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Canada-based Terrestrial Energy said on 17 March that it has...
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French regulator finds design deviation of three main primary circuit nozzles at Flamanville 3
France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN - Nuclear Safety Authority) said on 16 March that EDF notified it of a significant event relating to a design deviation concerning three taps...
Hot testing completed at Mohovce 3
Hot hydrostatic testing has been successfully completed at unit 3 of the Mochovce NPP in Slovakia, power company Slovenske Elektrarne (SE) announced on 16 April. SE said the new...
Design documentation for Brest reactor steam generators
Russian machine engineering works ZiO-Podolsk will develop the design documentation for the engineering design of the steam generator for the BREST-OD-300 reactor and its...
French regulator investigating components in 18 reactors
French utility EDF has informed the nuclear safety authority Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN) that some primary bottom heads of steam generators installed at 18 of EDF’s 58 reactors...
Westinghouse equipment for Olkiluoto
Westinghouse said on 17 May that it will deliver new feedwater spargers under contracts signed with Olkiluoto's owner and operator Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO). The scope of the...
Technology firsts for China’s Harbin Electric Corporation
China’s first 300MWe nuclear reactor cooling pump, developed by Harbin Electric Corporation is ready for mass production after being approved by the China Machinery Industry...
Frazer-Nash to design new Bradwell duct supports
Engineering consultancy Frazer-Nash has been appointed by Magnox to perform concept and detailed design of new structural steel supports for the reactor gas ducts at Bradwell...
Design issues resolved for China AP1000s
First-of-a-kind engineering issues related to the reactor coolant pumps and squib valves for the Chinese AP1000 have been resolved, according to Westinghouse president and CEO,...
