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Reactor Vessel Installed at Xudabao 4

The reactor vessel has been installed in its design position at Xudabao 4, Rosatom has announced.(Image: Rosatom)In June 2018, Russia and China signed agreement…

Nuclear Reactor

Russia Tests Advanced VVER Reactor Fuel

The tests are being carried out at the NIIAR at the MIR.M1 research reactorTests are underway using the MIR.M1 research reactor at Russia’s Research Insti…

Nuclear Fuel

Rosatom Starts Reactor Tests Aiming to Increase Nuclear Fuel Enrichment

Russia's Rosatom is testing VVER nuclear fuel containing the neutron absorber erbium and uranium enriched to about 5%. It says such fuel could significantly…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Reactor Vessel Installed at Tianwan 8

The reactor pressure vessel has been moved into place at unit 8 of the Tianwan plant in China's Jiangsu province.The reactor pressure vessel is moved into t…

Nuclear Reactor

Westinghouse Fuel Loaded Into Loviisa Reactor

The first batch of VVER-440 fuel assemblies supplied by Westinghouse has been loaded into unit 2 of Finland's Loviisa nuclear power plant.The new fuel assem…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Foundation Pit Completed for Leningrad 8 Reactor

Workers have completed the construction of the concrete foundation pit for the reactor of unit 8 at Russia's Leningrad nuclear power plant. First nuclear sa…

Nuclear Fuel

Framatome to Supply Fuel for Slovak VVER Reactors

Slovak utility Slovenské elektrárne has signed a contract with France's Framatome for the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to the VVER-440 rea…

Nuclear Fuel

VVER Fuel Reliable in Flexible Power Output Tests, Says Rosatom

Experiments to test the impact of load following on VVER-1200 fuel show it "did not have a significant impact on its main characteristics", Russia's nuclear…

Nuclear Fuel

Dummy Fuel Loaded Into First New Unit at Kursk II

Preparations for testing of the reactor plant equipment at the new VVER-TOI reactor at Kursk II nuclear power plant continue with the loading of simulated fuel …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

India and Russia Explore Further Nuclear Energy Projects

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have said deepening cooperation in the nuclear energy field was a priority and agr…

Nuclear Fuel

EU Funding Framatome Vver-440 Fuel Development

The EUR10 million (USD10.7 million) contribution from the European Union under the Euratom Research and Training Programme targets the "swift and secure develop…

Nuclear Fuel

First Westinghouse Fuel Loaded at Bulgaria's Kozloduy

Bulgarian Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev was among those marking the loading of Westinghouse VVER fuel into the country's Kozloduy nuclear power plant'…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

First Concrete Poured at Leningrad 7

The concreting of the 2100-square-metre foundation slab for the new VVER-1200 unit has begun, with those attending the occasion told the additional Leningrad nu…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Permit Granted for Construction of Eighth Leningrad Unit

The main construction period for the VVER-1200 unit will begin in 2025 after the go-ahead was given to begin the second stage of the construction project for wh…

Nuclear Reactor

Reactor Vessel in Place at Tianwan 7

The reactor vessel has been installed at unit 7 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province. Russia is constructing two VVER-1200 reactor…