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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
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, 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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
12 March 2018
Five Years Late: Grid Connection of First Unit of Leningrad‑
II
Nuclear Plant in Russia
Five Years Late: Grid Connection of First Unit of Leningrad-
II
Nuclear Plant in Russia
WNISR
, Monday, 12 March 2018 Russia connected the
VVER
1200 series reactor, Leningrad-
II
unit 1 to the grid, 9 March 2018, ten years after construction start in 2008 and five years later than the original scheduled startup in 2013. It is the second Rosatom
VVER
1200 to enter service, following the Novovoronezh-6 grid connection on 5 August 2016. The Leningrad plant, is located at Sosnovy Bor, in (...)
14 February 2018
The Construction Saga of Rostov Reactors 3 and 4
WNISR
, 14 February 2018 In the following timeline, the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (
WNISR
) rebuilds some of the 35-year long construction history of the Rostov reactors 3 and 4. Started in the Soviet Union in 1983 and completed in the Russian Federation in 2018, the site repeatedly changed names and “official” construction-start dates. The
WNISR
documents the somewhat confusing, eventful communication history of these nuclear construction projects. See also "35 Years After (...)
8 February 2018
35 Years After Construction Start Rostov‑4 Reactor Connected to Russian Electricity Grid
35 Years After Construction Start Rostov-4 Reactor Connected to Russian Electricity Grid
WNISR
, 8 February 2018 On 1 February 2018, the 1000 MWe
VVER
, Rostov-4 was connected to the Russian electricity grid. The Rostov plant is located on the Tsimlyansk reservoir in the lower stream of the Don River near the city of Volgodonsk, in Russian Southern Federal District. Startup of the reactor brings to completion a four reactor project at the Rostov site where construction began 35 years (...)
Mycle Schneider,
9 January 2018
World Nuclear Industry Status as of 1 January 2018
The Year 2017 for Global Nuclear Power in a nutshell: 4 reactor startups (12 less than scheduled), 3 shutdowns, 4 construction starts, 2 abandoned constructions, bankruptcy of Westinghouse, bailout and breakup of
AREVA
, significant financial and economic pressure on nuclear operators. Five new reactors entered long-term outage, and 3 were restarted. Globally, 405 reactors operating (1 less than a year ago), 52 under construction (3 less). After ten reactor startups in both 2016 and (...)
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