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Construction of unit 5 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant has formally begun with the pouring of first concrete for the foundation plate of the reactor building at the site in Tamil Nadu, India. It was launched today by Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas, chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission and secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy, in the presence of Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachov and Satish Kumar Sharma, managing director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), in a ceremony that had to be held via videoconference owing to COVID-19 restrictions.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Wednesday, 30 June 2021; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Construction-begins-on-third-stage-of-Kudankulam

File photo of Akkuyu construction last year. Courtesy Rosatom. Russian state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom is expecting to receive a construction licence for Unit 4 of the Akkuyu nuclear power station by the end of summer 2021, company head Alexey Likhachev said in an interview with the Russia 24 television channel.

He told the state channel that this would allow Rosatom to proceed with first concrete, making the Akkuyu project “the world’s largest nuclear construction site”, where four units are being built simultaneously.

He said the Covid-19 pandemic has not affected the company’s schedules for Akkuyu, the first commercial nuclear project in Turkey.

Last week, a virtual ceremony marked the start of construction Akkuyu-3. Construction of the station’s first two units, Akkuyu-1 and -2, began in April 2018 and in April 2020.

: Source: Nucnet

: Date: Thursday, 18 March 2021; Original article: nucnet.org/news/russia-expecting-construction-licence-for-akkuyu-4-by-end-of-summer-3-3-2021

The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (Ensreg) has approved the preliminary report on a peer review of the new Belarusian nuclear power plant in Ostrovets. Adopted by consensus on 3 March, the report follows a mission by Ensreg technical experts to the plant site on 9 and 10 February.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Saturday, 06 March 2021; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ensreg-approves-Ostrovets-peer-review-report

Russia’s ADE-2 industrial uranium-graphite reactor at the Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC) in Zheleznogorsk, is to become become a nuclear industry museum, joining the world's first nuclear icebreaker Lenin and the Obninsk NPP, the world's first civil nuclear power plant. The ceremony, marking the event on 27 February was held mostly online because of pandemic restrictions. A live broadcast connected representatives of almost all MCC divisions located in different halls, while direct participants had passed testing for COVID-19 the day before.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Wednesday, 03 March 2021; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-ade-2-industrial-uranium-graphite-reactor-to-become-museum-8561354

Finnish energy company Fennovoima said on 21 December that it had conditionally accepted the documents for the Basic Design Stage 1 of the Hanhikivi-1 NPP provided by plant supplier, Russia’s RAOS Project (part of Rosatom).

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Wednesday, 23 December 2020; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfennovoima-conditionally-basic-design-documents-for-hanhikivi-1-8422940

Move comes in relation to Belarusian facility, which is nearing completion The Belarusian nuclear station, where two units are nearing completion. Courtesy Rosatom. The European Council has asked the European Commission to investigate possible measures preventing commercial electricity imports from third countries’ nuclear facilities that do not fulfil EU recognised safety levels.

The move comes in relation to the new Belarusian nuclear power station near Ostrovets, where two Russia-supplied plants are nearing completion. Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom is the general contractor for both plants and the cost of the two units, largely funded by a loan from Moscow, has been reported as $11bn (€9.3bn).

The decision was announced on Friday following a meeting of the Council in Brussels that also discussed issues including climate change, Covid-19 and security issues.

In a document outlining the meeting’s conclusions, the Council said it “underlines the importance of ensuring nuclear safety of the Belarusian nuclear power station Ostrovets”.