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Russia’s BN-800 prepares for commercial operation
Russia’s BN-800 sodium-cooled fast reactor at unit 4 of the Beloyarsk NPP has resumed operation after the first scheduled maintenance carried out as part of the equipment preparation...
Outage at Balakovo-3 ends seven days early
The scheduled preventive repair of unit 3 at Russia’s Balakovo NPP was completed seven days ahead of schedule, the plant said on August 8. The repair work was carried out over 61...
Planned outages at Finland’s Loviisa NPP
The annual refuelling and maintenance outage at unit 1 of Fortum’s Loviisa NPP began on 7 August to be followed by the servicing of unit 2. This year Unit 1 will undergo an...
Incident closes unit 1 at Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky NPP
Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom said on 25 July that unit 1 of the Khmelnitsky NPP in western Ukraine will be back online in about two months following an unplanned shutdown. In...
Life extension for Russia’s Kalinin NPP
Unit 2 of Russia’s Kalinin NPP was shut down on 30 July for scheduled maintenance, which will last 90 days in preparation for service life extension modifications, the plant said. It...
Russia’s BN-800 prepares for commercial operation
Work has begun at unit 4 at Russia’s Beloyarsk NPP to prepare the BN-800 sodium-cooled fast reactor for commercial operation this autumn, according to Russian state nuclear...
CEZ seeks compensation for Dukovany shutdowns
Majority state-owned Czech power utility CEZ said it is seeking damages from engineering company Skoda JS relating to unplanned shutdowns at its Dukovany NPP since last year...
Strike causes outages at French NPPs
French NPPs suffered a series of unplanned outages on 26 May after trade unions at power company EDF joined a nationwide strike against the government’s planned labour reforms. At...
EDF extends outage of damaged Paluel 2 reactor
EDF has extended the outage period for unit 2 of its Paluel NPP until March 2017 after a 450t steam generator crashed onto the reactor floor during handling in March. The 1,300MWe...
GE Hitachi completes PWR service outage at Exelon NPP
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) said on 1 February that it had completed its first service outage at a pressurised water reactor (PWR) in partnership with Exelon Generation at Exelon's...
Areva wins outage work at three German NPPs
Areva has won a contract to perform outage services at three German nuclear power plants over the next several years.
Day & Zimmermann wins nuclear maintenance contract
Day & Zimmermann has been awarded a six-year contract to provide fleet maintenance and modifications services at the Vogtle, Hatch and Farley reactors operated by Southern Company.
GE Hitachi offers services for PWRs
Boiling water reactor vendor GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) plans to start offering refuelling services to customers operating pressurised water reactors.
Saulsbury Industries wins Summer maintenance deal
US-based Saulsbury Industries has been awarded a three-year maintenance and modification contract for unit 1 of the VC Summer nuclear station near Jenkinsville South Carolina.
Davis Besse outage contract for AREVA
AREVA Inc. has signed a contract with US utility FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) for outage, maintenance and engineering activities at the Davis Besse nuclear plant in Ohio.
GEH wins outage and fuel contracts for Exelon BWR fleet
GE Hitachi has won a contract to provide outage services for Exelon's entire fleet of boiling water reactors. It has also received nuclear fuel contract extensions for six Exelon reactors.
Pod boiler AGRs back online before end of year, EDF Energy says
EDF Energy has estimated that Heysham A and Hartlepool nuclear power plants, currently shut down to investigate structural components in boilers, will restart at some point between...
EDF Energy shuts Heysham A1&2 and Hartlepool for pod boiler inspections
A ‘defect’ found in a structural support of a Heysham A1 pod boiler in June has prompted further inspections in three other UK advanced gas cooled reactors with the same design,...
Generator transformer replaced during Hunterston outage
One of the two units at Hunterston B power station was switched off on 1 August for its statutory outage: one of its biggest yet. More than 13,000 separate pieces of work are scheduled...
