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NuclearWorld Nuclear Exhibition Addresses Challenging Markets and New Solutions
The second World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) began on June 28 in Le Bourget, just outside Paris, with the usual mixed messages about the need for and challenges of nuclear power globally. During the opening ceremony, Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), noted that the event was being held in the same […]
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Press ReleasesFirst Westinghouse AP1000® Completes Cold Hydro Test at Sanmen 1
BEIJING–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The world’s first AP1000® nuclear power plant moved a step closer to commissioning with the completion of the cold hydrostatic test (CHT) at Sanmen Unit 1 in Zhejiang Province, China. The successful completion of CHT confirms that the reactor systems meet design pressures under operating and accident conditions and signifies the completion of the […]
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Westinghouse Improves AP1000® RCP Installation Delivery Certainty by 37%
Westinghouse Electric Company, Sanmen Nuclear Power Company, Shandong Nuclear Power Company, State Nuclear Power Engineering Company and China Nuclear Industry Fifth Construction Company have together installed eight reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) at the world’s first AP1000 nuclear power plant units under construction in China. The complex process was improved by 11 days thanks to the […]
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NuclearCosts and Deadlines Continue to Challenge V.C. Summer Nuclear Plant Project
With all 40 remaining construction milestones for V.C. Summer Nuclear Station Units 2 and 3 behind schedule (33 by more than 18 months) as of June 30, South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. (SCE&G) awaits approval of the petition it filed with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (SCPSC) to update its construction and […]
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NuclearDOE Issues Remaining $1.8B in Loan Guarantees for Vogtle Nuclear Reactors
The last of three conditional commitments offered by the Department of Energy (DOE) to the coalition building two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in Georgia was finalized on June 24, allowing the project to be fully financed. Since it conditionally offered $8.33 billion in loan guarantees in 2010, the DOE has issued $6.5 billion in guarantees […]
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NuclearDelays and More Costs for Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion
In-service dates for two nuclear units under construction at Plant Vogtle in Georgia have been moved out to December 2017 and December 2018, and the total project cost is now estimated at $6.76 billion—$650 million more than the certified cost—staff from Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) reported this week. Steven Roetger and GDS Associates consultant […]