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9 January 2017 WNISR + Visionscarto: Interactive Nuclear Construction Visualization Launched! The World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) team is proud to announce the launch of a fully interactive visualization on nuclear power reactor construction. How many of the 55 reactors currently under construction in the world are behind schedule? Which 13 countries are building nuclear power plants? Who are the technology providers? How long did it take for a specific reactor to be connected to the grid? For how long were the 90 units actually under construction before they were (…)
Mycle Schneider, 9 January 2017 World Nuclear Industry Status as of 1 January 2017 The year 2016 was particularly rich in “nuclear news,” with a significant number of new reactors commissioned, the political go-ahead for the emblematic Hinkley Point C project in the U.K., French government rescue attempts for the technically bankrupt, quality-control-scandal-shaken global nuclear champion AREVA, the Toshiba-Westinghouse debacle, and many other events that will be scrutinized, as usual, in the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) to be released in late summer (…)
1 January 2017 Permanent Closure of 45 Year Old Russian Reactor Novovoronezh‑3 Permanent Closure of 45 Year Old Russian Reactor Novovoronezh-3 The permanent closure of the forty-five year old unit 3 of the Novovoronezh was announced by plant operator Rosenergoatom on 25 December 2016. Work for a fifteen-year life-extension had been completed in 2002. The VVER V-179 reactor, more commonly known as VVER440 with a capacity of 417 MW, is located on the River Don, in the Voronezh Oblast in central Russia. Novovoronezh-3 was first connected to the grid on 27 December 1971. (…)
31 December 2016 Fangchenggang‑4 Construction Start in China Fangchenggang-4 Construction Start in China The China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) began construction of unit 4 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant on 23 December 2016, with the start of pouring of the basemat concrete. The Fangchenggang project will have three reactor designs at the site: Units 1&2 being CPR-1000; Units 3&4 being the HPR-1000 or Hualong One design; Units 5&6 are planned to be Westinghouse AP1000s. Unit 3 construction began in January 2016. (…)
23 December 2016 Japanese Government Pulls the Plug on Fast Breeder Reactor Monju Japanese Government Pulls the Plug on Fast Breeder Reactor Monju The Japanese government formally announced on 21 December 2016 its decision to permanently shut down the 280 MWe Prototype Monju sodium cooled Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR). The reactor, located at Tsuruga in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, and owned by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), was a central element in the nations plutonium fuel system program, and was intended to form the basis for commercial deployment of fast (…)
11 November 2016 Chasnupp‑3 Connected to the Grid in Pakistan Chasnupp-3 Connected to the Grid in Pakistan 11 November 2016, Updated 10 January 2017 On 15 October 2016, unit 3 of Pakistan’s Chasnupp (Chashma Nuclear Power Plant) was connected to the grid. The reactor had become critical on 1 August 2016. According to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) data, the project represented the first construction start anywhere in the world after Fukushima was triggered in March 2011 and would have made it also the first reactor, whose construction (…)
25 October 2016 Nebraska Reactor Fort Calhoun Closes Permanently Nebraska Reactor Fort Calhoun Closes Permanently 25 October 2016 The 482 MW Fort Calhoun pressurized water reactor in Nebraska, was permanently shut down on 24 October 2016, due to poor economics. Located 19 miles north of Omaha, the reactor was operated by Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) through an agreement with Exelon Generation. The reactor began operation in 1973, and received a license extension in 2002 from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to operate until 2033. The OPPD (…)
9 September 2016 China: Grid Connection for Fuqing‑3 and Construction Start on Tianwan‑6 China: Grid Connection for Fuqing-3 and Construction Start on Tianwan-6 8 September 2016 Grid connection for the CPR-1000 Fuqing Unit 3 reactor, located on the coast of Fujian Province, China, took place on 7 September 2016. A total of six reactors are planned for the site, with unit 4 also a CPR-1000 design, and Units 5&6, also called Hualong One, being ACP-1000 design. Fuqing-2 was connected to the grid in August 2015. Unit 3 startup is seven months late, as it was originally (…)
30 August 2016 Kudankulam‑2 Connected to the Indian Grid Kudankulam-2 Connected to the Indian Grid WNISR, 29 August 2016 On 29 August 2016, the second unit of Kudankulam was connected to the grid in India. The reactor had attained criticality on 10 July 2016, eight years later than planned when construction started. Kudankulam is a twin VVER-1000 nuclear power plant imported from Russia. The first unit started operating in October 2013 (see WNISR, “Controversial Reactor Starts Operation at Kudankulam in India”). Kudankulam is one of those (…)
17 August 2016 Ikata‑3 Restarted—Only Three Reactors Operate in Japan Ikata-3 Restarted—Only Three Reactors Operate in Japan 17 August 2016 On 15 August 2016, unit 3 of the Ikata nuclear power plant in the Ehime Prefecture, Japan, was reconnected to the grid. The 846 MW Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) had been offline for over five years—it was shut down on 29 April 2011, following the Fukushima Daiichi catastrophe. Operator Shikoku Electric Power Company had received the operating approval by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), according to new, (…)

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