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Russia’s TITAN-2 (part of Rosatom) has begun construction of the training centre at the Kursk-II NPP in the operators town of Kurchatov. The centre is designed to cater for 200 employees of the new power units. The 2760m2 building will have three to five storeys in different areas. It is located in the city centre and will house a complex of engineering and technical equipment, including simulators, to support the training and education. Currently workers are preparing the foundation pit for the building. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.

Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsconstruction-of-training-centre-begins-at-russias-kursk-ii-npp-10708380

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, currently on a visit to Ukraine, said on his Twitter page that he had met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and discussed the safety of the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP). He said he had met President Volodymyr Zelensky in Zaporizhia City and “had a rich exchange on the protection of the Zaporizhia NPP and its staff. I reiterated the full support of the IAEA to Ukraine’s nuclear facilities”.

Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaeas-grossi-in-ukraine-to-reassess-nuclear-safety-10709801

Reactor site in Jiangsu province on course to be Beijing’s largest The lower half of the RPV for the Tianwan-8 nuclear plant in China. Courtesy Rosatom/Atommash. The lower half of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for China’s Tianwan-8 nuclear power plant has been manufactured by Russia’s Atommash, one of the equipment manufacturing subsidiaries of state nuclear corporation Rosatom.

The 160-tonne structure with a diameter of 4.5 metres was assembled in a vertical position and later placed horizontally on a special stand for welding.

Rosatom said welding had been completed. The operation lasted 17 days and included automated welding at constant temperatures between 150 and 300 degrees Celsius.

The RPV is one of the largest reactor components in a nuclear power plant. It is a vessel containing the nuclear reactor coolant, core shroud, and the reactor core and fuel.

Date: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/russia-completes-lower-half-of-rpv-for-tianwan-8-nuclear-plant-3-1-2023

The Belarus Nuclear Power Plant's unit 2 has reached the minimum controllable power level with a self-sustaining controlled nuclear reaction.

Date: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Belarus-s-second-unit-reaches-first-criticality

Russia’s SPC Doza is installing the 21st radiation control post within a 20-kilometre zone around the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Turkiye. The Automated Radiation Monitoring System (ARMS) manufactured by SPC Doza will continuously monitor the radiation and meteorological situation in the environmental protection zones and monitoring zones in all operating modes, including design basis and beyond design basis accidents.

Date: Saturday, 25 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmonitoring-posts-installed-around-akkuyu-npp-10700788

Acceptance of the first large-sized equipment for unit 1 of the El-Dabaa NPP under construction in Egypt was marked by a ceremony attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Egyptian Nuclear Power Plant Authority (NPPA) Mohammed Ramadan; NPPA El Dabaa Project Manager Mohammed Dvidar; the Vice President of Russia’s JSC ASE (Project Director plant construction) Grigory Sosnin; and design teams from Rosatom’s Engineering Division and NPPA.

Date: Saturday, 25 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmelt-trap-delivered-to-el-dabaa-npp-construction-site-10701332

A Comprehensive Long-Term Cooperation Programme in the area of fast reactors and nuclear fuel cycle closure has been signed on the sidelines of the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russia.

Date: Friday, 24 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-and-china-to-co-operate-on-fast-reactors-closed-fuel-cycle-10697144

Two nations working together on a number of nuclear projects The Russia’s MBIR multipurpose fast neutron research reactor is under construction in western Russia. Couurtesy Rosatom. China and Russia have announced a long-term deal to continue developing fast-neutron nuclear power reactors and closing the nuclear fuel cycle.

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said the agreement was signed on 21 March on the sidelines of the state visit to Russia of China’s president Xi Jinping.

The document was signed by Rosatom director-general Alexey Likhachev and Zhang Kejian, chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority.

Fast neutron reactors are said to offer more efficient use of uranium resources and the ability to burn actinides – chemical elements which are otherwise the long-lived component of high-level nuclear waste.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, global interest in fast reactors has been growing since their inception in 1960 because they can provide “efficient, safe and sustainable energy”. Their closed fuel cycle – a fuel cycle that reuses spent fuel – can support long-term nuclear power development as part of the world’s future energy mix and decrease the burden of nuclear waste.

Date: Friday, 24 March 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/china-and-russia-sign-agreement-to-continue-cooperation-3-4-2023

The new port facility constructed at the El Dabaa nuclear power plant being built in Egypt has received its first large-scale item - the core catcher, or melt trap - delivered from Russia.

Date: Friday, 24 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/El-Dabaa-unit-1-s-core-catcher-delivered

Russia's Rosatom and China's Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) have signed a Comprehensive Programme for Long-Term Cooperation in the field of fast-neutron reactors and closing the nuclear fuel cycle.

Date: Thursday, 23 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/China-and-Russia-to-cooperate-on-fast-neutron-reac