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The reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for unit 3 at the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province has successfully completed hydrostatic testing in Russia. The two VVER-1200 reactors that form phase two of the plant - units 3 and 4 - are scheduled to be commissioned in 2027-2028.

Date: Saturday, 13 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Xudabao-3-vessel-passes-hydrostatic-tests

The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 1 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt. It marks the official start of construction of the first of four Russian-supplied VVER-1200 reactors at the site on the country's Mediterranean coast.

Date: Thursday, 21 July 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Construction-of-Egypts-first-nuclear-power-plant-u

The global uranium market has not yet been impacted by recent geopolitical events, speakers from uranium suppliers said during a session of the World Nuclear Fuel Conference 2022 in London. However, they agreed that the longer-term future is uncertain but the industry can bring capacity online to avoid any shortages.

Date: Thursday, 28 April 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Uranium-miners-ready-to-meet-market-needs,-WNFC-he

The plenary meeting of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) on 24 November approved the “EU Peer Review Report Implementation of Belarusian Stress Test National Action Plan September 2021”.

Date: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsensreg-sees-significant-progress-at-belarus-nuclear-plant--9284630

A high-ranking Egyptian delegation headed by the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy of Egypt, Mohammed Shaker, paid a working visit to one of the largest machine-building enterprises in Russia, JSC Tyazhmash on 30 July. The delegation also included: the Chairman of the Egyptian Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) Amged El-Wakil; NPPA Vice President Mohammed Ramadan; the Chairman of the Nuclear and Radiation Control Department of Egypt, Sami Atalla; Rosatom’s First Deputy General Director for Nuclear Energy and President of JSC ASE, Alexander Lokshin; the Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision, Alexey Ferapontov, Samara Region Governor Dmitry Azarov; the General Director of Tyazhmash JSC Andrey Trifonov, as well as project teams of the Rosatom engineering division and NPPA.

Date: Wednesday, 04 August 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshigh-ranking-egyptian-nuclear-delegation-visits-russia-dispelling-rumours-of-tension-8963506

According to local press reports, the delay of the El-Dabaa NPP to 2030 instead of 2028 reported earlier in July is due to underlying tension in relations with Russia. Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority spokesman Karim al-Adham confirmed the delay statements to the Egyptian economic newspaper Enterprise on 14 July, citing the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic as the reason.

Date: Friday, 30 July 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsel-dabaa-nuclear-project-reported-delayed-by-political-tensions-8946026

Bulgaria’s nuclear society, Bulatom, on 14 June published its position on the main projects in the electricity industry of Bulgaria, in particular the Belene NPP project. In an earlier letter, addressed to “colleagues”, Bulatom noted: “Currently, there is an intensive debate in the society about the future of nuclear energy in our country, including the two promising projects that are in the process of structuring and selecting options for implementation: the project for construction of nuclear power on the approved new site near Kozloduy; and the project for construction of nuclear power at the Belene site.”

Date: Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbulatom-seeks-level-playing-field-for-belene-project-8837361

The pandemic has shown the resilience of the nuclear industry to act responsibly, both as a supplier of energy and as an employer, the head of the world's biggest uranium producer said today. In his address to delegates at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle forum, Kazatomprom CEO Galymzhan Pirmatov said the wellbeing of the company's 20,000 employees was his first priority.

Date: Thursday, 15 April 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kazatomprom-put-health-before-profit-during-pandem

Three Baltic states and the EU itself have expressed concerns about safety at the Russia-backed project Image courtesy Creative Commons / Flickr / Mr.TinDC. Lithuania does not see a problem with Poland’s proposed nuclear power programme, but has concerns about the Russia-supplied Belarusian nuclear power station under construction near its border in Ostrovets, Lithuanian energy minister Dainius Kreivys told Polish energy portal Biznes Alert.

Mr Kreivys said in the interview: “The Polish nuclear project, which is being developed under European Union regulations, cannot be compared with the Russian project in Belarus, which raises growing concerns.”

He said Lithuania was not consulted over the deployment of the two-unit Belarusian nuclear station and it is in violation of the Espoo Convention, which requires trans-border consultation on nuclear facilities.

Mr Kreivys raised questions about the independent status of the Belarusian nuclear regulator and said that the Belarusian station had failed 27 stress tests with only a handful of issues having been addressed.

Date: Thursday, 25 March 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/energy-minister-says-belarusian-nuclear-project-raises-growing-concerns-3-3-2021

Russian fuel company TVEL (part of Rosatom) said on 16 March that it is to supply nuclear fuel components for Egypt’s ETRR-2 research reactor, located at the Egyptian National Nuclear Research Centre in Inshas. The Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP - part of TVEL) and the Egyptian Atomic Energy Organisation (EAEA) have signed contract documents for the supply of another batch of low-enriched nuclear fuel components in 2021. The supplies come under a long-term framework contract for the export to Egypt of nuclear fuel components for the ETRR-2 reactor, concluded in 2020. The product range includes uranium components as well as aluminium alloys and aluminium powders. The first deliveries under this contract were made in 2020, despite the restrictions associated with coronavirus pandemic.

Date: Friday, 19 March 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstvel-to-supply-fuel-for-egypt-research-reactor-8609302