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French President Calls for Major Increase in Nuclear Power, Offshore Wind

February 12, 2022 admin flamanville 3, France, Macron, news, Nuclear, offshore wind, smr

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 23:14:53 +0000

France, already a world leader in nuclear power generation, plans to build at least six new reactors, with President Emmanuel Macron on Feb. 10 saying the country will consider building an additional eight on top of that as it also moves forward with developing small modular reactors (SMR). Macron, who is up for re-election in […]

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French President Calls for Major Increase in Nuclear Power

February 11, 2022 admin flamanville 3, France, Macron, news, Nuclear, smr

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 20:00:53 +0000

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Evolution of Nuclear Power Continues with Operation of First EPR

November 1, 2019 admin Business, cgn, China, china general nuclear power, EPR, flamanville 3, framatome, hinkley point c, International, news, Nuclear, reactor, Taishan, Technology, top plant, yuedian

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 05:01:59 +0000

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Unit 1 at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in China is the site of a milestone for nuclear technology. It also illustrates cooperation between France and China, using the lessons learned from earlier projects

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Long-Delayed EPR Nuclear Plants Face Further Holdups

June 27, 2019 admin Business, EDF, EPR, flamanville 3, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear plant construction, nuclear power plant, olkiluoto 3, Plant Design, Technology, TVO

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:42:40 +0000

Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), owner of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR (European Pressurized Water Reactor) nuclear unit that is under construction in Finland, has said fuel will not be loaded in the reactor before the end of August, while it awaits completion of a schedule review being conducted by the construction consortium. Meanwhile, EDF, which is […]

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Finnish Nuclear Plant Start-up Delayed Again

December 26, 2018 admin bellefonte, Business, cumbria, edf energy, EPR, fennovoima, Finland, flamanville 3, hanhikivi 1, hinkley point c, International, Legal & Regulatory, moorside, news, Nuclear, olkiluoto 3, rosatom, Russia, stuk, Technology, V.C. Summer, Vogtle, vver

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 23:24:47 +0000

Another nuclear power project has been delayed, as the Fennovoima consortium and Russia’s state-run nuclear company Rosatom said the Hanhikivi 1 power plant’s projected start-up date has been pushed to 2028, four years behind the original schedule and eight years later than the proposed start when Finland’s government supported the project in 2010. The announcement […]

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