Polish Nuclear Finance Law Signed
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 30, Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed into law a bill providing PLN60bn ($15.5bn) in financing for Poland’s first NPP. The purpose of the law is to enable the prepa...
First Concrete for Leningrad 8
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 30, First concrete has been poured ahead of schedule for unit 8 of Russia’s Leningrad NPP (also known as Leningrad-II unit 4). Currently Leningrad NPP has four units in op...
Reactor Vessel Assembled for El Dabaa’s First Unit
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 29, The 10-day process has been completed of welding the closing seam of the reactor vessel being manufactured for the first unit at Egypts first nuclear power plant. According ...
Framatome Awarded I&C Upgrade Work at Swiss Plant
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 28, Framatome has been selected by Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG to modernise instrumentation and control systems at the Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland. The value of ...
Minister Announces Funds for New Reactor as Safari-1 Turns 60
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 28, As South Africas Safari-1 research reactor marks its 60th anniversary, Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientso Ramokgopa has announced a budget allocation of ZAR1.2 bi...
Valve Issue Shuts Down Monticello NPP
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 27, US Xcel Energy’s Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant in Minnesota automatically shut down after an issue with a control valve was detected. Xcel Energy said its team i...
Rooppur Unit 1 Turbine Installation Completed
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 26, Bangladeshs first nuclear power plant continues to progress towards starting up, with the turbine installation completed at unit 1. Alexey Deriy, Atomstroyexport JSC Vice Pr...
Uprated Chinese Reactor Returns to Grid
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 26, Unit 2 of Phase II of the Qinshan nuclear power plant in Chinas Zhejiang province has been reconnected to the grid following a refuelling and maintenance outage during which...
Construction of Support Facilities Underway at Smolensk-II
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 25, Construction of supporting facilities has begun at the site of Russia’s Smolensk-II NPP. The general contractor is preparing the foundations for administrative and ind...
Containment Dome Installed at Third Haiyang Unit
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 25, The outer steel dome of the nuclear island containment building of unit 3 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in Chinas Shandong province has been hoisted into place. The dom...