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France Announces Fessenheim Nuclear Power Plant Closure

February 19, 2020 admin Business, fessenheim, France, GERMANY, International, Macron, Nuclear, O&M, reactor

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:26:46 +0000

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France, which has long relied on reactors to supply the bulk of the country’s electricity, on Feb. 19 announced the imminent closure of the Fessenheim nuclear plant, located on the country’s border with Germany. One of the plant’s two 920-MW pressurized water reactors will shut down within days, with the second taken offline by the […]

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Top 6 Nuclear Power Achievements of the Year

December 27, 2019 admin academik lomonosov, acpr-1000, AP1000, Business, cgn, Clinch River, EDF, EPR, Georgia Power, Instrumentation & Controls, International, Legal & Regulatory, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NuScale Power, O&M, Plant Design, power plant, reactor, rosatom, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Southern Company, Taishan, Technology, tennessee valley authority, TVA, Vogtle, yangjiang

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 11:34:04 +0000

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The past year has been filled with firsts for the nuclear power industry. Three power plants sporting first-of-a-kind reactors entered commercial operation, while the first U.S. AP1000 nuclear project reached key milestones on its path to completion. Furthermore, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) granted the first early site permit for a utility to construct […]

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Evolution of Nuclear Power Continues with Operation of First EPR

November 1, 2019 admin Business, cgn, China, china general nuclear power, EPR, flamanville 3, framatome, hinkley point c, International, news, Nuclear, reactor, Taishan, Technology, top plant, yuedian

Credit 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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Positive Developments for Small Modular Reactors

July 29, 2019 admin Business, china national nuclear corp., cnnc, International, Legal & Regulatory, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NuScale Power, Plant Design, reactor, Research and Development, Rolls-Royce, Small Modular Reactor, smr, Technology

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 21:05:47 +0000

NuScale Power, Rolls-Royce, and China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC)—three companies working on different small modular reactor (SMR) technology—recently announced positive developments for their respective designs. NRC Makes Progress on NuScale Design Review Portland, Oregon-based NuScale said on July 22 that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed the second and third phases of its SMR […]

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China, Russia Looking to Build Nuclear Plants in Argentina

July 1, 2019 admin Argentina, atucha, Business, China, International, news, Nuclear, reactor, Russia, Technology

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Argentina, the first Latin American country to adopt nuclear power when the Atucha I plant began operation in 1974, has plans to expand its nuclear generation, with Russia and China vying to implement their

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Last Reactor at Three Mile Island Will Shut by End of September

May 8, 2019 admin 1979, Business, Legislative, news, Nuclear, Pennsylvania, reactor, three mile island

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 22:14:58 +0000

The remaining nuclear reactor at the Three Mile Island Generating Station (TMI) in Pennsylvania will shut down by the end of September. Exelon made that official May 8, setting the closing date for Unit 1 at the financially struggling plant that it first announced it would shutter two years ago. Exelon in 2017 said the […]

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[BREAKING] Vogtle Owners Vote to Continue Nuclear Expansion Project

September 29, 2018 admin AP1000, dalton utilities, Georgia Power, jea, meag power, news, Nuclear, oglethorpe power, reactor, Vogtle

The four co-owners of the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project in Georgia have voted to continue construction of two new reactors at the site near Waynesboro. The vote on September 26 came two days after the original deadline for a vote on the future of Units 3 and 4, which are scheduled to come online […]

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First AP1000 Nuclear Units Reach Key Milestones

June 22, 2018 admin AP1000, Business, fuel load, haiyang, initial criticality, International, new construction, news, Nuclear, nuclear power plant, Plant Design, reactor, sanmen, Technology, V.C. Summer, Vogtle, Westinghouse

Two Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plants being constructed in China have successfully completed significant project milestones. Sanmen Unit 1—the world’s first AP1000 reactor—achieved initial criticality on June 21. Initial criticality is a nuclear industry term meaning the reactor’s neutron population has remained steady from one generation to the next and the nuclear fission chain reaction […]

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First AP1000 Nuclear Units Reach Key Milestones

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TEPCO Exec: Daini Plant Will Be Decommissioned

June 14, 2018 admin daini, Earthquake, fukushima daiichi, meltdown, news, Nuclear, reactor, tepco, Tsunami

A Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) executive on June 14 said the utility is prepared to decommission the four idle units at its Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Japan. The comments come as TEPCO continues to struggle with large compensation payments and cleanup costs associated with the March 2011 accident at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear […]

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