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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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 19 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Supply-chain-in-focus-for-nuclear-industry
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released its annual outlook for nuclear power in the coming decades, increasing its global growth projections for a third year. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi announced the new projections, contained in the 137-page annual report “Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050”, during the opening of the IAEA’s 2nd International Conference on Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear Power 2023: Atoms4NetZero in Vienna.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-annual-projections-for-nuclear-increase-11209931
Unit 6 of the Bruce nuclear power plant in Ontario has resumed operation following its Major Component Replacement (MCR) project, Bruce Power announced. The Candu reactor, which was taken offline for the work in January 2020, is scheduled to resume commercial operation later this year.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 10 August 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Bruce-6-restarted-following-refurbishment
Bruce Power has reached the major milestone of "substantial completion" of the construction phase of Major Component Replacement portion of refurbishment of Bruce unit 6 and will now begin refuelling work as the focus moves on to returning the plant to service later this year.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 09 May 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuelling-to-begin-as-first-refurbished-Bruce-unit
Unit 3 of China's Fangchenggang NPP in the southern Guangxi Autonomous Region has begun commercial operation. China General Nuclear (CGN) said reactor had completed a 168-hour trial test run "officially meeting the conditions for commercial operation".
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschinas-fangchenggang-3-begins-commercial-operation-10714552
Unit 3 of the Fangchenggang nuclear power plant in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region has entered commercial operation, China General Nuclear (CGN) announced. The unit is the first of two CGN-designed Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors at the site.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-CGN-Hualong-One-reactor-enters-commercial-op
The manufacture of the reactor pressure vessel for the first of two EPR units at the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant under construction in Somerset, UK, has been completed in France and the large component is ready for delivery to the construction site.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 17 December 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-reactor-vessel-for-Hinkley-Point-C-completed
The IAEA is addressing some of today’s biggest global challenges, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told delegates at the opening of the Agency’s 66th annual General Conference which ran from 26-30 September.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 06 October 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-increases-its-projections-for-nuclear-power-growth-10062251
Discussions with ministers from several African countries have been held at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference about nuclear power's potential role in helping economic development and water supply while also mitigating climate change as it provides clean and reliable energy.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 30 September 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-power-s-potential-for-Africa,-highlighted
CO2 emissions from the USA's largest 100 power producers increased by 7% between 2020 and 2021, according to the latest benchmarking study in a series that began in 1997. 2021's CO2 levels nonetheless remained 16% lower than 1990 levels and about 34% lower than their peak in 2007.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 09 September 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Benchmarking-study-sees-uptick-in-US-emissions