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Nuclear fuel delivered in April for unit 2 of the Belarus NPP is ready for loading into the reactor after acceptance inspections were completed, Rosatom said on 3 May. of the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant, BelTA learned from the press service of the Russian state nuclear industry corporation Rosatom.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 07 May 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsinspection-completed-of-fuel-for-unit-2-of-belarus-npp-8725938
Tianwan-4 is a Russia-designed 1,045-MW VVER V-428M unit which began commercial operation in December 2018. The unit was handed over to JNPC on 25 December 2020, Atomstroyexport said.
Construction of Tianwan-4 began in September 2013. Fuel loading was completed on 2 September 2018 and first criticality achieved in October.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 29 December 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/tianwan-4-vver-handed-over-to-operator-by-russia-s-atomstroyexport-12-1-2020
Belarus state news agency Belta reported Mr Mikhadyuk as saying the July schedule had been confirmed by the project’s general contractor Atomstroyexport, the engineering division of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom.
Earlier this month Rosatom announced that the first nuclear fuel had arrived onsite at the Belarusian facility, the country’s first commercial nuclear station.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 13 May 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/fuel-loading-of-first-reactor-scheduled-for-july-says-deputy-minister-5-2-2020
The company, a division of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said the testing is one of the most important stages of the hot hydraulic functional tests, including a simulated leak in the primary system. The automatic startup of all four diesel generator sets that form part of the emergency system was also tested.
Russia is constructing and commissioning two VVER-1200 pressurised water reactors at the Belarus site and expects the first unit to be connected to the grid this year.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 08 April 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/key-tests-completed-at-belarusian-1-4-2-2020
In December, the ministry invited five companies to file binding offers: China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), Russia’s Atomenergoprom, a subsidiary of state nuclear corporation Rosatom, France’s Framatome and US-based General Electric.
By the 31 January deadline all five companies had sent letters to confirm they were ready to file binding offers, with KHNP also sending additional questions in order to make a final decision on whether to participate in the tender, the ministry said in a statement.
The deadline for submitting final binding offers is 31 May 2020.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 08 February 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/five-companies-ready-to-submit-binding-bids-for-belene-nuclear-project-2-1-2020
A new-generation core catcher has been installed at Kudankulam unit 3 which is currently under construction in India, Russia's AtomStroyExport (ASE) has announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 10 December 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kudankulam-3-core-catcher-installed
Photo courtesy Rosatom. Cold hydraulic testing has been completed on the primary circuit of the Belarusian-1 nuclear power plant under construction at Ostrovets near the border with Lithuania, Russia’s state nuclear power equipment and service exporter Atomstroyexport said in a statement.
The tests took 24 hours to complete and were conducted at pressure of 24.5 MPa, the statement said.
Cold testing verifies that welds, joints, pipes and components in the primary circuit are able to withstand pressures higher than those during normal operation.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 06 September 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/cold-testing-completed-for-unit-s-primary-circuit-9-4-2019
The pouring of concrete for the foundation of the turbine building at unit 2 of the Rooppur nuclear power plant under construction in Bangladesh was completed yesterday. The foundation for the turbine hall of Rooppur 1 was completed earlier this year.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 07 August 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Second-Rooppur-turbine-hall-basemat-completed
A ceremony was held today to mark the exchange of documents between TVEL JSC - the nuclear fuel manufacturer of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom - and the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) finalising a contract signed in late 2018 for the supply of fuel for the Rooppur nuclear power plant under construction in Bangladesh.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 06 August 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-supply-contract-signed-for-Bangladeshi-plant
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 5 June signed the general contract for the construction of units 3&4 at China’s Xudabao nuclear power plant in Liaoning Province.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 12 June 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-signs-general-contract-for-chinas-xudabao-7254837