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Loading of nuclear fuel into unit 5 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province was completed on 9 July, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced the following day. Fuel loading at Tianwan 5 "laid the foundation for subsequent grid-connected power generation," it added.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 14 July 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-loading-completed-at-fifth-Tianwan-unit
Rusatom Service and MVM Group have formed a joint venture in Hungary to provide service and maintenance to nuclear industry facilities, conventional sources of power generation, renewable energy and oil and gas in Europe, they announced yesteday. The new company, European Power Services Ltd, will start work at the Paks nuclear power plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 11 July 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rusatom-Service-MVM-Group-create-European-Power-S
Russia’s Kataysky Pump Plant (KNZ – part of RATM Holdings) has won two tenders for the supply of pumps (safety classes 3 and 4) for the power units and general structures of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant under construction in Turkey.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 10 July 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskataysky-pumping-plant-to-supply-pumps-to-akkuyu-8017913
Anastasia Zoteeva, director general and chair of the Board of Directors of Akkuyu Nuclear, has said that it took some time to combine the strategies of Turkish and Russian builders in the construction of Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 10 July 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsakkuyu-nuclear-head-gives-update-on-turkish-construction-project-8018378
The Central Design and Technological Institute (TISC) has started work on plans to build Russia's first radiopharmaceuticals manufacturing facility. Moscow-headquartered TISC is part of Russian nuclear fuel manufacturer TVEL, which is a subsidiary of state nuclear corporation Rosatom.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 09 July 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russia-plans-first-dedicated-medical-isotope-facil
Russia’s Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Plant (AECC) in Irkutsk has signed a state contract for the decommissioning of the U-5 installation at the AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM) in Moscow. Both companies are part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom’s Fuel Company TVEL.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 July 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-aecc-wins-contract-to-decommission-mothballed-installations-at-vniinm-8013668
Installation of the second tier of the reactor building's internal containment has been completed at unit 1 of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant under construction in Turkey.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 07 July 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssecond-tier-of-internal-containment-completed-at-akkuyu-1-8011807
Russian sate nuclear corporation Rosatom said in a statement that the second inner steel ring is one of the largest structural components of the reactor building and its installation marks a milestone for the project.
The statement said the installed component weighs 411 tonnes and its diameter exceeds 20 metres.
Once the inner steel framework, comprising three steel rings, is fully complete, workers onsite will be able to proceed with a pressurised leakage test.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 04 July 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/progress-announced-on-inner-containment-for-akkuyu-1-vver-1200-7-5-2020
Building new nuclear capacity does not need to be risky or expensive, a new report from the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has found. The organisation has called for government action to support a rapid reduction in the costs of new nuclear capacity by creating policy frameworks that capture and apply the lessons learned and capabilities developed over recent years.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 04 July 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NEA-study-sets-scene-for-reducing-nuclear-costs
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has begun pouring the first concrete for unit 2 of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey, signalling the start of construction, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Donmez said on 26 June.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 03 July 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-concrete-poured-for-akkuyu-unit-2-8006771