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Consortium established to build Alfred
Consortium established to build Alfred
ALFRED cutaway 48A consortium has been formally set up for the construction of a demonstration lead-cooled fast reactor in Romania. The Advanced Lead Fast Reactor European Demonstrator (Alfred) is being developed under an EU initiative.
New Nuclear · Friday, 20 December 2013
Regulator calls for Flamanville crane checks
Regulator calls for Flamanville crane checks
Flamanville polar crane (ASN)_48The French nuclear regulator has directed EDF not to use the polar crane and associated heavy lifting equipment at the Flamanville EPR construction site until its concerns over compliance issues have been addressed.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 19 December 2013
Materials test reactor gets its dome
Materials test reactor gets its dome
RJH dome installation 48The dome of the Jules Horowitz Reactor, under construction at Cadarache in southern France, has been installed. Once in operation, the reactor will be used for testing current and future fuel designs.
New Nuclear · Monday, 16 December 2013
AP1000 for Kozloduy
AP1000 for Kozloduy
Kozloduy 5 and 6 (KNPP)_48Bulgarian Energy Holding is to enter exclusive talks with Westinghouse and Toshiba towards the construction of an AP1000 as the seventh unit at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant.
New Nuclear · Monday, 16 December 2013
NuScale SMR wins second DoE funding round
NuScale SMR wins second DoE funding round
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has chosen NuScale Power's small modular reactor (SMR) to receive federal funding in a project that will see the DoE invest up to half of the cost of developing, licensing and commercialising the reactor.
New Nuclear · Friday, 13 December 2013
Construction starts of Iter Tokamak complex
Construction starts of Iter Tokamak complex
Iter first concrete 48The first concrete has been poured for the basemat of the Tokamak complex of the Iter fusion reactor project at Cadarache in southern France.
New Nuclear · Friday, 13 December 2013
Module milestone for US unit
Module milestone for US unit
CA-04 module Vogtle 3 (Georgia Power)_48Georgia Power's Vogtle 3 project has reached another construction milestone with the installation of the module that will house the AP1000's reactor pressure vessel.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 5 December 2013
Contract awarded for CAREM vessel
Contract awarded for CAREM vessel
CAREM-25 (CNEA)_48The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for Argentina's prototype CAREM reactor is to be manufactured domestically by engineering company IMP SA. It will be the first RPV to be designed and manufactured in the country.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Loan guarantee for Wylfa Newydd project
Loan guarantee for Wylfa Newydd project
The UK government has signed a cooperation agreement with Hitachi and Horizon Nuclear Power "to promote external financing" for the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Pakistan breaks ground for coastal units
Pakistan breaks ground for coastal units
Karachi 2 and 3 groundbreaking 48A ground-breaking ceremony has been held for the Karachi Coastal Nuclear Power Project in Pakistan, comprising two Chinese-supplied ACP1000 units.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 3 December 2013
New Chinese nuclear grid connection
New Chinese nuclear grid connection

Hongyanhe 2 grid connection, November 2013 (CGN) 70x48Hongyanhe 2 has been connected to the Chinese electricity grid, the 18th large reactor supplying power to the country.

 

New Nuclear · Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Construction underway of second Vogtle AP1000
Construction underway of second Vogtle AP1000
Vogtle 4 basemat 48Safety-related concrete has been poured for the basemat of the second AP1000 unit at the Vogtle plant in Georgia. The milestone means that four AP1000s are now officially under construction in the USA.
New Nuclear · Friday, 22 November 2013
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