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Dukovany 3 closed for maintenance and refuelling
23 January, 2024
Czech power utility ČEZ is shutting unit 3 of the Dukovany NPP for...
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Koeberg 1 back online after steam generator replacement
Thursday, November 23, 2023 by South Africa’s power utility Eskom said unit 1 at Koeberg NPP has been synchronised to the grid after almost a year, and the longest outage in the plant’s history. During the outage,...

EDF plans outages at Cattenom NPP to save fuel
Wednesday, November 01, 2023 by EDF says additional outages at the 1,300 MWe units 1&2 of its Cattenom NPP are planned to save about six months-worth of fuel before their next scheduled refuelling in 2025. “As of...

Bruce 6 returns to commercial operation
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 by Unit 6 at Canada’s Bruce Power NPP has been declared commercially operational, 39 years to the day of its first in-service date on 14 September 1984. The unit was recently reconnected...

Bruce 6 reconnected to Ontario’s electricity grid
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 by Unit 6 at Canada’s Bruce Power NPP has been reconnected to Ontario’s electricity grid following completion of its Major Component Replacement (MCR) outage, which began in January...

Restart of Ringhals 3 delayed again
Wednesday, July 05, 2023 by The restart of unit 3 at Sweden’s Ringhals NPP, which was due to restart operation the end of June following maintenance work has been postponed by three more weeks, according to...

Smolensk NPP to restore graphite stack at the unit 1 RBMK reactor
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 by Unit 1 at Russia’s Smolensk NPP has been closed for a scheduled maintenance outage during which major work will be carried out to restore characteristics of the graphite stack of...

Major milestone for Bruce Power’s MCR project
Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by Bruce Power says it has achieved a major milestone of "substantial completion" of the construction phase of Major Component Replacement (MCR) portion of refurbishment of unit 6 at...

Bruce Power completes unit 3 defuelling ahead of schedule
Friday, April 07, 2023 by Crews at Bruce Power have completed the defuelling of unit 3, 18 days ahead of schedule. The unit was shut down in early March in order to begin its Major Component Replacement...

Restart of Ringhals 4 faces further delay
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 by While the start-up of unit 4 of Sweden’s Ringhals NPP is ongoing, power generation from the unit is not now expected to start until 1 April, according to plant owner/operator...

Bulgaria to continue imports from Russia for Kozloduy NPP
Friday, March 24, 2023 by Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet has approved a derogation from European Union (EU) sanctions on Russia and will be able to import the materials and spare parts necessary for its...

US DOE issues guidance for second award cycle of the Civil Nuclear Credit programme
Tuesday, March 07, 2023 by The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued guidance for the second award cycle of the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) programme for NPPs at risk of closing or have already been shut...

Bruce Power begins component replacement
Tuesday, March 07, 2023 by Canada’s Bruce Power NPP has shut down unit 3 in order to begin its Major Component Replacement (MCR) outage. The refurbished unit is scheduled to come back online in 2026.

Further delays for OL3
Friday, February 17, 2023 by Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto NPP (OL3) will now resume electricity production 25 February with regular electricity...

Bruce Power 4 returns to service
Friday, December 23, 2022 by Unit 4 at Canada’s Bruce Power NPP has returned to service following a successful 98-day planned maintenance outage, which represented a $130 million investment in the life extension...

More delays for French reactors
Thursday, November 24, 2022 by Electricite de France (EDF) has extended maintenance outages at three nuclear reactors, adding to the difficulties in power supply in France and neighbouring countries as winter approaches.

Steam generator replacement completed at US Watts Bar NPP
Friday, November 11, 2022 by The Steam Generating Team (SGT) - a joint venture between Framatome and United Engineers & Constructors - has completed the steam generator replacement project at unit 2 of the...

Upgrades completed at Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP unit 3
Friday, November 04, 2022 by Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP has said that two circulation conduits serving unit 3 have been upgraded during the recently completed scheduled preventive maintenance outage....

Slovenia’s Krško NPP undergoes upgrade: IAEA assesses emergency preparedness
Friday, October 14, 2022 by A maintenance and refuelling outage is under way at the Krško Nuclear Power Plant in Slovenia, operating company NEK has announced. All overhaul works, involving some 45,000...

Strikes delay restart of French reactors
Thursday, October 13, 2022 by A representative of France's FNME-CGT (National Federation of Mines and Energy) trade union has revealed that some workers at EDF's nuclear plants had resumed their strike over...

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