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Utility Georgia Power has ordered the first nuclear fuel load for the Vogtle-4 nuclear power plant under construction in the US state of Georgia, completing the initial fuel order needed to operate the first newly designed reactors in the US in 30 years.
Fuel for Unit 3 was ordered last summer and completing the fuel order for Unit 4 marks another significant milestone at the Vogtle project, the company said.
The fuel, consisting of 157 fuel assemblies, will eventually be loaded into the reactor vessels to support startup once the reactors begin operating. After the initial fuelling, about one third of the total fuel assemblies will be replaced during each refuelling outage after the units begin operating, similar to the process used at existing Vogtle units 1 and 2.
Georgia Power also said workers have installed 10 of the 16 shield building courses of panels that surround the Unit 4 containment vessel. The shield building is a unique feature of the AP1000 reactor design for Vogtle-3 -4, providing an additional layer of safety around the containment vessel and nuclear reactor to protect the structure from any potential impacts.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 07 March 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/georgia-power-orders-first-fuel-for-unit-4-3-5-2020
Italian state shipyard Fincantieri has been awarded an order, worth almost €100 million ($110m), for several high-profile systems, components and installations as part of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) project.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 28 January 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsitalian-shipyard-wins-iter-contract-7741850
The roof of the Vogtle unit 3 shield building - a unique feature of the AP1000 reactor design for Vogtle 3 and 4 - has been set into place at the nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia. Georgia Power has also held the first emergency preparedness drill for the new nuclear units.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 13 December 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Roof-placed-over-first-Vogtle-unit
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom on 28 November announced the start of the construction of a molten salt research reactor (JSR) at the Zheleznogorsk Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 03 December 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-to-develop-molten-salt-reactor-7534959
A ceremony was held today to mark the installation of the reactor pressure vessel of the APR-1400 under construction as unit 5 of South Korea's Shin Kori nuclear power plant. The 1340 MWe pressurised water reactor is scheduled to begin commercial operation in March 2023.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 29 November 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Reactor-vessel-installed-at-third-Korean-APR-1400
Work on the two-unit Vogtle nuclear station construction project in the US state of Georgia is on schedule to meet revised targets of commercial operation in November 2021 and November 2022, Stephen Kuczynski, president of Southern Nuclear, said.
Mr Kuczynski told a Public Service Commission hearing on Tuesday that he is optimistic the project will be completed on time.
“We continue to work to our aggressive schedule. We feel that is still achievable,” Mr Kuczynski said. “It is a challenge, but achievable.”
Both units were supposed to be up and running by now, but Georgia Power and state regulators agreed to a new deadline, to have Unit 3 in operation in November 2021, and Unit 4 in November 2022.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 14 November 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/work-on-schedule-to-meet-revised-targets-says-southern-nuclear-11-3-2019