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France’s nuclear watchdog approves EDF’s corrosion checks
France’s ASN nuclear authority has approved plans by utility EDF to check its nuclear reactors for potential stress corrosion cracks, without requesting further outages this year.
read more... 28/07/2022
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Construction of Egypt's first nuclear power plant under way
The first safety-related concrete has been poured for the nuclear island of unit 1 of the El Dabaa nuclear power plant in Egypt. It marks the official start of construction of the first of four Russian-supplied VVER-1200 reactors at the site on the country's Mediterranean coast.
read more... 21/07/2022
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G7 urged to back nuclear extensions to tackle climate, security issues
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) large industrialised nations should incentivise the extension of the operating life of existing nuclear reactors and support the restart of others to help achieve the goal of achieving a low-carbon and secure energy supply, the nuclear industry has said.
read more... 27/06/2022
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European regulators to cooperate on Nuward SMR licensing
France's Nuward small modular reactor (SMR) design will be the case study for a European early joint regulatory review led by the French nuclear safety regulator with the participation of the Czech and Finnish nuclear regulators, EDF has announced.
read more... 07/06/2022
EDF says Hinkley Point start now June 2027, costs rise
French utility EDF said on Thursday it was pushing back the start date on its Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor to June 2027 and now estimated project costs in the range of 25 billion to 26 billion pounds ($31 to $32 billion).
read more... 20/05/2022