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Candu Energy Inc, part of Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group, announced on 7 May...
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More cracks found at Hunterston B
New cracks have been identified during a routine inspection in the core of unit 3 at the UK’s Hunterston B advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR). The unit is now expected to remain...
The US looks to 80-year plant life extensions
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is supporting a request by utilities to extend the life of some nuclear plants for up to 80 years, Bloomberg reported on 21 February, citing “an...
Licence extension plans for North Anna
US utility Dominion Energy has announced its intention to relicense North Anna Power Station in Virginia for an additional 20 years, as part of its strategy to maintain...
Licence renewal for US South Texas Project
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the licence for the South Texas Project, a nuclear power plant near Bay City, for an additional 20 years.
NRG continues project on graphite ageing in AGRs
A new irradiation capsule for accelerated ageing of graphite, which is used in Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs), has begun irradiation at NRG’s High Flux Reactor in Petten in...
Russia completes radwaste management survey at Armenian NPP
Russia's Federal Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (FTSNRB) and Federal State Unitary Enterprise RADON (responsible for managing radioactive waste in Russia) have completed a...
Life extension of Armenian NPP goes ahead
Supplies of equipment to extend the life of unit 2 of the Armenian NPP at Metsamor are expected to begin in November 2017, the Armenian Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and...
Slovenia nuclear plant uses 3D-printed component
Siemens announced on 10 March that it had achieved the first successful commercial installation and continuing safe operation of a 3D-printed part in a nuclear power plant.
ONR publishes safety review of UK Hunterston and Hinkley
The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has published its assessment of the Periodic Safety Review (PSR) for Hunterston B in Ayrshire and Hinkley Point B in Somerset.
NRG completes graphite study for EDF Energy
The Netherlands-based Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) has announced the successful completion of a programme in which EDF Energy studied the effects of irradiation creep...
Hungary extends Paks 3 operating licence
The Hungarian National Atomic Energy Office (OAH) has extended the operating licence unit 3 at the Paks NPP by 20 years until 2036, state news agency MTI has reported
Hungary applied for life extension of Paks NPP unit 4
Hungary’s nuclear operator MVM Paksi Atomeromu, a subsidiary of state-owned Hungarian Power Companies Ltd (MVM), has applied to the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) to extend...
Illinois agrees to subsidise Exelon NPPs
US power company Exelon Corp’s Quad Cities and Clinton NPPs in Illinois have been given a $235m-a-year grant by the state. Legislation designed to rescue Exelon’s loss-making...
Canada’s Point Lepreau NPP seeks licence renewal
NB Power, the operator of Canada’s 660MWe Point Lepreau NPP in New Brunswick has started the licence renewal process for the plant. In June 2016, NB Power applied for a five-year...
Ukraine’s Zaporozhye unit 1 to restart after life extension work
Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (SNRI) on 19 September granted nuclear utility Energoatom a licence to operate unit 1 of Zaporozhe NPP beyond the design service...
Some good news for Japanese NPPs
Kansai Electric Power Company on 8 September released a safety improvement plan to extend the operating periods of units 1 and 2 of Japan's Takahama NPP in Fukui prefecture beyond...
Life extension for Argentina’s Embalse NPP
The second pair of 130t replacement steam generators (SGs) has been delivered to Argentina’s Embalse NPP as part of a project to extend the operating period of the Candu...
Ukraine looks to NPP life extension amid safety concerns
Unit 1 at the Khmelnitsky NPP in Ukraine has started deploying an integrated reactor diagnostic system at the VVER-1000 reactor during a scheduled preventive maintenance outage,...
US Scientists press for rethink on Diablo Canyon closure
In a letter to California governor Edmund Brown, a group of climate scientists have urged him to ask the California Public Utility Commission to delay consideration of any proposal...
