Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 18:56:36 +0000
The largest nuclear reactor in France is finally providing power to the country’s grid, more than a decade after it was expected to enter commercial operation. Flamanville 3, an EPR […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 23:14:53 +0000
France, already a world leader in nuclear power generation, plans to build at least six new reactors, with President Emmanuel Macron on Feb. 10 saying the country will consider building an additional eight on top of that as it also moves forward with developing small modular reactors (SMR). Macron, who is up for re-election in […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:00:53 +0000
France, already a world leader in nuclear power generation, plans to build at least six new reactors, with President Emmanuel Macron on Feb. 10 saying the country will consider building an additional eight on top of that as it also moves forward with developing small modular reactors (SMR). Macron, who is up for re-election in […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:01:59 +0000
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Unit 1 at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in China is the site of a milestone for nuclear technology. It also illustrates cooperation between France and China, using the lessons learned from earlier projects
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:42:40 +0000
Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), owner of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR (European Pressurized Water Reactor) nuclear unit that is under construction in Finland, has said fuel will not be loaded in the reactor before the end of August, while it awaits completion of a schedule review being conducted by the construction consortium. Meanwhile, EDF, which is […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 23:24:47 +0000
Another nuclear power project has been delayed, as the Fennovoima consortium and Russia’s state-run nuclear company Rosatom said the Hanhikivi 1 power plant’s projected start-up date has been pushed to 2028, four years behind the original schedule and eight years later than the proposed start when Finland’s government supported the project in 2010. The announcement […]
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