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4 May 2019
Grid Connection of Russian Reactor Novovoronezh‑
II
‑2
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, 4 May 2019 Russian nuclear builder-operator Rosatom announced the grid connection of the
VVER
-1200 Novovoronezh-
II
-2 on 1 May 2019. This is the second nuclear unit to start up in the world after the commissioning of a reactor in South Korea in April 2019. It is the also the second
VVER
1200 to begin operation at the site, and the third in Russia following the startup of Novovoronezh-
II
-1 on 7 August 2016 and the Leningrad-
II
-1 on 7 March 2018. Construction started on (...)
25 April 2019
First New Reactor Connected to the Grid in the World in 2019, in South Korea
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, Thursday, 25 April 2019 Shin Kori-4, located at Gori in the city district of Busan in the south east of the Republic of Korea, was connected to the grid on 22 April 2019, five years later than planned. The Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (
KHNP
) owned reactor is the second
APR1400
(Advanced Pressurized Reactor) design to begin operation and the nation’s 26
th
commercial nuclear reactor. It is the first nuclear reactor to be commissioned in the world after Tianwan-4 started up six (...)
16 April 2019
First Reactor Construction Start in the World in 2019, in Russia
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, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 The first construction start in 2019 of a new nuclear reactor worldwide took place in Russia. There are now 50 units under construction in the world including six in Russia. The official construction start with the pouring of basemat concrete at the Kursk-
II
unit 2 reactor was begun 15 April 2019, according to the plant owner Joint Stock Company Concern Rosenergoatom. The 1255
MW
VVER
pressurized water reactor, located 40 km from the city of Kursk in (...)
Mycle Schneider,
30 January 2019
[Updated] World Nuclear Industry Status as of 1 January 2019
Operating fleet increases by ten—Construction drops to decadal low
[Updated on 30 January 2019] 2018 for global nuclear power in a nutshell 9 reactor startups (8 less than scheduled), 7 closure decisions, 5 construction starts. Two new reactors entered Long-Term Outage, and 7 were restarted. Globally, 415 reactors are operating (10 more than a year ago), 49 are under construction (lowest in a decade). China dominates world nuclear statistics, as in previous years. Only two countries have started up new reactors in 2018, China connected seven and (...)
29 December 2018
The Oddly Discreet Construction Start of Hinkley Point C
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, 29 December 2018
EDF
Energy announced on 11 December 2018 the completion of the first part of the concrete pouring for the base slab for unit 1 of the Hinkley Point C (
HPC
) nuclear power plant. Four more pours of concrete will be required before the so-called “raft” that supports the reactor building will be complete, work is expected to be concluded in 2019. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (
IAEA
) definition, the official “construction start”, is “the date (...)
30 October 2018
Seventh Reactor Startup in China in 2018 [Corrected]
Seventh Reactor Startup in China in 2018
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, 30 October 2018, Corrected. The Tianwan unit 4 reactor was connected to the Chinese power grid on 27 October 2018. This is the seventh reactor to start up in China in 2018, a remarkable performance. Only two other units started up in the world throughout the year so far, both in Russia. Tianwan-4 is a Russian-origin
VVER
-1000 reactor, designed by Gidropress and supplied by Rosatom, and it is located in Jiangsu province on the Yellow (...)
16 October 2018
Fourth—and Last?—Westinghouse
AP1000
Connected to Chinese Grid
Fourth—and Last?—Westinghouse
AP1000
Connected to Chinese Grid
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, 16 October 2018 The Haiyang-2
AP1000
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 13 October 2018. This brings to four the number of Westinghouse
AP1000
reactors operating in China. Haiyang-1 was connected to the grid on 17 August 2018, and Sanmen-1 and -2 were connected on 30 June 2018 and 24 (...)
20 September 2018
Oldest
US
Reactor, Oyster Creek, Closed at Age 49
Oldest
US
Reactor, Oyster Creek, Closed at Age 49
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, 20 September 2018 The Exelon Generation Company announced 17 September 2018 that it had taken the 49-year old Oyster Creek reactor off line for the last time. The shutdown of the first commercial General Electric
MK1
Boiling Water Reactor (
BWR
), which began operation in 1969 and is located in Ocean County, New Jersey, marked the closure of the oldest reactor in the
U.S.
fleet. Exelon remains the largest single operator of nuclear (...)
26 August 2018
Two More AP1000s Connected to the Chinese Grid
Two More AP1000s Connected to the Chinese Grid
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, 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 (...)
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
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, 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 (...)
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