The dome of the outer containment shell has been hoisted into place at the first reactor under construction at the Kursk II nuclear power plant, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 06 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Outer-dome-installed-at-Kursk-II-1
Germany's PreussenElektra has received the second and final permit for the dismantling of the single-unit Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant (KKG) from the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 06 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Permit-issued-for-final-Grafenrheinfeld-dismantlin
Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited has announced that it now expects the reprocessing plant under construction at Rokkasho in Japan's Aomori Prefecture to begin commercial operation in 2024 instead of 2022, as had been previously scheduled.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 06 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rokkasho-reprocessing-plant-completion-delayed-aga
UK Atomics - a subsidiary of Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics - has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for its small and modular thorium molten salt reactor to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 06 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Copenhagen-Atomics-puts-forward-SMR-design-for-UK
NuScale Power Corporation has submitted an application for approval of its updated small modular reactor design to US nuclear regulators. The company has also signed a contract with Romania's RoPower Nuclear S.A. for front-end engineering and design work toward the deployment of a VOYGR-6 SMR power plant at Doicești.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 06 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NuScale-marks-SMR-progress-in-USA,-Romania
Welding of the main circulation pipeline (GTsT) has begun at unit 3 of the Kudankulam NPP under construction in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, according to general contractor, Russia’s Atomstroyexport (ASE). This followed installation of the reactor vessel and the closure of the containment dome. GTsT welding is a complex technological operation involving 16 pipe blocks and including several stages: preparation, welding, heat treatment, non-destructive testing, and austenitic surfacing performed by highly qualified personnel. The total length of the GTsT is about 140 metres, the wall thickness of the pipes is 70mm, and the total length of 28 welded joints is more than 87 metres.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 05 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswelding-of-main-circulation-pipeline-begins-at-kudankulam-3-10486518
Work has been completed on installation of the domed part of the outer containment of the reactor building at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP. First, the lower part of the dome was assembled - a large-sized structure weighing 235 tons, followed by the 175-ton upper part five days later. The height of the structure is now 65.4 metres.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 05 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsouter-containment-dome-completed-at-russias-kursk-ii-unit-1-10486519
US-based NuScale Power Corporation said it has completed the Standard Plant Design (SPD) project for its VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) ahead of schedule. The NuScale Power Module is a small pressurised water reactor designed to generate 70MWe, which and can be scaled up to meet customer needs. The 12-module VOYGR-12 power plant would be capable of generating 924MWe. NuScale is also offering a four-module VOYGR-4 (308MWe) and six-module VOYGR-6 (462MWe) power plants, as well as other configurations.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 05 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuscale-completes-standard-plant-design-project-10486536
Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said the EPR reactor at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto NPP (OL3) has started generating power in test mode. The launch of the reactor was successful, although it was delayed for several hours. "It takes a long time for such a large plant to get ready for commissioning," said TVO public relations specialist Johanna Aho. "We are looking forward to energy production starting," she added.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 05 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsol3-resumes-operation-in-test-mode-10486566
Russia’s NA Dollezhal Scientific Research & Design Institute of Power Engineering (Nikiet - part of Rosatom) has completed the preliminary design of a research molten-salt reactor for the Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC) in Krasnoyarsk as part of a Russia-wide research effort. The draft design is for a reactor plant with an innovative research reactor which uses a circulating molten fuel salt (IZhSR). The work was carried out in cooperation with the National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute and a number of Rosatom enterprises. A detailed R&D programme was drawn up and approved by Rosatom, which will substantiate the design’s technical solutions, then build and put into operation the IZhSR reactor plant at MCC.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 05 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-completes-preliminary-design-for-molten-salt-reactor-10486601
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