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Budget includes money for pilot projects as work to enable construction of reactors ‘now entering a more intensive phase’

Date: Friday, 13 September 2024
Original article: nucnet.org/news/gov-t-announces-major-investments-as-plans-for-new-nuclear-gather-pace-9-4-2024

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The two 143-metre-tall cooling towers of the shut down single-unit Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant in Germany have been demolished in a controlled explosion.

Date: Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grafenrheinfeld-cooling-towers-taken-down

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The owners of Sweden's Forsmark and Ringhals nuclear power plants are to assess the possibility of extending the operating lifetime of the plants' reactors from 60 to 80 years. This would enable their continued operation into the 2060s.

Date: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Extended-operation-considered-for-Swedish-reactors

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Bavaria’s Ministry of the Environment has issued an approval notice to begin dismantling unit 2 of Germany’s Isar NPP. In accordance with the requirements of the Federal Atomic Energy Act. The 1400 MWe pressurised water reactor at Isar 2 was one of Germany's last three nuclear plants to be shut down in April 2023. It supplied some 18% of Bavarian electricity production and was the most powerful NPP in Germany. PreussenElektra – which is responsible for the decommissioning of eight nuclear plants in Germany – had already submitted the application to decommission and dismantle the plant in July 2019.

Date: Thursday, 28 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsapproval-notice-issued-for-dismantling-of-isar-2-11634858

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Nuvia, a subsidiary of France-based Vinci Construction, has been awarded a contract by Swedish energy company Vattenfall to dismantle units 1&2 of Sweden’s Ringhals NPP. Nuvia will be responsible for dismantling, controlling and sorting all materials, including radioactive materials, present inside the reactor buildings. The work, which is expected to take place between 2025 and 2031, will involve up to 400 people.

Date: Thursday, 08 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuvia-contracted-to-dismantle-ringhals-12-11494065

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An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a Safety Aspects of Long-Term Operation (SALTO) mission to units 1 and 2 of the Forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden, which operator Vattenfall plans to operate for 60 years.

Date: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-assesses-long-term-safety-at-Forsmark

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