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by moinsdewatt » 18/05/20, 01:40

Reactor 1 at the Barakah site in the United Arab Emirates is expected to begin nuclear reactions imminently.

UAE nuclear power plant to achieve criticality “very soon”

12 May 2020

Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) said last week, following the successful loading of fuel assemblies into the reactor, Barakah 1 is in an advanced stage of start-up.

Tests are continuing at units 2, 3 and 4 following the completion of all construction work.

Speaking to Fred Kempe, CEO of the Atlantic Council think-tank, in an online discussion of the impacts of Covid-19 on global energy demand Enec CEO Mohamed Al Hammadi said:

"Unit 1 will reach criticality very soon, and the Covid-19 pandemic has not derailed our plans. We have 700 employees working on the project to meet the timeline."

“The Barakah plant, the Arab World's first peaceful nuclear energy facility located in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi, will change the way the UAE powers its growth,” noted Al Hammadi.

"Producing 5.6 gigawatts of electricity while preventing the release of more than 21 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, the Barakah Plant will power the UAE with clean, safe and reliable baseload electricity," he stated. "It is also providing countless high-value jobs through the establishment of a sustainable local nuclear energy industry and supply chain.

Al Hammadi described Covid-19 as "the deepest financial and global economic shock" to hit the world in the past 100 years and a "multifaceted" crisis.

He said ENEC instigated measures including stopping all non-essential work, demobilizing non-critical resources, locking down the Barakah site and taking other measures to keep its workers safe early on in the pandemic. To date, there have been no positive cases of coronavirus at the construction site.

Four Korean-designed APR-1000 reactors are under construction at Barakah, in Abu Dhabi. Work began on unit 1 in 2012, with units 2-4 following over the next three years.

Barakah 1 was completed in 2018. The UAE's Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) issued a 60-year operating license to Enec subsidiary Nawah in February 2020. Fuel loading was completed in early March.


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by moinsdewatt » 23/05/20, 11:50

The Akademic Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant is now fully operational.

World's only floating nuclear power plant enters full commercial exploitation

2020 May 22

It officially becomes the 11th NPP in Russia and the northernmost one in the world

One-of-a-kind floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) “Akademic Lomonosov” has been fully commissioned in Pevek, Chukotka region in the Russian Far East. Andrei Petrov, Director of Rosenergoatom (Electric Energy Division of Rosatom), the subsidiary responsible for the FNPP project implementation, signed the relevant decree, Rosenergoatom says in its press release.

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“Today we can consider the floating nuclear power plant construction project successfully completed. We finished our main task for this year - fully commissioned the FNPP in Pevek, Chukotka region. Today, it officially becomes the 11th nuclear power plant in Russia and the northernmost one in the world, ”Andrei Petrov noted.

Earlier, the Far East directorate of Rostechnadzor, Russia's technical, nuclear and environmental watchdog, carried out an inspection of the project. Based on its results, the FNPP received a “statement of conformity”. This document verifies that the FNPP is built in accordance with all project documentation requirements. Additionally, the project received approval from Rosprirodnadzor, the executive authority controlling and supervising activities in the field of environmental management. Receiving these documents means that the FNPP fully adheres to all norms and regulations, including sanitary, epidemiological, environmental, fire safety, construction requirements and federal standards.

The FNPP started providing electricity to the isolated grid of the Chaun-Bilibino energy center of Chukotka on December 19, 2019. The US POWER magazine named this event as one of the six key global nuclear energy industry events of 2019.

The FNPP has already generated over 47.3 million kWh of electricity since being connected to the grid. Currently, it covers 20% of the Chaun-Bilibino energy center demand. The FNPP will become the main energy source for Chukotka following the Bilibino NPP shutdown.

The world's only floating nuclear power plant includes coastal infrastructure and the Akademik Lomonosov floating power unit (FPU) equipped with two KLT-40S reactors with an electric power of 35 MW each. The FNPP power capacity is 70 MW while the heat capacity is 50 Gcal / h. The plant's length is 140 meters, its width is 30 meters, its displacement is 21,500 tons. The service life is 40 years.



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by moinsdewatt » 28/05/20, 00:23

EDF files an application for a British nuclear power plant project

REUTERS • 27/05/2020 by Susanna Twidale

EDF has filed with the British authorities an authorization request for the construction of two EPR nuclear reactors at Sizewell C, a site estimated at 17 to 18 billion pounds (19 to 20 billion euros) in eastern England, the French group announced on Wednesday.

This request was expected in March but was delayed due to the epidemic caused by the new coronavirus.

Sizewell C is the second nuclear power plant that EDF hopes to build in Great Britain after Hinkley Point, the construction of which should be completed in 2025.

If it sees the light of day, it will provide electricity to around six million homes and create 25.000 jobs, says EDF.

Some residents of the region, however, complain that the filing of this request comes while travel restrictions are still in force in the face of the COVID-19 epidemic, which will limit the possibility of public debate.

EDF has announced that it will take measures to facilitate the study of its file by the public, in particular by extending the pre-examination period.

EDF and the Chinese CGN signed in 2016, together with the contracts for the Hinkley Point project, agreements relating to the Sizewell C project concerning the development, construction and operation of two EPR reactors for a total capacity of 3,2 gigawatts.

During the development phase preceding the final investment decision, EDF's share in this project is 80% and that of CGN by 20%, the French group emphasizing in its reference document that it will no longer be used to control Sizewell C once the decision has been taken and that this principle will therefore involve the participation of other shareholders.

The final decision to invest in Sizewell C is planned for the end of 2021.

Hinkley Point C will be the first new nuclear power plant built in Britain in almost 20 years when it is completed. The project has experienced several delays and its cost is now estimated at around £ 21,5-22,5 billion.

EDF predicts that the Sizewell C site will be around 20% cheaper.


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by moinsdewatt » 21/06/20, 16:08

Upcoming start-up of a reactor at the Leningrad site.

Leningrad II-2 gets regulatory approval for physical start-up

17 June 2020

Russia's regulator Rostechnadzor has issued a permit for the physical start-up of Leningrad II unit 2, which completed hot tests last week. The regulator's inspection of the unit "confirmed its high degree of readiness for the start of physical launch, during which nuclear fuel will be loaded into the reactor core for the first time", state nuclear corporation Rosatom said today.
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by izentrop » 26/06/20, 15:46

I have a long history of campaigning on environmental issues, most recently as a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion UK and founder of its climate reporting newspaper The Hourglass.

Now I have left the organization to take a stand as a nuclear energy activist.

For many years, I was skeptical of nuclear energy. Surrounded by anti-nuclear activists, I had let the fear of radiation, nuclear waste and weapons of mass destruction seep into my subconscious. When a friend sent me a scientific article on the real impacts, including the (very small number) of total radiation deaths in Chernobyl and Fukushima, I realized that I had been fooled into feeling anti science all this time.

As I read about safety, I found that the nuclear accidents that have occurred in my life were due to unusual and extreme circumstances, or to human error. Chernobyl, for example, occurred due to the use of a faulty reactor design which caused a surge and an explosion in one of the reactors, and the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan was triggered by consequences of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

However, even including these disastrous events, scientific research has shown that nuclear energy is always safer than fossil fuels, once air pollution, accidents (from energy extraction) are taken into account and greenhouse gas emissions.

What about renewable alternatives? Alongside my militant colleagues, I have been singing the praises of renewable energies for years. But while renewable energy can and should be part of the mix in supplying energy in the UK, the technology just doesn't extend to supplying our country 24/7. https://www.cityam.com/a-message-from-a ... ear-power/
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by GuyGadebois » 26/06/20, 15:49

A radical change of life. Extinction Rebellion spokesperson Zion Lights has left the protest group to become a pro-nuclear lobbyist for Environmental Progress (EP).

https://www.cnews.fr/monde/2020-06-26/l ... -nucleaire
And how much was she paid to return her jacket?
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by Ahmed » 26/06/20, 16:43

Bah! With a first name like that (Zion), it was predictable! : Wink:
More seriously, the "Extinction Rebellion" movement is so steeped in equivocation that this reversal cannot surprise and only shows that it is easily soluble in what it is trying to pretend to fight, with a vehemence that overcomes spectacularly to consistency. It should be seen as a catalyst intended to render radical criticism harmless.
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by yves35 » 26/06/20, 16:59

Hello,

izentrop wrote:
I have a long history of campaigning on environmental issues, most recently as a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion UK and founder of its climate reporting newspaper The Hourglass.

Now I have left the organization to take a stand as a nuclear energy activist.

https://www.cityam.com/a-message-from-a ... ear-power/


it is extremely comfortable to be anti-nuclear in a country which provides on demand at any time juice on tap ... almost decarbonated in addition.

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by moinsdewatt » 27/06/20, 01:32

GuyGadebois wrote:
A radical change of life. Extinction Rebellion spokesperson Zion Lights has left the protest group to become a pro-nuclear lobbyist for Environmental Progress (EP).

https://www.cnews.fr/monde/2020-06-26/l ... -nucleaire
And how much was she paid to return her jacket?


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by moinsdewatt » 01/07/20, 21:15

Work begins on the second reactor at the Akkuyu site in Turkey.

Construction starts on 2nd unit of Turkey's 1st nuclear power plant Akkuyu

28th June 2020

The construction of the second unit of Turkey's first nuclear power plant Akkuyu has started, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez said Friday.

Dönmez stated that they aim to put the first unit into operation at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in 2023. “We plan to commission the second unit in the following year," he added.

Dönmez examined the ongoing construction with Akkuyu Nuclear Inc. General Manager and Chairman Anastasia Zoteeva during his visit to the power plant Friday.

The power plant is set to consist of four units with 1,200 megawatts (MW) capacity each.

Licensing and pre-construction preparations for the third and fourth units are also ongoing, the minister noted, stressing that the plant will meet approximately 8% -10% of the country's current electricity consumption when it starts operating at full capacity.

Dönmez stated that approximately 6,700 people work in the field and almost 90% of those working in the field are Turkish citizens and Turkish engineers.

Experts from Russia and different countries around the world, which bring critical expertise, are also here, he added.

The plant is expected to employ around 3,000 people, including engineers and technicians.

An intergovernmental agreement was signed between Turkey and Russia in May 2010 for Akkuyu, the first nuclear plant of Turkey that will have four VVER-1200 power reactors with a total installed capacity of 4,800 MW.
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