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Russian nuclear utility Rosenergoatom has delivered equipment for the 110/10 kV transformer substation for units 7&8 of the Leningrad NPP under construction at Sosnovy Bor in the Leningrad Region. The equipment comprises a stationary power three-phase transformer weighing more than 40 tonnes. Next year, it will provide power for the welding machines, compressors, lighting devices, tower cranes and other equipment for the start of large-scale construction of the two units.

Date: Thursday, 04 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newspower-transformer-equipment-delivered-for-leningrad-78-11408494

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts present at the Zaporizhia NPP (ZNPP) were again forced to shelter after missile attack warnings, with the sound of continued shelling in the distance as military activity continues in the region. In addition, one landmine exploded near the site, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.

Date: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-military-action-reported-near-zaporizhia-npp-10806934

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says agency staff stationed at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "were again forced to shelter after missile attack warnings, with the sound of continued shelling in the distance as military activity continues" in the region.

Date: Saturday, 29 April 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-says-increased-military-activity-underlines-n

Russia’s Kursk NPP said on 16 June that power had been supplied for auxiliary needs to unit 1 of the Kursk-II project where two new units with VVER-TOI reactors are under construction. This was preceded by a long preparatory process starting in 2021. This is an essential step towards start up and commissioning. 

Date: Thursday, 23 June 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslocal-power-supply-established-for-kursk-ii-npp-9790217

In a statement on 9 March, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said Ukraine had informed IAEA that the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) had been disconnected from the electricity grid and lost its supply of external power, two weeks after Russian forces took control of the site.

Date: Friday, 11 March 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsloss-of-power-at-chernobyl-not-expected-to-impact-essential-safety-functions-iaea-9540438

Modernisation projects at units 1&2 of the Mohovce nuclear power plant in Slovakia should increase production by 450GWh a year, without higher fuel or personnel costs, power utility Slovenské elektrárne (SE) said.

Date: Friday, 21 August 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newspower-uprates-for-slovakias-mohovce-12-8093803

The generating capacity of units 1 and 2 of the Mochovce nuclear power plant in the Slovak Republic will each be increased from 471 MWe to 500 MWe through efficiency projects. Work to modernise the turbines of unit 2 has now begun, with similar work at unit 1 scheduled to begin around the end of the year.

Date: Wednesday, 19 August 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Uprate-project-under-way-at-Slovak-units

Two cooling towers at Germany's Philippsburg nuclear power plant have been demolished.

Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscooling-towers-demolished-at-germanys-philippsburg-nuclear-plant-7929791

Akkuyu Nuclear, owner/operator of the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Turkey by Russian nuclear state corporation Rosatom, on 9 December signed a connection agreement with Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (TEIAS) TEIAS. This will enable work to begin on a power distribution system for Akkuyu NPP, which will include six high-voltage transmission lines. Under the agreement, the power generated by Akkuyu NPP will be transmitted from the Akkuyu NPP switchgear via 400 kV power lines to six transformer substations that are part of Turkey's unified energy system. The total length of the high-voltage lines that will be built as part of the Akkuyu NPP power distribution scheme will exceed 1000 km.

Date: Thursday, 12 December 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsturkish-grid-operator-signs-transmission-agreement-for-akkuyu-npp-7549458

Turkish electricity transmissions system operator TEİAŞ and Russian-owned JSC Akkuyu Nuklear have signed a transmission grid connection agreement for the nuclear power plant under construction in Mersin province, in southern Turkey. The agreement means that full-scale work can start on creating a power distribution system for the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which will include six high-voltage transmission lines.

Date: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russia-and-Turkey-plan-grid-connection-for-Akkuyu