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16 October 2018 Fourth—and Last?—Westinghouse AP1000 Connected to Chinese Grid Fourth—and Last?—Westinghouse AP1000 Connected to Chinese Grid WNISR, 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 August (...)
20 September 2018 Oldest US Reactor, Oyster Creek, Closed at Age 49 Oldest US Reactor, Oyster Creek, Closed at Age 49 WNISR, 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 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 (...)

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