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21 October 2015
Yangjiang‑3 Grid Connection in China
Yangjiang 3 grid connection 21 October 2015 Grid connection of Yangjiang Unit 3, located at Dongping Town, Yangjiang City in western Guangdong Province, took place on 18 October 2015, according to plant owner China General Nuclear Power Corp. (
CGN
). Construction start of Unit 3 began on 15 November 2010, and commercial operation is scheduled for later this year. Yangjiang Unit 2 was connected to the grid in March 2015. In total, six units are slated to be built at the site, Yangjiang Units (...)
6 September 2015
Construction Start on
UAE
Barakah Unit 4
Construction Start on
UAE
Barakah Unit 4 Construction began on the fourth reactor at Barakah in the United Arab Emirates (
UAE
) on 2 September 2015, with the start of the pouring of the basemat concrete. The four
APR1400
reactors planned at Barakah, located in the western region of Abu Dhabi, about 50 kilometers west of Ruwais, are to be supplied by the Korea Electric Power Company (
KEPCO
). Unit 1 is scheduled to start operations in 2017 and the remaining three reactors planned for operation (...)
14 August 2015
32‑Year‑Old Reactor First to Generate Power in Japan in Nearly Two Years
32-Year-Old Reactor First to Generate Power in Japan in Nearly Two Years 14 August 2015 The first Japanese nuclear reactor to generate power in nearly two years was connected to the grid on 14 August 2015. The Sendai-1 reactor, owned by Kyushu Electric Power Company and located in Kagoshima prefecture in southern Japan, was shutdown in May 2011 following the Fukushima Daiichi accident. Kyushu Electric connected the reactor to the grid and is expected progressively raising the power output (...)
7 August 2015
Grid Connection for Fuqing‑2 in China
Grid Connection for Fuqing-2 in China 7 August 2015 Grid connection for the Fuqing unit 2, located on the coast of Fujian Province, China, took place on 6 August 2015, according to plant owner the China National Nuclear Corporation (
CNNC
). Construction and operation of the plant is a joint effort between
CNNC
(51 percent), China Huadian Corp (39 percent) and the Fujian Investment and Development Co. Ltd (10 percent).
CNNC
is the large state-owned enterprise under the direct management of the (...)
28 July 2015
Construction Start on Hongyanhe‑6 in China
Construction Start on Hongyanhe-6 in China Construction began with the pouring of basemat concrete on 24 July 2015 for the Hongyanhe-6
ACPR
-1000 reactor, located near the city of Dalian, Liaoning province, north-east China. Approval for start of construction of new reactor projects was granted by the National Development and Reform Commission (
NDRC
) on 10 March 2015. The approval was the first to be made since the State Council, following the Fukushima Daiichi accident in March 2011, decided (...)
9 May 2015
Construction Start of First Hualong One Generation
III
Reactor at Fuqing, China
Construction Start of First Hualong One Generation
III
Reactor at Fuqing, China Construction began 7 May 2015 with the start of the pouring of basemat concrete for the 1100
MW
Fuqing unit 6 nuclear reactor in Fujian province in south east China. Approval for the start of construction of the reactor, an
ACP
-1000 design, also known as the Hualong One, was granted in April 2015 by the China National Energy Administration. This brings to five the number of nuclear reactors under construction at (...)
1 April 2015
Construction Start on Hongyanhe‑5 in China
Construction Start on Hongyanhe-5 in China 31 March 2015 Construction began 29 March 2015 with the pouring of base mat concrete for the Hongyanhe-5
ACPR
-1000 reactor located near the city of Dalian, Liaoning province, north-east China. Approval for start of construction of new reactor projects was granted by the National Development and Reform Commission (
NDRC
) on 10 March 2015. The approval was the first to be made since the State Council following the Fukushima Daiichi accident decided to (...)
28 March 2015
Fourth New Reactor Connected To Chinese Grid in 2015
Fourth New Reactor Connected To Chinese Grid in 2015 28 March 2015 China started up the fourth new reactor since the beginning of the year and operates now 27 units. Over the past year, the country advanced to rank four in the world for the number of nuclear reactors in operation. Only the United States, France and Russia still operate a larger nuclear fleet. With 22 more units under construction, China will likely soon also catch up with Russia’s 33-reactor fleet. The Hongyanhe-3 reactor, (...)
25 March 2015
Ningde‑3 Reactor Connected to the Chinese Grid
Ningde-3 Connected to the Chinese Grid
WNISR
, 25 March 2015 The third
CPR
-1000 reactor at Ningde, was connected to the grid on 21 March 2015. The Ningde power plant, owned by China General Nuclear (
CGN
), is located on three islands in Fuding city in the northeast of Fujian province on the coast of the Taiwan Straits. As reported by
WNISR
, there are significant safety concerns over the aged design of the
CPR
-1000. There have been delays in start up of Ningde-3, originally scheduled to begin (...)
21 March 2015
Japanese Utilities Confirm Closure of Five Reactors
Japanese Utilities Confirm Closure of Five Reactors March 21, 2015 On 19 March 2015, four of Japan’s nuclear power companies submitted to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (
METI
) their plans for the permanent closure of five nuclear reactors. Officially, this reduces to 43 the number of remaining commercial nuclear reactors in Japan. In the years prior to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in 2011 (3/11), utilities and
METI
were proposing operation of nuclear reactors beyond (...)
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