China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has announced that Unit 5 of the Fuqing nuclear power plant in China’s Fujian province entered commercial operation of January 30, following a demonstration run of 168 hours.
EDF has once more revised the schedule and budget for commissioning Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset, UK.
UK-based Shearwater Energy has announced it plans to develop a wind-SMR and hydrogen production energy project in north Wales.
India’s Department of Atomic Energy has announced that unit 3 of Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant (KAPP) has been synchronised with the grid.
Eskom, the South African state-owned electric utility, has announced it will implement scheduled power blackouts from 6 January, following a shutdown of unit 1 of its Koeberg nuclear power plant.
Holtec International currently in the process of mothballing Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey, USA, said that it was interested in building a new next-generation reactor at the same site.
Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear power company, has signed an agreement to construct a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) in the Russian republic of Sakha.
The UK Government has announced that it is restarting talks with EDF about construction of the £20 billion 3.2 GW Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk.
An incident in reactor 2 of the Olkiluoto nuclear power station in the southwest of Finland took place on 10 December.
Strikes by workers protesting against a French nuclear reform plan reduced nuclear power generation by more than 1 GW on Wednesday evening (9 December).