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11 November 2020
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Closure of Russian Chernobyl‑type Reactor
Inside the Leningrad
RBMK
Nuclear Power Plant - Photo Rosenergoatom
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, 11 November 2020 The Leningrad-2 reactor was closed on 10 November 2020. This is the fifth reactor closure in the world in 2020 after two units closed each in France and the
U.S.
The 45-year-old Leningrad reactor was connected to the grid on 11 July 1975. The closure follows the grid connection of Leningrad 2-2 which took place on 23 October 2020. It is the second Chernobyl-type
RBMK
design to be taken off the (...)
11 November 2020
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Another Nuclear Reactor Construction Start in China
Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant Site (Artist Illustration,
NNSA
)
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, 11 November 2020 Construction start of Taipingling-2 on 15 October 2020 has been reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (
IAEA
) Power Reactor Information System (
PRIS
). The reactor, also called Huizhou-2 and owned by
CGN
Power (part of China General Nuclear Power Corporation or
CGNPC
), is located in Guangdong province. This is the second construction start in China in 2020 and the third in the world, (...)
6 November 2020
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Grid Connection of Belarus’s Controversial First Nuclear Power Reactor
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, 6 November 2020 Ostrovets-1, the first nuclear power reactor in Belarus, was connected to the grid on 3 November 2020. Announcing the operation, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev said, “The first kilowatt-hours of electric energy delivered by the Belarus
NPP
[Nuclear Power Plant] to the unified power grid system is a landmark to manifest the beginning of the nuclear age for the Republic of Belarus.” This is the fourth startup of a nuclear power plant in the world in (...)
27 October 2020
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Nuclear Reactor Startup in Russia
Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant - Photo Rosatom
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, 27 October 2020 Grid connection of Leningrad-2 unit 2 took place on 23 October 2020. This is the third reactor startup in the world this year following grid connections in China and the United Arab Emirates in August 2020, while four units were closed so far (two each in France and in the U.S.). The reactor, also known as Leningrad-6, is located at Sosnovy Bor in Western Russia and follows grid connection of Leningrad-2 unit 1 on (...)
7 September 2020
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Second Nuclear Construction Start in 2020 in the World—in China
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, 7 September 2020 Construction has begun of the Zhangzhou-2, a Hualong One or
HPR
-1000 design reactor with the pouring of basemat concrete on 4 September 2020, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (
CNNC
). It is the second unit at the site following the construction start of Zhangzhou-1 on 16 October 2019. It is also the second construction start in the world after Akkuyu-2 in Turkey earlier in the year. The plant is owned by
CNNC
-Guodian Zhangzhou Energy Company, (...)
26 August 2020
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Storm Damage Prompts Early Closure of Duane Arnold Nuclear Reactor in the
U.S.
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, 26 August 2020 As a result of storm damage incurred on 10 August 2020, the 622
MW
Duane Arnold-1 reactor will not return to service and will instead be permanently closed, the plant’s majority owner, NextEra Energy Resources announced 25 August 2020. It was previously scheduled for closure on 30 October 2020. This is the second reactor closure in the
U.S.
and the fourth in the world since the beginning of 2020, with Indian Point-2 shuttered in the
U.S.
and Fessenheim-1 and -2 in (...)
21 August 2020
Barakah,
UAE
: Grid Connection of First Commercial Reactor in the Arab World
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21 August 2020 Barakah-1, the first commercial nuclear reactor in the Arab world In a significant milestone for the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates’ (
UAE
) first commercial nuclear reactor, Barakah-1, was connected to the grid on 19 August 2020. It is the first commercial nuclear reactor to begin operations in the Arab world and the first in the Middle East since Iran’s Busheer-1 started up on 3 September 2011. Completion of construction of Barakah-2 was announced on 14 (...)
13 August 2020
First Reactor Grid Connection in the World in 2020—in China
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, 13 August 2020 The Tianwan reactor unit 5 was connected to the grid on 8 August 2020. Built and operated by the China National Nuclear Corporation (
CNNC
), commercial operation is scheduled for December this year. Tianwan is the first reactor to be connected to the grid in the world in 2020, and it is located in Jiangsu province on the Yellow Sea, eastern China. The one startup wordwide compares with three reactor closures (two in France, one in the U.S.) during the year so far. (...)
30 April 2020
Closure of 47‑Year‑Old Indian Point Reactor Near New York City
Closure of 47-Year-Old Indian Point Reactor Near New York City
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, 30 April 2020 Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant - New York - Photo Entergy Just short of 47 years after commencing operations, the Indian Point Unit 2 reactor is closing today, 30 April 2020. Located on the Hudson River, 48 km from Manhattan, New York, the
PWR
was taken off the grid under the terms of an unusual 9 January 2017 agreement between the nuclear plant owner Entergy, non-governmental organization (...)
18 March 2020
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Strangely Belated Announcement of Hinkley Point C‑2 Construction Start
Strangely Belated Announcement of Hinkley Point C-2 Construction Start
EDF
Energy continues to distort definitions of construction time
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, 18 March 2020 On 10 December 2019, formal construction began on the second European Pressurized Water Reactor (
EPR
) at Hinkley Point C (
HPC
-2) in the U.K., according to an email by
EDF
Energy spokesperson Gordon Bell, dated 16 March 2020. According to an internationally accepted definition by the International Atomic Energy Agency (
IAEA
) and (...)
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