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Spain Announces Plans for Dismantling Garona NPP

Spain’s government on 16 March announced its plan for dismantling the Santa María de Garoña NPP.

Nuclear Power Plant

UK's Hinkley Point B Approved for Restart

The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation has today provided EDF with permission for Reactors 3 and 4 at the Hinkley Point B power station in Somerset, England, to…

Nuclear Power Plant

SNC-Lavalin Issues Blueprint to Achieve Net Zero by 2050

A new blueprint issued by Canada’s SNC-Lavalin on 11 March says achieving net-zero by 2050 for Canada is a "monumental but achievable" objective that will requ…

Nuclear Power Plant

Westinghouse Plans Investment in Polish Nuclear

Westinghouse Electric Company has announced its intention to invest in nuclear technologies in Poland, following a meeting in Warsaw between Westinghouse CEO Pa…

Nuclear Reactor

Rosatom Starts Building Reactor for Akkuyu Unit 3

AEM Technology, part of the Atomenergomash engineering subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom, has started manufacturing the reactor pressure vessel for unit 3 of the A…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia’s Leningrad-II Unit 2 Ready for Commercial Operation

Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor on 10 March issued a conclusion on the compliance of unit 6 of the Leningrad NPP with the requirements of technical regulations …

Nuclear Equipment

GE Steam Power Unveils 'Largest Last-Stage Blade Ever Made'

GE Steam Power announced today that it has designed and manufactured the largest-ever last-stage blade for its Arabelle low-pressure rotor.

Nuclear Fuel

Fuel Loading Under Way at Barakah 2

The process of loading 241 fuel assemblies into the core of unit 2 at the Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE has begun, operator Nawah Energy Company has an…

Nuclear Power Plant

France to Build Nuclear Crisis Centres Based on Fukushima Lessons

Local Crisis Centres are to be built at 11 nuclear power plants in France.

Nuclear Power Plant

Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant's First Unit's Power Grid Disconnection Explained

The official said: “A huge number of equipment and system tests are performed in the course of commissioning a nuclear power plant unit.

Nuclear Power Plant

Ohio Senate Strips Subsidies from Nuclear Power Plant Bailout Law

Ohio Senators have unanimously approved a bill that strips out a key provision of the sweeping energy law that’s at the center of a federal corruption scandal.…

Nuclear Power Plant

El Dabaa NPP as Significant As Aswan High Dam, Says Russian Ambassador

The importance of Egypt's first nuclear power plant is comparable to that of the Aswan High Dam, Russia’s Ambassador to Egypt Georgy Borisenko said yesterday.

Nuclear Power Plant

Presidents of Russia and Turkey Give Start to Full-Scale Construction of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 During a Ceremony Via Videoconference

10 March, 2021, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province, Turkey. A ceremony commemorating the start of Unit 3 construction was held at the site of the first Turkish nucle…

Nuclear Power Plant

First Concrete Poured for Akkuyu Unit 3

Rosatom announced today that first concrete has been poured for the third unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant under construction in the Mersin province of Tu…

Nuclear Power Plant

Video: Recognizing 50 Years of Carbon-Free Nuclear Energy at Robinson Nuclear Plant

​On March 7, 2021, Robinson Nuclear Plant celebrated 50 years of commercial operations, or more simply, 50 years of providing electricity to customers in the C…