construction history of the Rostov reactors 3 and 4. Started in the Soviet Union in 1983 and completed in the Russian Federation in 2018, the site repeatedly changed names and “official” construction-start dates. The WNISR documents the somewhat confusing, eventful communication history of these nuclear construction projects. See also “35 Years After (...)

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