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China to begin safety inspection at fourth nuclear plant in May

China’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said that a team of experts will start to shift Taiwan's fourth nuclear power plant on 2 April to carry out safety inspection. The team consisting of 45...

Westinghouse dispatches first fuel assemblies consignment for EDF in France

US-based nuclear energy company Westinghouse announced that the first consignment of Light Water Reactor (LWR) fuel assemblies has been dispatched for Electricité de France’s (EDF) Gravelines 5 power station in Northern France. The LWR...

Asset Guardian secures software toolset supply contract from EDF Energy

Asset Guardian Solutions (AGSL) has secured a contract to supply software toolset for EDF Energy's Torness nuclear power station in East Lothian, Scotland. By using Asset Guardian's software toolset, EDF will control the power...

Exelon Byron nuclear unit 2 shuts down for cooling pump malfunction

US-based energy provider Exelon has announced that the unit 2 reactor at the Byron Nuclear Generating Station has been temporarily shut down, following a malfunction of the main generator cooling pump. Operators at the...

EDF Energy gets approval for Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in UK

EDF Energy has secured planning approval from the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), to build a 3.2GW nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C in Somerset, UK. The nuclear power plant, which...

First Energy announces refueling, maintenance outage at Perry nuclear plant

US-based First Energy has announced temporary shut down of its Perry nuclear plant, located in Perry, Ohio, to carry out refueling and maintenance work. During the temporary shutdown of the 1,268MW unit, the company...

Georgia Power completes concrete work at Vogtle unit 3 nuclear expansion site

US-based Georgia Power, a subsidiary of electric utility Southern Company, has completed basemat structural concrete work at the Vogtle unit 3 nuclear expansion site, to build the first new nuclear units in the country, in 30 years. ...

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