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Refurbishment of Russia’s BN-600 gets underway
JSC ZiO-Podolsk (part of Rosatom’s mechanical engineering Atomenergomash) has manufactured and shipped to unit 3 of the Beloyarsk NPP the fifth module of the evaporator for the...
Southern Nuclear notifies US regulator of plans to relicense Hatch NPP
US Southern Company subsidiary, Southern Nuclear, has notified the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission of its intent to seek subsequent licence renewal (SLR) for both units at the Edwin...
California extends the life of Diablo Canyon NPP
California lawmakers have voted to extend the operating life of the state's only nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon. The proposal passed by the legislature could keep open the...
Mexico's Laguna Verde NPP unit 2 receives operating licence extension
Mexico's Secretary of Energy (Sener) Rocío Nahle García has granted the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE – Federal Electricity Commission) renewal of the operating licence for unit...
E.On not prepared for continued operation of NPPs
German energy company E.On had not planned to continue operation of its Isar 2 NPP in Lower Bavaria, but has indicated that it is ready to discuss the possibility. At the beginning of...
SNC-Lavalin supports life extension of China’s Qinshan reactors
Candu Energy, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has announced that it is engaged in pre-project design and engineering work with the Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Company Limited...
South African regulator receives safety case for Koeberg life extension
South Africa’s National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has confirmed that power utility Eskom had submitted the safety case in support of its application to extend the operational life of...
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...
Belgium and Electrabel sign letter of intent on life extension of NPPs
The Belgian government and French utility group Engie's subsidiary Electrabel have signed a "non-binding letter of intent" to extend the use of nuclear power by 10 years and plan...
Germany considers extending life of nuclear plants
Germany may extend the life of its three remaining nuclear power plants, the Economy Ministry has said, as public support increases in the face of growing energy shortages. The...
No life extension for Belgium’s Doel 3 and Tihange 2
Operations at unit 2 of Belgium’s Tihange NPP and unit 3 of the Doel NPP cannot be extended for technical and safety reasons, owner/operator Engie Electrabel has said. Belgium...
Life extension for Russia’s BN600 fast reactor
Beloyarsk NPP is to replace 24 steam generator modules to prepare for the life extension of the BN-600 sodium-cooled fast reactor at unit 3 beyond 2025. This extensive work will...
IAEA reviews NRG’s management of ageing High Flux Reactor
A team of seven international experts, on behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), recently visited NRG's High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten, the Netherlands. The aim...
Nucleoeléctrica Argentina signs agreement for long-term operation of the Atucha I
Nucleoeléctrica Argentina has signed the Licensing Framework Agreement for long-term operation of unit 1 at the Atucha NPP, a fundamental requirement for the life extension project...
US DOE revises eligibility for civil nuclear credit programme
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has recently announced an amendment to the Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program Guidance for the currently open award cycle. To incorporate these...
Ten-year extension for Canada’s Point Lepreau NPP
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has announced that a 10-year Power Reactor Operating Licence had been granted to NB Power for the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating...
Temelin 2 receives permit for extended operation
Czech power company ČEZ said on 27 May that it had received a permit for further operation of unit 2 of the Temelín Nuclear Power Plant from the State Office for Nuclear Safety...
SNC-Lavalin to upgrade Romania’s Cernavoda 1
Candu Energy, part of Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group, has been chosen by Romanian nuclear utility Nuclearelectrica SA (SNN), operator of the Cernavoda NPP, to conduct optimisation work on...
Framatome contracted for reactor vessel mitigation at US NPPs
France’s Framatome has been awarded a contract to perform a specialised reactor vessel mitigation technique on four NPPs in the USA. The process, called cavitation peening, extends...
