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Nuclear power down in 2012
Nuclear power down in 2012
Nuclear electricity production to 2012 (WNA) 79x48Nuclear power generation suffered its biggest ever one-year fall through 2012 as the bulk of the Japanese fleet remained offline for a full calendar year.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 20 June 2013
Land secured for pilot fast reactor
Land secured for pilot fast reactor
SVBR-100 module (AKME) 48A lease agreement has been signed for land on which the pilot heavy metal-cooled SVBR-100 reactor will be built in Dimitrovgrad in Russia's Ulyanovsk region.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 18 June 2013
TVO shows commitment to Olkiluoto 3
TVO shows commitment to Olkiluoto 3
Olkiluoto 3 - May 2012 48The shareholders of Finland's Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) have agreed to €300 million ($400 million) of loan commitments to enable the company to realise the completion of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR project.
New Nuclear · Friday, 14 June 2013
Grid concerns for Baltic project
Grid concerns for Baltic project
Turbine blank Alstom-AEM 48Work may be halted on the Baltic nuclear power plant project as the possibility to export its power appears less certain.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 11 June 2013
SMRs off the menu for Iowa
SMRs off the menu for Iowa
MidAmerican Energy has told regulators in Iowa that it is holding back on its plans to construct new nuclear generating capacity based on small modular reactors (SMRs) in the state due to regulatory uncertainties.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Vattenfall shopping for land at Ringhals
Vattenfall shopping for land at Ringhals
Ringhals (Annika Örnborg)_48Swedish utility Vattenfall has started discussions with local landowners and tenants with a view to purchasing land neighbouring the Ringhals power plant that could be used for the construction of new nuclear capacity.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Installation of Vogtle 3 containment starts
Installation of Vogtle 3 containment starts
Vogtle 3 CVBT 48The containment vessel bottom head has been installed for unit 3 at the Vogtle plant in Georgia. It involved the heaviest lifting operation performed so far at the construction site.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Reactor vessel installed at Ningde 3
Reactor vessel installed at Ningde 3
Ningde 3 RPV installation 48The reactor pressure vessel has been lowered into place at unit 3 of the Ningde nuclear power plant, under construction in China's Fujian province. The unit is set to start operating next year.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Barakah 2 under way
Barakah 2 under way
Barakah 2 first concrete, May 2013 77x48Construction officially began today on the UAE's second new nuclear power reactor, at the Barakah site in Abu Dhabi. 
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Taishan 2 steam generator ready
Taishan 2 steam generator ready
Taishan 2 SG (CGNPC) 48The first Chinese-made steam generator for an EPR has been completed and is being transported to unit 2 of the Taishan plant in the country's Guangdong province.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 23 May 2013
Fast reactor developer licensed to build
Fast reactor developer licensed to build
Russia's AKME-Engineering is now licensed to provide construction services for nuclear power plants, in preparation for the construction of a pilot heavy metal-cooled reactor.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Contract to lay out new Wylfa plant
Contract to lay out new Wylfa plant
Wylfa (Magnox Sites)_48Work to develop the design of Horizon Nuclear Power's proposed new plant at Wylfa in the UK is set to start.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 16 May 2013
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