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...
Rosatom Tests MOX Fuel in VVER-S Reactors
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 25, Russia’s AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics & Power (IPPE, part of Rosatom’s Scientific Division) has begun tests to substantiate the neutron physics characterist...
Fortum Continues Preparations for Nuclear New-Build
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 25, Finnish utility Fortum has selected two large reactor vendors plus one small modular reactor vendor to continue discussions with after concluding a two-year feasibility stud...
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...
Finland’s Fortum Explores Long-Term Options for New Nuclear Power
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 24, Finnish utility Fortum (FORTUM.HE), said on Monday it was focusing on renewable energy and nuclear lifetime extensions to cover growing electricity demand, while continuing ...
IAEA Will Support Zaporizhzhia, Whatever Agreement Is Reached
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 24, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says they "stand ready" to support the implementation of any future agreement regarding Zaporizhzhi...
Economic Impact of Uk’s STEP Plant Assessed
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 24, A report commissioned by Nottinghamshire County Council outlines predicted economic benefits of the UKs prototype fusion energy power plant to be built at West Burton near R...
Germany Proposes Accelerating Search for Repository Site
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 24, The Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal and the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management have both submitted proposals to the government for spee...
Lukashenko Wants Second Russian Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus
Wedoany.com Report-Mar 22, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said the country had "asked the Russians, if possible, to build a second power plant", according to the official Belta news agencys re...