21 Mar (NucNet): The dome has been installed on the containment building of Unit 6 at the Fuqing nuclear power station in Fujian province, southeastern China, Chinese National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and state news agency Xinhua said on 21 March 2018.
20 Mar (NucNet): The Beznau-1 nuclear unit in Switzerland has been reconnected to the grid after the nuclear regulator approved the safety case presented by owner Axpo following the discovery in 2015 of flaw indications in the reactor pressure vessel (RPV).
19 Mar (NucNet): State-owned China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) has expressed an interest in investing in Bulgaria’s stalled two-unit Belene nuclear power project, energy minister Temenuzhka Petkova said on 16 March 2018.
16 Mar (NucNet): The UK’s nuclear regulator has identified five key areas of supply chain management where improvements are needed ahead of acceleration in both construction and manufacturing for the Hinkley Point C EPR project in Somerset, England.
16 Mar (NucNet): US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has completed a decommissioning project at the Barseback nuclear power station in Sweden that included the underwater segmentation and packaging of the reactor vessel internals.
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Critics of nuclear energy argue that South Africa’s plans to build up to 9,600 MW of new nuclear are too expensive for a country where the economy is fragile and political turbulence is worrying investors. Supporters say the levelised cost for nuclear is in the same range as other forms of energy and that South Africa is already losing money through power outages and slowed industrial growth. In this special report for subscribers, NucNet looks at the arguments on both sides, and at the possibility that site work on the multi-billion-dollar project could begin next year. Full story: http://bit.ly/2miQcRA
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