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Rosatom fuel company TVEL has delivered to China upgraded equipment for...
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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.
Vattenfall to increase power at Forsmark NPP unit 1
Sweden’s Vattenfall has prepared an increase in the power of the Forsmark NPP unit 1 reactor by just over 100MWe, half of which can be done during the next maintenance period in autumn.
Permit issued for anti-filtration curtain at Paks II
The Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA) has issued a licence for the construction of an anti-filtration curtain (PFZ) for the Paks II NPP project.
Framatome to support component modernisation at Forsmark NPP Power Plant
France’s Framatome has said that it was recently selected to support the emergency diesel generator (EDG) retrofit programme for the Forsmark NPP operated by Vattenfall in...
Eskom defers steam generator replacement at Koeberg until 2023
South African power utility Eskom has decided to defer the steam generator replacement programme at unit 2 of its Koeberg nuclear power plant.
BWXT and E.S. Fox to support Bruce 3 MCR
BWX Technologies, Inc. has announced a contract awarded by Bruce Power valued at approximately CA$73 million in support of Bruce Power’s Major Component Replacement (MCR) Project.
Koeberg 2 closed for steam generator replacement
Unit 2 of South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear plant was closed down on 17 January for refuelling and modernisation. The work is part of plans to extend its operation for 20 years.
Candu Energy to support Cernavoda nuclear expansion with US backing
Canada’s Candu Energy, part of the SNC-Lavalin Group on 25 November won a 12-month, $8.4 million contract from Romanian firm, EnergoNuclear SA, to provide engineering services during...
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...
