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TVEL has entered an agreement "to develop cost plans for the decommissioning" of the four units being built at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which are expected to have a design life of at least 60 years.

Date: Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Work-begins-on-developing-Akkuyu-decommissioning-c

An official International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certificate handover ceremony has been held at the Akkuyu NPP construction site in Turkiye confirming compliance of Akkuyu Nukleer’s management system with ISO standards. Akkuyu Nukleer (part of Rosatom is the project company implementing construction of the Akkuyu NPP at Mersin on the Mediterranean coast. ISO certificates are a requirement of both the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of Türkiye and Rosatom.

Date: Saturday, 16 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsakkuyu-nukleer-confrms-complance-wth-nternatonal-standards-11604162

The lower part of the inner containment building's dome has a diameter of 44 metres at its base and is just over 12 metres high. The upper dome part will be lifted and welded into position in a separate operation.

Date: Saturday, 16 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Lower-tier-of-Tianwan-8-s-containment-dome-lifted

Russia’s State Duma recently held a "government hour" with the participation of Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, during which he discussed conditions at the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP). He emphasised that physical protection of the station has been restored. “It was destroyed during the withdrawal of the Ukrainian forces,” he said. “A special protective canopy has been created over the used nuclear fuel storage facility, which caused great concern as there were attacks on this site.”

Date: Friday, 15 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-confirms-protection-for-zaporizhia-npp-11600625

Work has begun to install the first tier of the inner containment (VZO - Vnutrennei Zatsitnoi Obolochki) for unit 1 of the El Dabaa NPP under construction in Egypt by specialists from general contractor Atomstroyexport (ASE - part of Rosatom). The VZO is a cylindrical structure of reinforced concrete with a hemispherical dome, which houses the nuclear reactor and the equipment of the primary circuit of the nuclear plant. It plays a pivotal role in preventing any radioactive material from leaking into the surrounding environment.

Date: Friday, 15 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsinstallation-of-inner-containment-begins-at-el-dabaa-1-11600655

Following talks in Budapest, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev, and Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade Peter Szijjártó confirmed that work on the construction of new power units at the Paks NPP (Paks II) is proceeding at a rapid pace. The Paks II project was launched in 2014 by an inter-governmental agreement between Hungary and Russia for two VVER-1200 reactors (units 5&6) to be supplied by Rosatom. The contract was supported by a Russian state loan to finance the majority of the project.

Date: Friday, 15 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-and-hungary-confirm-progress-at-paks-ii-11600771

Negotiations on the implementation of the second NPP project in Turkiye are ongoing and are not completed, according to a representative of the Turkish Ministry of Energy, commenting on statements by the head of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, about a "political decision" on Russia's participation in the construction of a second NPP.

Date: Thursday, 14 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsturkish-energy-ministry-says-talks-on-countrys-second-npp-continue-11597430

Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev say that work on the new Paks II nuclear power plant is progressing well, with production of the melt trap completed in Russia and work on the reactor vessel set to start.

Date: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Paks-II-aims-for-first-concrete-in-2024,-work-on-r

Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar says it hopes to launch the first unit at Akkuyu by the end of the year - while negotiations continue with Russia, China and South Korea about two more nuclear power plants.

Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Turkey-continuing-negotiations-over-two-new-nucler