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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 (...)
11 November 2020 WNISR Closure of Russian Chernobyl‑type Reactor Inside the Leningrad RBMK Nuclear Power Plant - Photo Rosenergoatom WNISR, 11 November 2020 The Leningrad-2 reactor was closed on 10 November 2020. This is the fifth reactor closure in the world in 2020 after two units closed each in France and the U.S. The 45-year-old Leningrad reactor was connected to the grid on 11 July 1975. The closure follows the grid connection of Leningrad 2-2 which took place on 23 October 2020. It is the second Chernobyl-type RBMK design to be taken off the grid at (...)
11 November 2020 WNISR Another Nuclear Reactor Construction Start in China Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant Site (Artist Illustration, NNSA) WNISR, 11 November 2020 Construction start of Taipingling-2 on 15 October 2020 has been reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). The reactor, also called Huizhou-2 and owned by CGN Power (part of China General Nuclear Power Corporation or CGNPC), is located in Guangdong province. This is the second construction start in China in 2020 and the third in the world, with (...)
6 November 2020 WNISR Grid Connection of Belarus’s Controversial First Nuclear Power Reactor WNISR, 6 November 2020 Ostrovets-1, the first nuclear power reactor in Belarus, was connected to the grid on 3 November 2020. Announcing the operation, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev said, “The first kilowatt-hours of electric energy delivered by the Belarus NPP [Nuclear Power Plant] to the unified power grid system is a landmark to manifest the beginning of the nuclear age for the Republic of Belarus.” This is the fourth startup of a nuclear power plant in the world in 2020, (...)
27 October 2020 WNISR Nuclear Reactor Startup in Russia Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant - Photo Rosatom WNISR, 27 October 2020 Grid connection of Leningrad-2 unit 2 took place on 23 October 2020. This is the third reactor startup in the world this year following grid connections in China and the United Arab Emirates in August 2020, while four units were closed so far (two each in France and in the U.S.). The reactor, also known as Leningrad-6, is located at Sosnovy Bor in Western Russia and follows grid connection of Leningrad-2 unit 1 on 7 March (...)
7 September 2020 WNISR Second Nuclear Construction Start in 2020 in the World—in China WNISR, 7 September 2020 Construction has begun of the Zhangzhou-2, a Hualong One or HPR-1000 design reactor with the pouring of basemat concrete on 4 September 2020, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). It is the second unit at the site following the construction start of Zhangzhou-1 on 16 October 2019. It is also the second construction start in the world after Akkuyu-2 in Turkey earlier in the year. The plant is owned by CNNC-Guodian Zhangzhou Energy Company, owned (...)
26 August 2020 WNISR Storm Damage Prompts Early Closure of Duane Arnold Nuclear Reactor in the U.S. WNISR, 26 August 2020 As a result of storm damage incurred on 10 August 2020, the 622 MW Duane Arnold-1 reactor will not return to service and will instead be permanently closed, the plant’s majority owner, NextEra Energy Resources announced 25 August 2020. It was previously scheduled for closure on 30 October 2020. This is the second reactor closure in the U.S. and the fourth in the world since the beginning of 2020, with Indian Point-2 shuttered in the U.S. and Fessenheim-1 and -2 in France (...)

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