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Belgium’s Doel 3 cleared for early restart
Unit 3 at Belgium’s Doel nuclear plant has been cleared for early restart after a scheduled outage to check the steel walls of its reactor pressure vessel, the Federal Agency for...
French nuclear plants affected by heatwave
French utility EDF said it will cut back electricity generation at units 2 and 4 of the Tricastin nuclear plant in the south of France today, 25 July, which is expected to be the...
Two Russian NPPs experience unplanned outages
Units 1, 2 and 4 at Russia’s Kalinin NPP – all VVER-1000 reactors – were automatically disconnected from the network on 18 July due to a short circuit in one of the transformers at...
Operators certified for UAE nuclear plant
The UAE's Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (Fanr) has officially certified the first group of 15 national senior reactor operators (SROs) and reactor operators (ROs) at...
Switzerland’s Liebstadt cleared to operate at full power
The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (Ensi) said on 2 July that it had approved the restart of the 1220MWe single unit Leibstadt nuclear plant in the canton of Aargau after...
Argentina’s Embalse resumes commercial operation
Argentina’s Embalse nuclear plant, in the province of Córdoba, has resumed commercial operation after a three-year upgrade programme that was completed in January, the country's...
Pilgrim closes down
The US Pilgrim nuclear plant in Plymouth, Massachussetts was permanently shut down on 31 May after 47 years of operation, ending nuclear power generation in Massachusetts.
Improved safety at France’s Golfech NPP
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) team has said EDF, the operator of France’s Golfech NPP, has strengthened operational safety...
Repairs begin at Olkiluoto 3
Work has begun at unit 3 of Finland's Olkiluoto NPP to repair a previously reported problem that causes vibrations in its cooling unit, and which must be fixed before regulators sign...
Kakrapar 1 connected to grid
The 220 MWe unit 1 at India’s Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS-1) in Surat in Gujarat was synchronised with the grid on 24 May, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India...
IAEA assesses long term operation of China’s Qinshan 1
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation (Salto) mission completed a review of China’s Qinshan 1 on 10 May.
WANO turns 30
The World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) is marking its 30 year anniversary today.
Exelon to close Three Mile Island in September
US Exelon said on 8 May that it would shut the last reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant on 30 September because of legislative inaction on a nuclear subsidy bill in Pennsylvania.
Olkiluoto 2 outage brought forward
The annual maintenance outage at Finland’s Olkiluoto 2 was brought forward four calendar days because of measures taken to remove damaged fuel from the reactor, plant owner...
Fire closes unit 3 at Ukraine’s Rovno nuclear plant
Ukrainian officials said on 30 April that radiation levels remained safe after a fire broke out at unit 3 of the Rovno nuclear plant, leading to the shutdown of the reactor.
France’s Belleville NPP remains under enhanced surveillance
France’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) will keep the Belleville nuclear plant under increased surveillanc despite an improvement in safety facilities and practices in 2018.
Outage extended again for UK Hunterston NPP
EDF Energy has again extended an outage at its Hunterston B8 nuclear reactor in Scotland for a further two weeks while the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) assesses whether it is...
More delays possible for Flamanville 3
EDF should repair eighty faulty weldings at unit 3 of the Flamanville NPP France, L'Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), the technical arm of the Autorite de...
Record generation for US nuclear plants
In 2018, US nuclear power plants achieved a record generation of 807.1TWh despite the closure of several plants since the previous peak of 807.0TWh in 2010.
