The Russian Government and Rosatom have signed an agreement to develop the country’s high-tech field of quantum computing.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-launches-project-to-create-a-quantum-computer-7527334
Major systems testing is now underway at Georgia Power's Vogtle nuclear plant expansion project, the utility announced in a statement, 25 November.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsopen-vessel-testing-begins-at-vogtle-4-7527458
UK-based Fazer-Nash Consultancy and Terrestrial Energy have signed a contract for engineering services related to the fabrication of the graphite moderator, a key component in Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrazer-nash-to-work-on-terrestrial-energys-imsr-7527417
Holtec International and Entergy Corporation have submitted a licence transfer application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for approval to transfer licences for the Indian Point nuclear power station in New York state to Holtec after the last unit permanently shuts down by 30 April 2021.
If the licence transfer is approved, New Jersey-based Holtec would assume ownership of the site and decommissioning would begin. Holtec estimates decommissioning would be completed in the 2030s.
In April, Entergy Corporation agreed to sell its subsidiaries that own Indian Point to a Holtec International subsidiary for decommissioning.
The sale, which will be effective after Indian Point-3 has been shut down and permanently defueled, includes the transfer of the licences, spent fuel, decommissioning liabilities, and nuclear decommissioning trusts for the station’s three units.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/holtec-and-entergy-submit-application-for-licence-transfer-11-2-2019
The core catcher has been installed at the Kursk 2-2 nuclear power plant under construction in western Russia, state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom said.
The core catcher is a device provided to catch the molten core material, or corium, of a nuclear reactor in the event of a nuclear meltdown and to prevent it from escaping the containment.
Rosatom said the core catcher has been adapted to site conditions and has increased seismic resistance, hydrodynamic and impact strength, and flood protection. The core catcher is one of the features which make the 1,115-MW VVER-TOI unit a Generation III+ plant.
Construction of Kursk 2-2 began in April 2019. Construction of the first unit, Kursk 2-1, began in April 2018.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/core-catcher-installed-at-generation-iii-kursk-2-2-11-2-2019
A longstanding challenge to retrieve abandoned, highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel assemblies has been completed as part of a decade-long international collaboration to address nuclear and radiological risks at Andreeva Bay in Russia, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said.
The nuclear fuel assemblies, which had been lying for decades at the bottom of Building 5, an old spent fuel store, have been removed and secured in a complex operation that was the first of its kind. Following the successful operation, radiation levels at the facility have fallen by over 40%, the EBRD said.
This drop in radiation levels will allow further decommissioning tasks to be performed and remove one of the most significant radiological risks to the Barent Sea region.
The spent fuel will be transported to Atomflot, near Murmansk in the northwest of Russia, for onward transportation, safe storage and reprocessing at the Mayak nuclear facility in the Urals.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/ebrd-announces-breakthrough-in-cleanup-of-andreeva-bay-11-2-2019
The USA intends to send a technical team to Bulgaria to explore the possibilities for further cooperation in different areas of energy, including nuclear, President Donald Trump said yesterday in a joint statement issued with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov of Bulgaria. The two leaders also expressed support for the licensing and use of US nuclear fuel for Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Bulgaria-and-USA-to-explore-nuclear-energy-coopera
As many as 78% of people surveyed in Sweden - up from 71% in 2017 - strongly support nuclear energy, 43% are open to the construction of new nuclear power plants, and 35% would like to continue using the country's reactors for their full operating lives, a survey by Novus and published by Analysgruppen shows. In contrast, only 11% of those polled are opposed to nuclear power.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Swedish-support-for-nuclear-continues-to-grow,-pol
Unit 1 of the Kalinin nuclear power station about 200 km northwest of Moscow in Tver Oblast has been shut down for nine months for a large-scale modernisation of key systems.
Kalinin’s chief engineer, Alexander Dorofeev, said the work is directly related to improving the safety and stability of the 950-MW VVER unit, which began commercial operation in June 1985.
The plant has been cleared by nuclear regulator Rostekhnadzor to operate until 2025, but the modernisation could see that being extended to 2044.
There are four 1,000-MW units of the VVER type in commercial operation at Kalinin. Kalinin-2 began commercial operation in 1987 and Kalinin-3 and -4 in 2005 and 2012.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 26 November 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/kalinin-1-shuts-down-for-nine-month-modernisation-11-1-2019
The two Westinghouse AP1000 units under construction at Vogtle are the only commercial nuclear power plant under construction in the US. The project is at nearly double its original budget and five years behind schedule.
The company set a new baseline schedule last spring, which commission staff is calling over-aggressive and unachievable.
That schedule features a completion date range of May to November 2021 for Unit 3 and May to November 2022 for Unit 4. Commission staff consultant Don Grace said the May dates “cannot be achieved,” and that “unless performance improves significantly,” the November dates “are significantly challenged.”
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 26 November 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/project-unlikely-to-meet-current-deadlines-commission-staff-says-11-1-2019
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