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CGNPC renamed to reflect expansion
CGNPC renamed to reflect expansion
CORRECTED China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPC) has changed its name to China General Nuclear Power Group to reflect the group's ambitions to grow outside of Guangdong and China itself.
Corporate · Wednesday, 15 May 2013
New nuclear development council for Vietnam
New nuclear development council for Vietnam
Vietnam is to set up a new National Council for Atomic Energy Development, tasked with identifying strategies and priorities for the development of nuclear energy in the country.
Nuclear Policies · Thursday, 9 May 2013
I&C collaboration celebrates China first
I&C collaboration celebrates China first
Ningde (CGNPC)_48The first digital instrumentation and control (I&C) system developed jointly by Mitsubishi Electrical Corporation of Japan and China Techenergy Corporation has entered commercial operation.
Corporate · Thursday, 9 May 2013
Kundankulam's public interest ruling
Kundankulam's public interest ruling
Kudankulam 69x48A panel of two judges at India's Supreme Court has concluded that the Kudankulam nuclear power plant is vital for the country's economic growth and dismissed widespread public apprehension at the project as having 'no basis'.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Harris expansion plans put on hold
Harris expansion plans put on hold
Harris (Duke) 48Duke Energy has suspended plans to construct two new reactors at its existing Shearon Harris plant in North Carolina due to slower growth in electricity demand than previously expected.
New Nuclear · Friday, 3 May 2013
First selection of Atmea1 nuclear reactor
First selection of Atmea1 nuclear reactor
Atmea1_68x48Turkey stands to be the first country to use the Atmea1 reactor design by Areva and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. An accord signed today could see four of the units deployed at Sinop in the early 2020s.
New Nuclear · Friday, 3 May 2013
NINA falls foul of foreign ownership law
NINA falls foul of foreign ownership law
Plans for two new reactors at the South Texas Project (STP) are facing a new hurdle after US regulators determined that licence applicant Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA) does not meet statutory requirements on foreign ownership.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 1 May 2013
ESBWR back as proposed North Anna unit
ESBWR back as proposed North Anna unit
ESBWR 48Dominion has reverted to GE-Hitachi's Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) as the favoured technology for the proposed third unit at its North Anna plant in Virginia.
New Nuclear · Friday, 26 April 2013
Kudankulam valve replacement
Kudankulam valve replacement
Kudankulam 69x48Commissioning work has been delayed at unit 1 of India's new Kudankulam nuclear power plant with the replacement of four valves in the passive core cooling system.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Butkevičius negotiates on Visaginas
Butkevičius negotiates on Visaginas
Lithuania's optimal power mix would include nuclear along with a range of other sources, said new prime minister Algirdas Butkevičius, but the Visaginas project's economics are critical and need the buy-in of local partners.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Ningde 1 goes commercial
Ningde 1 goes commercial
Ningde watercolour (CGNPC)_48The first unit at the Ningde nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province is now operating commercially. It is one of four Chinese-designed CPR-1000 pressurized water reactors that will operate at the site.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 23 April 2013
French fuel for Korean reactor in Jordan
French fuel for Korean reactor in Jordan
Fuel for Jordan's research reactor will be made by Areva, the company announced. A South Korean consortium is supplying the 5 MWt unit to Jordan University of Science and Technology.
Uranium & Fuel · Friday, 19 April 2013
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