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Canada’s Candu Energy, part of the SNC-Lavalin Group on 25 November won...
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US NRC approves power uprate for Millstone 3
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it had approved a request by Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut to increase the reactor capacity of unit 3 of Millstone Power Station...
Life extension work completed at Armenian NPP
Upgrading of unit 2 at the Armenian NPP was completed on 16 November. The life of the station was extended until 2026 with the assistance of Rosatom, increasing the level of its...
OPG awards BWXT contract for components for Darlington refurbishment
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and BWX Technologies on 4 November announced a contract for Fuelling Machine (FM) head engineering and component supply as part of refurbishment of...
Armenian NPP modernises cooling towers
The Armenian nuclear power plant said on 28 September that it had achieved budget savings during major repair work, including a project for modernisation of the cooling towers.
Exelon invests in long-term nuclear power plant operation
US Exelon announced that, after the Illinois General Assembly has passed sweeping clean energy legislation preserving its NPPs, the company “is moving quickly to fill 650 vacant...
Laurentis Energy Partners wins Owner’s Engineer contract for Romanian Candu refurbishment
Canada’s Laurentis Energy Partners on 9 August announced a contract award to its subsidiary, Canadian Nuclear Partners (CNP), as Owner’s Engineer to support refurbishment at...
Romania pursues nuclear co-operation with USA
Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN) on 30 July received a delegation from the US Department for Energy (DOE) led by Dr Kathryn D Huff, Deputy Secretary for Nuclear...
CEZ increases output at Temelin
Czech power utility CEZ said on 15 July it had increased the output of unit 1 at the Temelín NPP by introducing new separators during the recently completed routine outage. The...
Aecon contracted to replace steam generators at Bruce NPP
Canada-based Aecon Group announced on 5 July that the Steam Generator Replacement Team (SGRT), a 50/50 joint venture between Aecon and SGT (a partnership between Framatome and...
Curtiss-Wright to replace the existing computer system at Columbia Generating Station
US-based Curtiss-Wright’s Nuclear announced on 3 June that it had been awarded a contract by Energy Northwest to replace the existing Plant Process Computer (PPC) system at...
Framatome to complete upgrades at Krško NPP
France’s Framatome said on 11 May that it had recently signed two contracts to upgrade systems and equipment used to manage operations at the Krško NPP in Slovenia. The company...
Major renovation of Triga reactors completed
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) said on 6 April that Triga International had recently completed a major renovation project at its fuel fabrication...
Russia’s Pevek to switch to closed heat supply from floating NPP
The town of Pevek in Russia’s Arctic Chukotka Autonomous District will switch to a closed heat supply system from the floating NPP Akademik Lomonosov by the end of 2021, according to...
Upgrading begins at Russia’s Beloyarsk 3 fast reactor
Russia’s ZiO-Podolsk (part Rosatom’s mechanical engineering division Atomenergomash) began manufacturing modules for evaporators for PGN-200M steam generators intended for...
India's credit line for Bangladesh covers nuclear projects,
India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on 27 March that New Delhi would be involved in the development of the transmission lines for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant...
Upgrading begins at Slovakia’s Mohovce NPP
This year's series of general overhauls (GO) of the Mohovce NPP in Slovakia began on 27 March. The schedule envisages standard work, as well as implementation of large...
Bruce Power marks successful first year of MCR
Canada’s Bruce Power said on 24 February that it was celebrating a successful first year of its Major Component Replacement (MCR) project which began in January 2020 with the start of...
OPG subsidiary wins contract to support refurbishment of Romania’s Cernavoda 1 reactor
Laurentis Energy Partners, a subsidiary of Canada’s Ontario Power Generation. On 18 Fenruary announced a €3.156 million ($3.8m) contract award, through its subsidiary Canadian...
US NRC approves power uprate for Oconee
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a request by Duke Energy Carolinas to increase by approximately 1.6% the reactor capacity of Oconee units 1, 2, & 3.
