Engineers are preparing to pour the concrete foundation of the Baltic Nuclear power plant in Kaliningrad. Once underway, it will be the ninth power reactor under construction in Europe.
Construction efficiency is the priority for Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) as it examines the Watts Bar completion project and the start-up date for the new reactor slips backwards.
Unit 4 of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) Qinshan Phase II nuclear power plant was connected to the grid on 25 November – the second Chinese reactor to be connected this year. It is expected to enter commercial operation early in 2012.