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A licence has been issued by the Russian nuclear regulator Rostechnadzor to the Siberian Chemical Combine for the construction of the BREST-OD-300 reactor at its site in Seversk, Russia. It will be the world's first experimental demonstration power unit featuring a lead-cooled fast neutron reactor.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 12 February 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Construction-licence-issued-for-Russias-BREST-reac
The four nuclear power units under construction in Turkey will be commissioned one per year between 2023 and 2026, Anastasia Zoteeva, CEO of the Akkuyu Nükleer AS project company, said in a television interview with Bloomberg HT on 8 February. Zoteeva also said the Rosatom majority-owned company was open to talks with potential investors in the project, for which it has a power purchase agreement for the first 15 years of each unit's operation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 11 February 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Akkuyu-fully-operational-by-2026,-says-project
The challenges the nuclear industry faces are largely external and must be overcome if it is to help tackle the existential threat of climate change, panellists in the Nuclear Energy and its Future session of the Reuters Next conference on 11 January said. These challenges include: the notion nuclear is an out-dated technology; the cost of finance; market design; political changes; perceived competition with renewable energy; and the public's misconceptions about radioactive waste.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 15 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-real-challenges-to-nuclear-are-external,-says
Akkuyu Nuclear, a subsidiary of Rosatom has received a loan from Sovcombank of up to $300 million for a period of seven years to finance the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 14 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssovcombank-delivers-loan-for-akkuyu-npp-as-work-continues-8453197
As policymakers grapple with the twin challenges of climate change and a post-COVID economic recovery, the benefits of nuclear power are clearer than ever, but the industry still has some way to go in addressing perceptions of its alleged drawbacks with cost, safety and radioactive waste. This was the overriding message of the three panellists in a webinar held last week by Utilities Middle East in partnership with Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 01 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-barrier-to-nuclear-is-perception,-says-panel
International treaties governing nuclear security serve as frameworks based on shared experience, but they are not a substitute for practical and ongoing cooperation. This was one of the messages from delegates at NP1 - The Nuclear Power Conference Israel - Threats, Challenges, Opportunities.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 05 December 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Extending-nuclear-cooperation-to-the-Middle-East
France-based Assystem said the contract is a continuation of its current role at Akkuyu, delivering supervision of the construction of key facilities. The contract will run until August 2026.
The $20bn Akkuyu station, the first commercial nuclear station in Turkey, is being built near Mersin on the country’s southern Mediterranean coast under a contract signed with Russia in 2010.
The contract is for a subsidiary of Rosatom, Akkuyu Nuclear JSC, to build, own and operate the facility. The agreement was ratified by the Turkish parliament in July 2010. Engineering and survey work started at the site in 2011.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 03 December 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/france-s-assystem-wins-contract-to-supervise-construction-12-3-2020
Turkey’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has issued a licence for the construction of the third unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant being built by Akkuyu Nuclear (part of Rosatom).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 20 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsconstruction-licence-issued-for-akkuyu-3-nuclear-power-plant-8368962
The power level of unit 1 at Belarusian nuclear power plant was raised up to 400MW on 7 November.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelarus-1-reaches-design-capacity-8354256
Belarus has joined the growing number of countries using nuclear power to produce electricity following grid connection of its first commercial reactor.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 05 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgrid-connection-for-belarus-first-nuclear-power-plant-8344995