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Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

ČEZ Extends Deadline for Final Bids for New Nuclear Unit

The Czech company ČEZ has pushed back the deadline to the end of October for final bids to be submitted to construct a new nuclear unit at the Dukovany nuclear…

Nuclear Reactor

Westinghouse VVER-440 Fuel Loaded Into Reactor

Westinghouse fuel has been loaded into a VVER-440 reactor for the first time, at Ukraine's Rivne nuclear power plant.A ceremony was held to mark the occasio…

Sweden

Slovenské Elektrárne and Westinghouse Fuel Supply Agreement

A long-term agreement with Westinghouse for the licensing and supply of VVER-440 fuel assemblies has been signed as part of Slovenské elektrárne&#…

Nuclear Technology

Mochovce 3 Reaches 90% Power Output

The power output of unit 3 at the Mochovce nuclear power plant in Slovakia has been increased from 75% to 90% as energy start-up tests continue, Slovenské…

Nuclear Reactor

Kozloduy Applies to Use Westinghouse Fuel in Unit 5

Kozloduy units 5 and 6 (Image: Kozloduy NPP)The Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency said it has received an application requesting the issuance of a permit for …

Nuclear Fuel

European Consortium Focuses on VVER Fuel

A Westinghouse-led consortium has been selected by the European Union to develop and deliver a "fully European" nuclear fuel supply for Russian-designed VVER pr…

Nuclear Reactor

MOX Fuel Tests for Vver Reactors Under Way

Testing has begun on VVER-type fuel elements with uranium-plutonium mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in the MIR research reactor. Based on the results of irradiation and …

Nuclear Reactor

Westinghouse to Enhance Safety of Ukrainian VVER-440s

Westinghouse has signed a contract with Ukraine's Energoatom to design, manufacture and deliver long-term containment cooling systems (LCCS) as part of the …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Framatome and Slovenské Elektrárne to Cooperate on New Vver Fuel

France's Framatome and Slovakia's Slovenské elektrárne have signed a memorandum of understanding on further developing their long-term rel…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

VVER-1200 Internal Shaft Installed at Rooppur 1

Installation of an internal shaft has been completed at unit 1 of the Rooppur NPP in Bangladesh. The shaft is made of austenitic stainless steel and is an integ…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Rosatom to Build 17 VVER Units and Decommission 10 RBMK Units by 2035

Rosatom will have to build 17 new NPP units by 2035 and decommission about 10 power units over the coming 10 years. This is a big challenge for nuclear scientis…

Nuclear Fuel

TVEL Delivers New Equipment for Chinese VVER-1000 Fuel Production

The modernised ultrasonic unit supplied by TVEL is for fabrication at the Yibin plant, in China's Sichuan province, of Russian-designed TVS-2M nuclear fuel …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Xudabao 3 Vessel Passes Hydrostatic Tests

The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 3 at the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province has successfully completed hydrostatic testing …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia Upgrades Fuel Processing at Mining & Chemical Combine

Specialists at Russia’s Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC – part of Rosatom) in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, are installing and commissioning …

Nuclear Power Plant

Hungary and Belarus Agree Nuclear Energy Cooperation

Hungary and Belarus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation relating to the projects in both countries for new Russian VVER-1200 nuclear …