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Unit 2 of South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear plant was closed down on 17 January for refuelling and modernisation. The work is part of plans to extend its operation for 20 years. The two 920MWe pressurised water reactors (PWRs) at Koeberg, which supply some 5% of the South Africa’s electricity, were built by Framatome, with unit 1 starting commercial operation in 1984 and unit 2 in 1985.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskoeberg-2-closed-for-steam-generator-replacement-9416110
The core catcher – also known as a core melt localisation device or core trap – is designed to catch the molten core material, or corium, from a nuclear reactor in the event of a nuclear meltdown and to prevent it from escaping the containment. It is part of the passive safety system.
Installation of the core catcher will allow further works on the reactor building pit.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/core-catcher-installation-underway-at-tianwan-7-says-rosatom-1-4-2022
International engineering group Assystem has been appointed as an alliance partner on the new Hinkley Point C (HPC) Commissioning Alliance. The company said this new multi-year contract will be key to bringing the UK's first new nuclear power plant in more than 30 years into operation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Assystem-joins-HPC-Commissioning-Alliance
In a wide-ranging interview with EnergoBusiness magazine on 10 January, to mark 25 years since the establishment of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom, the director of Energoatom, Petr Kotin, said that this winter Ukraine will have all 15 of its nuclear units in operation for the first time since the 1980s.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsenergoatoms-kotin-shares-his-vision-for-ukraines-nuclear-future-9414515
The core catcher has been installed for Unit 3 of the Xudabu nuclear power station, also known as Xudabao, under construction in Liaoning Province, northeast China, Russian state-nuclear corporation Rosatom said.
The core catcher – also known as a core melt localisation device or core trap – is designed to catch the molten core material, or corium, from a nuclear reactor in the event of a nuclear meltdown and to prevent it from escaping the containment.
Rostom said the installation of the 156-tonne component is a milestone activity which allows further works on the reactor building pit.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/core-catcher-installed-at-xudabu-3-says-russia-s-rosatom-1-2-2022
The core catcher casing has been installed for two Russian-supplied VVER-1200 reactors being constructed in China. The 156-tonne casing is part of the core catcher, which is intended to prevent release of radioactive substances in the event of a severe accident.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Core-catcher-casing-in-place-at-Xudabao-3-and-Tian
Turkey / New Reactors Will Help Meet ‘Massive’ Demand For Energy And Reduce Reliance On Fossil Fuels
According to Turkey’s ministry of energy and natural resources, energy consumption in 2012 was 239 TWh a year, while in 2023 forecasts say it could reach as much as 478 TWh.
However, Massimo Giorgi of NIATR told NucNet that the current energy mix will not meet demand and the lack of reliable, diversified, low-cost energy is an obstacle to Ankara’s economic plans.
Once fully operational, the $20bn Akkuyu nuclear power station, where Turkey is building four 1,114-MW pressurised water reactor units supplied by Russia, will provide about 10% of the country’s total electricity generation.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 18 January 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/new-reactors-will-help-meet-massive-demand-for-energy-and-reduce-reliance-on-fossil-fuels-1-1-2022
Unit 2 of South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear power plant has been taken offline for refuelling and the replacement of its three steam generators and reactor pressure vessel head. The work is part of plans to extend its operation for 20 years, and scheduled to take five months.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 18 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Koeberg-offline-for-replacement-of-steam-generator
Brazil has begun a process to identify sites for the new nuclear power units it plans to have in operation by 2050. The Ministry of Mines and Energy has secured cooperation of specialists at Cepel for a siting study.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 18 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Brazil-looks-to-nuclear-expansion
“We have a huge amount of uranium resource, which we would like to exploit and put in the most transparent way,” he was quoted as telling the International Mining Conference in Riyadh.
“We will bring partners and we will be exporting and manufacturing and developing it and we will be commercially monetising that resource.”
The minister said the world needed more flexibility because the transition to clean energy is complicated. “We should not forfeit energy security for the sake of a publicity stunt”, he said. “The transition needs to be a well-thought of transition.”
Press reports have said Saudi Arabia, the world’s top il exporter, could produce over 90,000 tonnes of uranium from three major deposits in the country, enough to provide fuel for nuclear plants the country seeks to build and to export uranium.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 15 January 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/kingdom-aims-to-take-advantage-of-uranium-resources-as-it-looks-to-nuclear-energy-1-5-2022