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New-build projects are making progress, but governments are still struggling with finding the right financing package for large reactors The delayed Flamanville-3 is one of three EPR units under construction in Europe. The others are at Olkiluoto in Finland and Hinkley Point in the UK. Photo courtesy EDF. Western Europe

The UK is facing a major challenge to replace its aging fleet of Generation I nuclear power plants, many of which are scheduled to shut down in 2023.

The project by French state utility EDF to build two Generation III EPR units at Hinkley Point C in Somerset is on track for connection to the grid by 2025. Once in commercial operation the two units will provide up to 7% of the total electricity demand. Two similar units are planned for the Sizewell site in Suffolk.

However, press reports have suggested EDF is in “a race against time” to secure a funding deal for Sizewell C as delays risk making the project prohibitively expensive.

According to The Times newspaper EDF has hired Rothschild as financial adviser for the project and says it wants a “definitive way forward” from the government this year so it can start construction in 2022.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 17 January 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/what-lies-in-store-in-2020-1-4-2020

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded a five-day Site and External Events Design (SEED) mission to Turkey, which plans to build its first nuclear power plant at Akkuyu in Mersin Province. The first of four 1200 MWe Russian VVER units is scheduled to receive its operational licence in 2023.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Tuesday, 01 August 2017
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-completes-external-hazards-review-for-Turkey


Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Centre (NCC RK) has conducted a core melt experiment as part of the "Fukushima Debris" project which was carried out jointly with Japanese companies, NNC RK said on 15 January.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfukushima-core-melt-experiment-conducted-in-kazakhstan-4788834

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has begun examining a "concrete proposal" to take a minority stake in French state-owned Areva's reactor unit.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Sunday, 08 November 2015
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmitsubishi-considering-concrete-proposal-for-areva-stake-4713616