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French nuclear safety regulator Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) has...
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Slovenia looks to accelerate expansion of Krško NPP
The recently established Working Party on the Coordination of Preparatory Activities at the Project of the New Nuclear Power Plant in Krško (JEK2), comprising Slovenian...
Bruce 6 reconnected to Ontario’s electricity grid
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...
Eskom reports progress in Koeberg NPP upgrades
State-owned South African power utility Eskom says unit 1 of the Koeberg NPP has achieved a significant milestone in upgrade work at the plant after mechanical work for replacement of...
Bruce 6 achieves criticality after major upgrade
Unit 6 at Canada’s Bruce NPP has achieved a sustained fission chain reaction following completion of its Major Component Replacement (MCR) Project. This followed Canadian Nuclear...
Emergency power generators replaced at Darlington NPP
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has installed three new emergency power generators (EPGs) at its Darlington NPP, completing a key 10-year project to support life extension of the...
Darlington unit 3 reconnected to the grid
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said unit 3 of the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station’s has been reconnected to the electricity grid, 169 days ahead of schedule. As a result, OPG...
GSE contracted to support NPP control room modernisation
US-based engineering and workforce solutions company, GSE Solutions, has won a $15m contract to provide procedure and training support for a leading US NPP operator. GSE will review...
Westinghouse to support upgrade of Ukraine’s Rivne NPP
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom to design, manufacture and deliver Long-Term Containment Cooling Systems (LCCSs)...
TVEL delivers upgraded equipment for China’s Yibinsk Fuel
Rosatom fuel company TVEL has delivered to China upgraded equipment for the fuel fabrication plant at Yibin in Sichuan province. The plant is part of China National Nuclear...
Westinghouse and Dominion to upgrade Surry NPP
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with power utility Dominion Energy to design, manufacture, and deliver replacement steam generators at Surry Nuclear...
Bruce Power contracts Shoreline Power Group for remaining MCR projects
Canada’s Bruce Power has awarded a CAD1.3bn ($1bn) contract to Shoreline Power Group for Fuel Channel and Feeder Replacement (FCFR) for its remaining Major Component Replacement...
Framatome to modernise reactor systems at Ringhals
Framatome has signed contracts with power utility Vattenfall for the modernisation of Sweden’s Ringhals NPP. Framatome will update reactor control systems using its...
Koeberg NPP steam generator replacement project moves forward
South African power utility Eskom has reported “a major milestone” towards completion of planned steam generator replacements at unit 1 of the Koeberg NPP. The first of the ageing...
Constellation to uprate two Illinois NPPs
US power utility Constellation is to invest $800m in new equipment to increase the output of its Braidwood and Byron NPPs in Illinois. “These investments in our world class nuclear...
European court dismisses Austrian concerns about Hungary’s Paks-II
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has dismissed an action by Austria contesting the European Commission's (EC’s) approval of investment aid for an upgrade of...
US announces $1.5 billion to strengthen National Laboratories
The US Administration, through the Department of Energy (DOE), has announced funding of $1.5 billion from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to build and upgrade the US...
Refurbishment of Darlington NPP unit 3 ahead of schedule
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) reported its financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2022 that refurbishment of unit 3 of Darlington nuclear generating station...
Romania’s Nuclearelectrica selects Candu Energy to support Cernavoda refurbishment
Candu Energy, part of Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group, has been selected by Romanian nuclear utility Nuclearelectrica SA (SNN), operator of the Cernavoda NPP, to conduct design and...
Dukovany NPP output increased after cooling tower upgrade
Following the modernisation and optimisation of the cooling towers, Czech power company ČEZ said it will increase production at the Dukovany NPP by approximately 15,500 MWh.
