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A workshop hosted by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, in partnership with World Nuclear Association and the International Atomic Energy Agency, aimed to align, where appropriate, the improvement and oversight activities of the industry, the regulators and standards development organisations. The association's Nathan Paterson provides an overview of the event.

Date: Friday, 19 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Supply-chain-in-focus-for-nuclear-industry

Unit 4 at China’s Fangchenggang NPP in the Guangxi Autonomous Region has been connected to the grid, according to China General Nuclear (CGN). The unit is the second of two demonstration Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors (units 3&4) at the site. The Fangchenggang plant will eventually house six reactors. Phase one (units 1&2) are CPR-1000 units which began commercial operation in 2016. Units 5 and 6 are expected to be Hualong One reactors.

Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgrid-connection-for-fangchenggang-4-11687150

Fangchenggang unit 4 - the second demonstration Hualong One (HPR1000) reactor at the site in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region - has been connected to the grid, China General Nuclear (CGN) announced.

Date: Friday, 12 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-Chinese-reactor-begins-supplying-power

Unit 4 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region has attained a sustained chain reaction for the first time, China General Nuclear (CGN) announced. The unit is the second of two demonstration CGN-designed Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors at the site.

Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Second-CGN-Hualong-One-starts-up

Trade in counterfeit and fraudulent items accounts for an estimated 2.5% of world trade, according to a 2021 study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. A major research project aims to assess the implications for the nuclear sector.

Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-project-considers-implications-of-counterfeit

The ITER Organisation is preparing a new timeline for construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) being built at Cadarache in France. As part of work underway to update the ITER Project Baseline, a group of experts met in February to evaluate the new blueprint for achieving ITER's research goals.

Date: Friday, 23 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiter-prepares-new-timeline-11540250

EDF said in a statement that a review of the UK's Hinkley Point C NPP project, is now unlikely to be operational before 2030, with the overall cost revised to £31-34bn ($39-43bn). It was previously expected to be completed in 2027 at a cost of up to £26bn.

Date: Friday, 26 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-delays-and-cost-increases-for-hinkley-point-c-11463560

The UK's Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant, which was expected to be completed in 2027 and cost up to GBP26 billion, is now unlikely to be operational before 2030, with the overall cost revised to between GBP31 to GBP34 billion (in 2015 prices), EDF has said.

Date: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/EDF-announces-Hinkley-Point-C-delay-and-big-rise-i

Construction of the first EPR unit at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset, UK, has reached a major milestone with the installation of the reactor building dome.

Date: Saturday, 16 December 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Hinkley-Point-C-landmark-dome-lift-in-pictures