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Defuelling completed at Leningrad 1
Decommissioning of the RBMK reactor at Leningrad 1 has reached a milestone with the removal of all fuel from the reactor core. Rosenergoatom plans to use some of the fuel in the two RBMK reactors which remain in operation at the Leningrad site.
read more... 12/08/2021
Hydrogen goes nuclear as U.K. reactor pivots toward renewables
The $28 billion Sizewell C nuclear station is touted as an anchor for Britain reaching net-zero emissions, yet its reactors will compete with wind farms over the North Sea horizon. On gusty days, where will the plant’s excess power go? Toward making hydrogen.
read more... 02/08/2021
EDF on course to build ‘world’s most powerful’ nuclear plant in India
French energy group EDF has announced it has submitted a binding offer to become the supplier of engineering studies and equipment for the construction of six reactors of a project that is claimed to become the world’s most powerful nuclear plant.
read more... 26/04/2021
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Office for Nuclear Regulation greenlights restart of EDF’s reactors
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has allowed EDF to return its two reactors at Hunterston B in Scotland to service for a limited period of operation.
read more... 15/04/2021
Germany agrees compensation for nuclear phaseout
Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan in March 2011, the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel decided it would phase out its use of nuclear power by the end of 2022 at the latest. Prior to the accident, Germany was obtaining around a quarter of its electricity from 17 nuclear reactors operated by the four utilites.
read more... 09/03/2021