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6 July 2017
Grid Connection of Chasnupp‑4 in Pakistan
Grid Connection of Chasnupp-4 in Pakistan World Nuclear Industry Status Report (
WNISR
), 5 July 2017 On 29 June 2017, the 4
th
unit at the Chasnupp (Chashma Nuclear Power Plant) in Pakistan was connected to the grid. Construction started at the Chinese designed reactor in December 2011 and follows a similar project completion, unit 3, in 2016. This is the 5
th
nuclear reactor in Pakistan. In 2016, nuclear supplied just 4 percent of the country’s electricity. Chasnupp-4 is only the second (…)
30 June 2017
First Construction Start in the World in 2017: Kudankulam‑3 in India
First Construction Start Worldwide in 2017: Kudankulam-3 in India World Nuclear Industry Status Report (
WNISR
), 30 June 2017 On 29 June 2017, the Russian consortium Rosatom announced the official construction start with the concreting of the base slab for the Kudankulam-3 reactor building in India. The construction of the
VVER1000
is scheduled to be completed in just over six years (73 months), according to media reports. An agreement on the extension of a Russian state loan for the (…)
21 June 2017
Sweden Retires First Commercial Nuclear Reactor (Oskarshamn‑1)
Sweden Retires First Commercial Nuclear Reactor (Oskarshamn-1) World Nuclear Industry Status Report (
WNISR
), 20 June 2017 On 17 June 2017, the oldest Swedish nuclear reactor Oskarshamn-1 (O1) generated its last kilowatthour. After an “operational disturbance” that led to an automatic shutdown, operator-owner
OKG
decided on 19 June 2017 to keep the unit off-line. In 2015, the owner scheduled the reactor to close on 29 June 2017 and with only ten days left to go,
OKG
decided, it was not (…)
19 June 2017
South Korea Marks Nuclear Policy Turn by Shutting Down Oldest Reactor
South Korea Marks Nuclear Policy Turn by Shutting Down Oldest Reactor World Nuclear Industry Status Report (
WNISR
), 19 June 2017 The Kori-1 reactor in Gijang County north of the city of Busan was disconnected from the power grid on 18 June 2017, exactly forty years after it started generating electricity, on 19 June 1977. Operated by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (
KHNP
), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation (
KEPCO
), it becomes the first commercial (…)
10 June 2017
Fifth Reactor Operating in Japan with Grid Connection of Takahama‑3
Fifth Reactor Operating in Japan with Grid Connection of Takahama-3 World Nuclear Industry Status Report (
WNISR
), 10 June 1017 The Takahama-3 reactor was connected to the grid on 9 June 2017. The restart of the 33-year old 830
MW
Pressurized Water Reactor (
PWR
), owned by Kansai Electric Power Company (
KEPCO
) and located on Takahama Bay in Fukui Prefecture in western Japan, follows a ruling on 28 March 2017 by the Osaka High Court that overturned an injunction against operation of the (…)
22 May 2017
Takahama‑4 Restart in Japan After Court Injunction Was Overturned
Takahama-4 Restart in Japan After Court Injunction Was Overturned World Nuclear Industry Status Report (
WNISR
), 22 May 2017 The Takahama-4 reactor was connected to the grid on 22 May 2017. The restart of the 33-year old 880
MW
Pressurized Water Reactor (
PWR
), owned by Kansai Electric Power Company (
KEPCO
) and located on Takahama Bay in Fukui Prefecture in western Japan, follows a ruling on 28 March 2017 by the Osaka High Court that overturned an injunction against operation of the (…)
2 April 2017
Westinghouse: Origins and Effects of the Downfall of a Nuclear Giant
On 29 March 2017, Westinghouse Electric Company, a subsidiary of Japanese company Toshiba and the largest historic builder of nuclear power plants in the world, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the
U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The insolvency has resulted from a number of factors, most importantly, the massive cost increases and time delays at the two projects in Georgia and South Carolina. As Westinghouse’s website puts it somewhat more (…)
29 March 2017
Japan: Court Overturns Injunction Against Operation of Takahama‑3 and 4
Japan: Court Overturns Injunction Against Operation of Takahama-3 and 4 29 March 2017 On 28 March 2017, the Osaka High Court in western Japan overturned an injunction against operation of the Takahama-3 and -4 reactors, clearing the way for the restart of the two units owned by Kansai Electric Power Co. (
KEPCO
). Both reactors were ordered shutdown in a landmark ruling by the Otsu District Court in Shiga prefecture on 9 March 2016 filed by 29 citizens of the prefecture, which borders (…)
2 February 2017
Toshiba‑Westinghouse: The End of New‑build for the Largest Historic Nuclear Builder
Toshiba-Westinghouse: The End of New-build for the Largest Historic Nuclear Builder On 28 January 2017, Japanese media reported that Toshiba will not take any new nuclear reactor orders, “a move that would effectively mark its withdrawal from the nuclear plant construction business”. Toshiba, owner of Westinghouse—no other company built more nuclear plants in the world— “will focus on maintenance and decommissioning operations”. Three days later, on 31 January 2017, the Wall Street (…)
14 January 2017
China: First Grid Connection Worldwide of Reactor With Post‑3/11 Construction Start
China: First Grid Connection Worldwide of Reactor With Post-3/11 Construction Start Grid connection of Yangjiang unit 4, located at Dongping Town, Yangjiang City in western Guangdong Province, took place on 8 January 2017, according to plant owner China General Nuclear Power Corp. (
CGN
). Construction start of the unit 4, which is a
CPR
-1000 design with a nominal capacity of 1086 MWe, began on 17 November 2012. Yanjiang-4 is the first reactor in the world to start up, which began (…)
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