Nuclear power continues in the world

[GuyGadeboisTheBack]

Edit: Indeed, there's one still running in Taishan, for the showcase. It would be a death sentence for this technology if it were to shut down the world's only operating reactor. This would be fatal for EDF, which is already not in good health.

[izentrop]

So much in his antinuc handling that if we brought him there he would still deny

two EPR reactors are now in operational service. They are both located at the Chinese power plant in Taishan, in southeastern China. Built with the assistance of EDF, they were commissioned in 2018 and 2019 respectively, after nine years of construction. One of them was stopped for maintenance last July after an incident that led to radioactive leaks on metal sheaths. https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-servi ... pr-1362767

[GuyGadeboisTheBack]

So much in his antinuc handling that if we brought him there he would still deny

two EPR reactors are now in operational service. They are both located at the Chinese power plant in Taishan, in southeastern China. Built with the assistance of EDF, they were commissioned in 2018 and 2019 respectively, after nine years of construction. One of them was stopped for maintenance last July after an incident that led to radioactive leaks on metal sheaths.

YOU KNOW HOW TO READ ???
Of all the EPRs in the world, ONLY ONE is working. Bar point.

[Janic]

izmentrop

One of them was stopped for maintenance last July after an incident that led to radioactive leaks on metal sheaths.

and it is EDF who pays, that is to say us!

[GuyGadeboisTheBack]

izmentrop

One of them was stopped for maintenance last July after an incident that led to radioactive leaks on metal sheaths.

and it is EDF who pays, that is to say us!

Well, I don't know, EDF owns 30% of the capital of the Chinese power station.
Otherwise, the problem is here:

IRSN notes that this options file addresses the problem of high LEP vibrations observed on
various EPR reactors. Framatome indicated that this feedback will be taken into account for the design of the SARA, the solution not being defined at this stage. In addition, Framatome considers that the current LEP route for future EPR2 reactors is the best compromise to take into account the different design requirements (thermal expansion, size, mechanical resistance, etc.). Thus, the LEP route appears frozen while no solution with regard to available experience feedback has yet been defined. For IRSN, Framatome must identify the origins of the high vibrations and return to a situation comparable to that of the fleet in operation. A redesign of SARA should not be ruled out even though it would call into question the design of the civil engineering. This led IRSN to formulate the recommendation in the appendix.

[Janic]

Janic

and it is EDF who pays, that is to say us!

guy

Well, I don't know, EDF owns 30% of the capital of the Chinese power station.

It goes without saying, however. Buyers of any product benefit from a guarantee of proper functioning over a specific period of time. The Chinese, no more idiots than us, would not have taken their precautions in this very specific area?

[moinsdewatt]

Major lift completed at second Hinkley Point C unit

16 November 2021

EDF Energy hailed the "replication effect" of series nuclear build as it completed a major lift at Hinkley Point C. Placing the first ring of unit 2's reactor building was done 25% faster than the same procedure for unit 1, the company said.


Unit 2's reactor building receives its first ring (Image: EDF Energy)

"Building an identical copy of the first reactor drives efficiency and saves time," said EDF Energy, announcing the milestone. The ring has a diameter of 47 meters, is 17 meters high, and its 575-tonne bulk was moved by a large crawler crane known on site as Big Carl. Two more rings and then a cap will be needed to form the building.

Hinkley Point C started construction in December 2018 and should generate its first power in 2026.

"The ring was built 25% more quickly than the same part on unit 1, requiring thousands of hours less labor to manufacture," said the company, adding, "This 'replication effect' will benefit the identical Sizewell C project in Suffolk."

Hinkley Point C is composed of two EPR reactors of 1630 MWe each and Sizewell C is proposed to be an exact copy from the ground up, EDF Energy has said. It will also re-use as much equipment and re-employ as much of the workforce as possible from Hinkley Point C.

Sizewell C has planning permission and awaits a final approval from the UK government, but EDF Energy also needs to assemble its project finance. The UK government introduced legislation last month to enable the Regulated Asset Base model to facilitate this. It would see the project funded by a small increment on consumer electricity bills, rather than by commercial lending. Over the life of the plant this would save UK consumers GBP30 billion (USD40 billion) compared with the financing for Hinkley Point C, which is based on a model of contracts for difference, the government claimed.

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Arti ... oint-C-uni

[GuyGadeboisTheBack]

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(LCE of 8/12)
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[izentrop]

It is confidential secrecy defense the origin of this document? or even the itching hair of your favorite "duck"?

[GuyGadeboisTheBack]

It is confidential secrecy defense the origin of this document? or even the itching hair of your favorite "duck"?

Why this need to ridicule yourself over and over again ???