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June Date Set for Mihama Restart

Kansai Electric Power Co has announced plans to restart Mihama unit 3 in June.

Nuclear Power Plant

US May Consider Nuclear Subsidies

The White House has indicated privately to lawmakers and stakeholders that it supports taxpayer subsidies to keep nuclear facilities from closing.

Nuclear Power Plant

Enusa Recontracted to Supply Fuel to Spain’s NPPs

Spain’s state-run Enusa Industrias Avanzadas said on 10 May that it has been awarded a contract extension to supply 12 reload batches of fuel and associated se…

Nuclear Power Plant

Company to Take Over Decommissioning of Former Kewaunee Nuclear Plant

Eight years almost to the day since the Kewaunee Power Station nuclear plant shut down, a new company has stepped in to complete the decommissioning process.

Nuclear Power Plant

Tianwan Nuclear Power Unit 6: Successfully Connected to the Grid for the First Time

China National Nuclear Corporation Tianwan Nuclear Power Unit 6 was successfully connected to the grid for the first time.

Ukraine

Ukraine Tests Zaporozhe for ENTSO-E Synchronisation

Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom and the country's transmission system operator Ukrenergo completed tests last week at unit 1 of the Zaporozhe …

Nuclear Power Plant

Torness Power Station Outage Complete After 14,000 Pieces of Work Finished

A MULTI-MILLION-POUND scheme which saw more than 14,000 separate pieces of work carried out at Torness Power Station is complete.

Nuclear Power Plant

First Unit of Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant Connected to Power Grid

The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant has been reconnected to the power grid.

Nuclear Power Plant

Another Security Breach at Tepco Nuclear Plant Ncovered

A further case of unauthorized access at a nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast run by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. occurred in 2015, it …

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Russia Plans up to Five Floating Nuclear Power Stations for Northeast Wilderness

Russian president Vladimir Putin has approved a proposal by Rosatom to build floating nuclear power plants to power a gold and copper mine on the remote northea…

Nuclear waste

Swedish Utilities Urge Decision on Final Disposal of Waste

The application, originally submitted to the Swedish government in 2011, also requests a licence extension for the intermediary storage of used fuel at Clab, wh…

Nuclear Fuel

Nuclear Fuel for Unit 2 of the Belarusian NPP is Ready for Loading

The stage of the delivery and incoming inspection of the first core fuel and control rods intended for unit 2 has been successfully completed at the Belarusian …

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First Fuel Loaded into Brazilian Dry Storage Facility

This marks the official start of the storage facility's planned 50 years of operation as well as the first use of Holtec's HI-TRAN 300 single-failure proof vert…

Nuclear Power Plant

More Equipment for Iter

UK-based CMP said on 27 April that it had supplied thousands of cleats to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.

Nuclear Reactor

Entergy to Shut Down Indian Point Unit Three Permanently

US-based energy company Entergy has announced plans to close the third unit of its Indian Point Energy Centre nuclear reactor permanently by 30 April.