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US power utility Exelon said on 19 July that the four nuclear plants...
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Tests at Zaporozhye NPP prepare Ukraine for integration with European grid
Ukraine nuclear utility Energoatom, together with Ukrenergo, on 8-9 May conducted tests at unit 1 of the Zaporozhye NPP to confirm compliance with the requirements of the...
India’s Kudankulam-2 connected to grid
Unit 2 at India’s Kudankulam NPP, a Russian supplied VVER-1000 reactor, was connected to the southern grid on 29 August, and is now slowly increasing power production from an...
UK NPP achieves world record
Unit 2 of the UK’s Heysham II NPP, operated by EDF Energy, broke the world record for the continuous operation of a commercial nuclear power reactor on 1 August. The Advanced...
German NPP breaks world record
Germany's single unit Grohnde NPP, a 1,360MWe pressurised water reactor, has become the world’s first commercial reactor to have generated a combined total of more than 350TWh...
NRC reports good performance for most US power reactors
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has placed 96 of the USA's 99 operating nuclear power reactors in the top two of its categories for performance in 2015. NRC assesses...
IAEA OSART mission to Flamanville site completed
An international team of nuclear safety experts led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today completed an assessment of operational safety at Flamanville 1&2 in France....
Record year for UK nuclear power stations
EDF Energy has reported that its eight UK nuclear power stations produced their highest output for seven years in 2012.
