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Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami has said Iran is building a 2,000 MWe NPP of indigenous design in Khuzestan province. The Karun NPP in Darkhovin District in Khuzestan’s Shadegan County will generate 300 MWe in the preliminary phase. Other phases will follow.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 02 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-is-constructing-2000-mwe-npp-in-khuzestan-10638355
China's Ministry of Ecology & Environment (MEE) said on 16 June that there had been no leak at the Taishan NPP in Guangdong Province and rejected allegations by CNN that the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) had raised the permitted radiation levels near the plant. NNSA had reviewed specifications for noble gases used in the reactor coolant at Taishan, but this had "nothing to do with the detection of any radiation outside the nuclear plant”, MEE said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschina-reports-minor-fuel-rod-damage-but-no-leak-at-taishan-npp-8827632
An increase in the concentration of noble gases in the primary circuit of the Taishan 1 EPR is related to a few damaged fuel rods, China's National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) confirmed today. It said the increase is "a common phenomenon" and is still in accordance with the requirements of the plant's operating technical specifications. Earlier this week, France's Framatome - which designed the EPR - said the unit was experiencing a "performance issue".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-damage-confirmed-at-Taishan-1
French energy Group EDF said yesterday that it had been informed by operators of the increase in the concentration of certain inert (noble) gases in the primary circuit at Taishan-1, an EPR supplied by EDF subsidiary Framatome.
Taishan-1 made headlines on Monday after CNN reported that the US government had been working to investigate reports of a “leak” at the 1,660-MW pressurised water reactor unit.
EDF said the presence of inert gases in the primary circuit is a known phenomenon, “studied and provided for” in the reactor operating procedures.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/unit-1-operating-within-safety-parametres-inert-gas-build-up-being-investigated-6-2-2021
On 22 April 2021, Electricite de France (EDF) submitted to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) a binding techno-commercial offer to develop six EPR reactors at the Jaitapur site in Maharashtra, India with an installed capacity of 9.6 GWe. EDF said: “This major milestone for EDF, its partners and the French nuclear industry will enable discussions aimed at converging towards a binding framework agreement in the coming months.”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 27 April 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsedf-signs-agreement-to-construct-six-epr-reactors-in-india-8699336