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Unit 2 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant in South Korea has began supplying its first electricity to the grid, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced. The unit is the second of two APR-1400 reactors at the site, with a further two planned.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Grid-connection-for-second-Shin-Hanul-unit

Unit 2 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant in South Korea has attained a sustained chain reaction for the first time, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced. The unit is the second of two APR-1400 reactors at the site, with a further two planned.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Thursday, 07 December 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Second-APR-1400-at-Shin-Hanul-starts-up

APR-1400 unit to begin commercial operation in early 2024

Source: Nucnet
Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/fuel-loading-completed-for-shin-hanul-2-nuclear-power-plant-9-3-2023

Both countries bullish on role of reactors in drive to net zero Grant Shapps and Lee Chang-yang signed the agreement in Seoul. Courtesy South Korea ministry of trade, industry and energy. South Korea and the UK signed an agreement on Monday (10 April) to increase nuclear energy cooperation, including the possibility of South Korean businesses participating in the construction of new plants in the UK.

According to the South Korea’s ministry of trade, industry and energy, minister Lee Chang-yang and his counterpart Grant Shapps, the UK’s secretary of state for energy security and net zero, discussed during a meeting in Seoul various ways for cooperation in the nuclear power sector, including nuclear power plant design and construction, equipment manufacturing, nuclear power plant decommissioning, nuclear fuels, and small modular reactors.

“Korea has competitiveness in design, construction and equipment manufacturing of nuclear power plants while the U.K. has strengths in the decommissioning of nuclear plants and nuclear fuels,” Lee said. “The two countries can cooperate in a mutually beneficial way.”

Seoul said South Korea and the UK will also expedite talks on Korea Electric Power Corporation’s (Kepco) potential participation in new nuclear power plant construction in the UK.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/agreement-could-lead-to-participation-in-uk-nuclear-projects-4-1-2023

Construction of two more plants at same site could resume in 2025 The Shin-Hanul nuclear power station in South Korea could eventually have four units. Courtesy IAEA. The Shin-Hanul-1 nuclear power plant in South Korea began commercial operation on Wednesday (7 December), making it the 25th nuclear plant in operation in the east Asian nation and marking a major political turnaround in energy policy.

Press reports in South Korea quoted Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company (KHNP), state owner and operator of all the country’s nuclear plants, as saying the indigenous 1,340-MW APR-1400 would help meet the country’s winter energy demand.

Operation of the plant, in North Gyeongsang Province in the east of the country, symbolises president Yoon Suk-yeol’s reversal of his predecessor’s policy to phase out nuclear power, the Korea Joong Ang Daily reported.

Former president Moon Jae-in’s policy had been to retire the country’s 24 commercial reactors, which supply about 30% of its electricity generation, and refrain from building new ones.

By contrast, Yoon is bullish on the need for South Korea to embrace nuclear energy. He has said building nuclear power plants is a global trend and essential to the reduction of carbon and energy security.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 09 December 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/shin-hanul-1-begins-commercial-operation-as-country-returns-to-nuclear-12-4-2022

Unit 1 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant has entered commercial operation, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced. The unit - the first of four APR-1400 reactors at the site - has been in test operation since July.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Thursday, 08 December 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/South-Korean-APR-1400-starts-commercial-operation

Final bids due next year and contract with winning technology provider could be finalised in 2024 The Czech Republic is planning at least one new nuclear plant at the Dukovany site. Courtesy ČEZ. France’s EDF, South Korea’s Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and US-based group Westinghouse Electric have made initial bids to build a new reactor unit at the Czech Republic’s Dukovany nuclear power station, Czech utility ČEZ said today.

ČEZ said Elektrárna Dukovany II, the wholly owned subsidiary set up to implement the new-build project, will now analyse the bids and negotiate with the three bidders. The bidders will then submit final bids by the end of September 2023.

Majority state-owned ČEZ, which launched the Dukovany expansion tender in March, said it expects the contracts to be finalised in 2024.

The initial bids are the basis for clarifying technical and commercial parameters, but not for the actual selection or exclusion of contractors, ČEZ said. 

EDF’s reactor technology is the EPR, KHNP’s the APR-1400 and Westinghouse’s the AP1000. All three reactor types have seen commercial operation or are under construction in different countries.

Two EPRs and four AP1000s are commercially operational in China, while the APR-1400 is operated commercially in South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 

Additionally, EPR new build projects are near completion at Olkiluoto in Finland and Flamanville in France, while construction is under way of two EPR units at Hinkley Point C in England. Two APR-1400s are in the commissioning stage and two are operating commercially at Barakah in the UAE.

ČEZ said there has been progress on preparation for the project. In 2019, the environment ministry approved an environmental impact assessment. Last year, Elektrárna Dukovany II received a siting permit from the State Office for Nuclear Safety and a generating facility authorisation from the ministry of industry and trade. The zoning procedure has begun, with the company applying to the building authority in June 2021.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/three-companies-submit-bids-to-build-new-nuclear-at-dukovany-11-3-2022

Policy schedule sees first unit online by 2033 Warsaw wants to have its first reactor unit running in 2033, with construction starting in 2026. Image courtesy Creative Commons. Poland’s prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced that US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has been selected to build the country’s first nuclear power station, a decision pending since 2020 when Warsaw last updated its nuclear energy pgrogramme.

Mr Morawiecki announced the development on Twitter saying an official cabinet resolution is to be expected on Wednesday this week.

“After talks with vice-president [Kamala] Harris and US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm we confirm our nuclear energy project will use the reliable, safe technology of Westinghouse Electric”, Mr Morawiecki’s tweet said.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 01 November 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/westinghouse-to-build-first-nuclear-power-plant-says-prime-minister-10-1-2022

Warsaw yet to take decision on technology vendor with France and South Korea also in running Warsaw wants to have its first reactor unit running in 2033, but no technology vendor has been selected yet. Image courtesy Creative Commons. The Polish government has been presented with “a comprehensive offer” for the country’s nuclear new-build programme including proposals on financing by US institutions, Miroslaw Kowalik, president of Westinghouse Poland, told local media.

According to Mr Kowalik, the offer was submitted by the US side in early September and comes on top of a front-end engineering and design (Feed) study by US-based companies Westinghouse Electric and Bechtel which was completed in June on building three AP1000 reactor units at a site in northern Poland.

The Feed study provides layout plans for the location of the first nuclear power station at Lubiatowo-Kopalino, in Pomerania, a strategic licensing plan, a project schedule, and a cost estimate for delivery, construction and startup of the first power plant.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Thursday, 08 September 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/government-presented-with-comprehensive-us-offer-on-building-ap1000-plants-says-westinghouse-official-9-3-2022

Unit 1 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant entered test operation on 15 July, South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced. The unit - the first of four APR-1400 reactors at the site - is scheduled to enter commercial operation in September.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Shin-Hanul-1-in-test-operation

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