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17 March 2015
Grid Connection of Yangjiang‑2 in Guangdong, China
The first half of March 2015 was an important time for the Chinese nuclear industry with first grid connection achieved at the Yangjiang-2 unit in Guangdong and criticality achieved at the Ningde-3 unit in Fujian province. This comes on the back of the grid connection of the Finagjiahan-2 unit in January and news emerging of the regulatory approval for the Hongyanhe 5-6 units – the first since December 2013. Construction started at the
CPR
-1000 reactor at Yangjiang in June 2009 when (...)
1 March 2015
South Korea: Shin‑Wolsong‑2 Grid Connected / Wolsong‑1 Lifetime Extension
Shin-Wolsong-2 Grid Connected / Wolsong-1 Lifetime Extension 28 February 2015 The Shin-Wolsong reactor unit 2 was connected to the grid 26 February 2015 plant, owner Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (
KHNP
) announced. The 1,050 MWe
OPR
-1000 reactor is located near Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. Construction began on Shin-Wolsong-2 in 2008 and was completed in 2013, but was suspended following disclosure of falsified quality-control certificates. In January 2013, the Nuclear (...)
18 February 2015
Doel‑1 in Belgium Closed
Doel-1 in Belgium Closed The Belgian reactor Doel-1 was closed on 15 February 2015. Belgian legislation requires the permanent shutdown of nuclear reactors after 40 years of operation. Doel-1, a 433 MWe Pressurized Water Reactor (
PWR
), had been first connected to the grid on 28 August 1974, but reached commercial operation—determining the operational lifetime—only on 15 February 1975. Electrabel is attempting to receive a permission to restart Doel-1 and extend operation of Doel-2, scheduled for (...)
17 January 2015
Fangjiashan‑2 Connected to Chinese Grid
Fangjiashan-2 Connected to the Chinese Grid Saturday 17 January 2015 The Fangjiashan unit 2 reactor was connected to the Chinese grid on 12 January 2015, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (
IAEA
) Power Reactor Information System (
PRIS
). The
CPR
-1000 reactor in China’s eastern coastal province of Zhejiang achieved first criticality on 25 December 2014, as reported by the China National Nuclear Corporation (
CNNC
). The project is an expansion of the nearby Qinshan nuclear plant, (...)
1 January 2015
World Nuclear Reactor Status as of 1 January 2015
World Nuclear Reactor Status as of 1 January 2015 The Year 2014 is the first one in half a century that no nuclear electricity was generated in Japan. As of 1 January 2015, there were 390 nuclear reactors considered “in operation” in the world, preliminary analysis indicates. Five new reactors started up over the year—three in China (Fangjiashan-1, Fuqing-1, Ningde-2) as in 2013, one each in Argentina (Atucha-2), after 33 years of construction, and Russia (Rostov-3), after 31 years of (...)
30 December 2014
Vermont Yankee Reactor Closed
On 29 December 2014, the 42-year old
U.S.
Vermont Yankee reactor generated its last kilowatt-hour and was disconnected from the grid. Owner/operator Energy had decided the closure of the plant in August 2013, when it became apparent that “this asset is not financially viable” (see Another
US
Reactor Scheduled for Closure). Entergy blames low power prices, a high cost structure and “an atmosphere of unpredictability” for the lack of competitiveness. The shutdown decision is all the more (...)
27 December 2014
Russian Reactor Rostov‑3 Finally Generating Power
Russian Reactor Rostov-3 Connected to the Grid Russian news agency
TASS
reported that the Rostov-3, located near the city of Volgodonsk, was connected to the national electricity grid for the first time on 27 December 2014. Construction, which originally started in 1983 and had been interrupted several times, took over 31 years. Startup of the
VVER
-1000 pressurized water reactor was delayed numerous times. It is all the more surprising that builder/operator Rosatom told
TASS
that the unit (...)
7 November 2014
Fangjiashan‑1 in China Connected to the Grid
Grid connection was confirmed by the China National Nuclear Corporation (
CNNC
) on 4 November 2014 for the
CPR
-1000 reactor at the Fangjiashan plant in China’s eastern coastal province of Zhejiang. Construction began on 26 December 2008 and startup took place with a delay of almost one year compared to the originally planned grid connection in December 2013. A second reactor is under construction at the site and is now planned to begin operations in October 2015, one year after the original (...)
19 October 2014
Court Rules Against Construction of Karachi Reactors in Pakistan
Court Rules Against Construction of Karachi Reactors in Pakistan 19 October 2014 The Sindh High Court on 16 October 2014 barred Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (
PAEC
) from continuing work on two new nuclear reactors being built near the city of Karachi, Pakistan, without adhering to environmental laws. A temporary stay order was granted by the Court on a petition filed by a group of citizens. The petitioners cited the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory (...)
25 September 2014
Construction Start at
UAE
’s Barakah‑3 Reactor
Construction Start at
UAE
’s Barakah-3 Reactor 25 September 2014 The first safety concrete has been poured at Barakah unit-3 in United Arab Emirates (
UAE
) on 24 September 2014, according to the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (
ENEC
). Construction of the reactor containment building is scheduled to be completed over the next three years with the aim of commercial operations by 2019. Barakah unit-1 is scheduled to begin operations in 2017, while unit- 2 is scheduled for 2018. Four
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