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Spain’s GDES Wins its First Decommissioning Contract in Sweden

Spain's GDES said on 24 July that it had been awarded a contract to provide qualified manpower for the dismantling service at Sweden’s Barsebäck and Oskarsham…

Russian Federation

Rosatom Manufactures the First Full Refueling Batch of MOX Fuel for BN-800 Fast Reactor

The Mining and Chemical Combine in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region (East Siberia) has manufactured the first full reload batch of fresh uranium-plutonium MOX …

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Why Russia Built a Floating Nuclear Power Plant

Why Russia Built a Floating Nuclear Power Plant?

Uzbekistan

IAEA to Send Mission for Assessing Uzbekistan's Nuclear Program

An Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will arrive in Uzbekistan in December 2020, Trend re…

Nuclear Power Plant

Operating Licence Issued for Leningrad II Unit 2

Russia's Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision has issued a licence for the operation of unit 2 at the Leningrad II NPP.

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Kakrapar 3 Achieves First Criticality

Unit 3 of the Kakrapar nuclear power plant in the Surat district of the Indian state of Gujarat has attained a sustained chain reaction for the first time.

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India and EU Formalise Nuclear Co-Operation Agreement

India and the European Union formalised the long-negotiated civil nuclear agreement on research and development cooperation on the use of nuclear energy at the …

Nuclear Power Plant

Debts Force Ukraine to Adjust Fuel Supply Schedule

Energoatom has had to adjust its fuel delivery schedule owing to its financial problems, but the Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator is still ensuring a dive…

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Czech Government to Provide Loan for CEZ’s Nuclear Power Station

The Government of the Czech Republic has reportedly agreed to offer an interest-free loan to state-controlled utility company CEZ, to help with construction cos…

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Mexico's Laguna Verde Plant Relicensed for 30 Years

Mexico's Ministry of Energy has authorised the renewal of the operating licence for unit 1 of the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant for an additional 30 years to…

Russian Federation

Fuel Loading Starts At Power Unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2

The first of 163 nuclear fuel assemblies has been loaded into the VVER-1200 reactor of power unit 2 of Leningrad NPP-2. Fuel loading marks the beginning of the …

Nuclear Power Plant

China to Build Six to Eight New Reactors a Year between 2020 and 2025

Nuclear power will play a more significant role in China's energy mix and will gradually replace fossil fuels, according to a blue book released by the China Nu…

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Romania Restarts Approach to New Cernavoda Units

Romania plans to create a Strategic Coordination Committee for the project to build units 3 and 4 at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant.

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Supports Nuclear and Engineering Excellency with New Design Centre

UK utility EDF has unveiled a new engineering design centre in Bristol to support the next phase of construction at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.

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Enec Announces Completion Of Construction At Unit 2

Focus now shifts to fuel loading and preparations for commercial operation.