Georgia Power, the lead owner of the Vogtle nuclear power station, said Vogtle-3 is now scheduled to begin generating electricity for the grid in April. The Westinghouse-supplied 1,117 MW AP1000 unit had previously given a startup deadline of March.
The problem was found during startup testing in a pipe that is part of the reactor’s automatic depressurisation system, said Georgia Power spokesperson Jacob Hawkins. He said the pipe needs to be braced with additional support. “It’s not a safety issue,” he said.
In October Georgia Power began loading fuel into the reactor core of Vogtle-3 and said the unit was expected to enter service in the first quarter of 2023.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/unit-3-startup-delayed-after-discovery-of-vibrating-pipe-in-cooling-system-1-5-2023
South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) convened a meeting in Seoul with relevant organisations and suppliers to enhance cooperation among members of Team Korea, especially its capacity in nuclear power plant construction.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Korean-nuclear-suppliers-team-up-for-export-drive
Construction of General Fusion's Fusion Demonstration Plant (FDP) at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's (UKAEA's) Culham Campus near Oxford, England, is expected to start later this year following the granting of planning permission by the South Oxfordshire District Council Planning Committee.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Planning-consent-granted-for-General-Fusion-demo-p
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said there had been progress on a safety zone at Zaporizhzhia, but added that the "negotiating table has got bigger", with military officials involved. He gave the update in an interview after an audience with Pope Francis in which the two spoke about the peaceful uses of nuclear technology, as well as non-proliferation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-s-Grossi-and-the-Pope-discuss-nuclear-issues
The US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management achieved most of its goals for calendar year 2022, with all but three of the priorities on its mission "scorecard" for the year complete or partially complete. All six of its primary mission areas have received increased funding under the recently enacted budget for fiscal 2023.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-cleanup-mission-looks-to-build-on-2022-success
The Czech government has said it will seek to meet the European Union's 2050 deadline for operation of a deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel - but said it would continue to put the case for the deadline to be revised.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Czechs-bring-forward-geological-repository-target
Investment in new nuclear is "a no-regrets option", according to an independent review of the UK government's approach to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Its report makes a number of recommendations for the government to meet its Net Zero Strategy, released in October 2021, in which new nuclear plays a significant part.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-must-act-on-nuclear-to-meet-net-zero-aims,-revi
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and parent company Korea Electric Power Corp (Kepco) are reportedly in discussion with US-based Westinghouse Electric Company on possibly sharing profits from South Korean nuclear reactor exports following a legal dispute which arose when the two were competing for a new build contract in Poland.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssouth-korea-seeks-to-end-dispute-with-westinghouse-10511335
The Russian government is investing RUB70bn ($1bn) in the construction of two nuclear-powered icebreakers and a nuclear maintenance vessel. These will be the fifth and sixth serial icebreakers of project 22220, as well as the lead multifunctional nuclear maintenance vessel. Budget investments of RUB58.9bn are planned for the construction of the two icebreakers that will operate in the waters of the Northern Sea Route. Federal funding for the construction of the lead multifunctional nuclear maintenance vessel was approved by a separate government order with budget investments of about RUB12.4bn.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-to-build-two-more-nuclear-icebreakers-10511341
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) under construction at Saint-Paul-les-Durance in southern France is facing more delays, ITER director general Pietro Barabaschi said in an interview with AFP.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-delays-for-iter-10511382
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