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Brazil
AREVA
has signed a contract
worth 1.25 billion euros ($1.68 billion)
with the Brazilian electrician Eletrobras
Eletronuclear for the completion of the
construction for the Angra 3 reactor,
located in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
AREVA will supply engineering
services and components, as well as the
digital instrumentation & control system
for the reactor. The groupwill also provide
assistance in the supervision of the
installation work and the commissioning
activities. This contract, which attests
to AREVA’s expertise in reactor
construction, design, and fabrication of
nuclear equipment and instrumentation &
control systems, corresponds to the 103
reactor built by the group in the world.
Contact: Julien Duperray, telephone:
Yangjiang
On December 31, 2013
China
General Nuclear Power Corporation’s
(CGN’s) Unit 1 of Yangjiang NPP
realizes its first grid connection for trial
operation.
Yangjiang nuclear power base,
following its precedent Daya Bay nuclear
power base, is the second grid-connected
nuclear power base in Guangdong
Province. The construction of Unit 1,
starting from December 16, 2008, for a
period of 5 years, is a process involving
many key milestones, including civil
works, installation, set-up, nuclear fuel
loading and unit criticality, etc. Currently
the construction of the total six units in
Yangjiang NPP is on schedule.
Contact: website:
Hinkley Point C
EDF Gr o up
a n n o u n c e d a
comprehensive set of agreements for the
proposed nuclear power station at Hinkley
Point C.
Preliminary works for the Hinkley
Point C project are well advanced and an
agreement has been reached in principle
on an investment contract for the planned
station. It has an approved EPR reactor
design, regulators have awarded relevant
nuclear site licenses, labor relations
agreements are in place and the UK
Government has granted permission for
construction.
Finalizing agreements with industrial
partners for equity funding is one of the
remaining key steps necessary before a
final investment decision can be taken.
Letters of Intent have nowbeen signed
by EDF Group, AREVA, CGN (China
General Nuclear Corporation) and CNNC
(China National Nuclear Corporation) to
become strategic and industrial partners
in the project.
Contact: Carole Trivi, telephone; 33
(1) 40 42 46 37.
CAP1400
Gen III passive PWR CAP1400
technology, with installed capacity of over
1500 MW, developed by
State Nuclear
Power
Technology
Corporation
(SNPTC), has passed the design review
organized by China National Energy
Administration on January 9, 2014.
The overall technology plan, and key
parameters of CAP1400 have been
finalized and approved by the state.
Based on China’s experiences in
nuclear power research, design and
operation as well as the introduction,
absorption and digestion of US AP1000
Gen III technology, SNPTC has
successfully developed Gen III CAP1400
technology. Significant improvements
have been made in safety, economics
and environmental compatibility of
CAP1400 through integration of AP1000
advanced passive safety system design
and technological innovation in multiple
fields. CAP1400 technology meets the
latest nuclear safety standard in the world
and reaches the advanced international
level.
CAP1400was listed in the statemajor
programs in China’s plan for scientific
and technological development in 2006.
China plans to construct two CAP1400
demonstration units in Rongcheng,
Shandong Province. Approved by the
National Development and Reform
Commission, the preparatory work was
started in March, 2013.
Turkey
Rolls-Royce
has announced that it
will collaborate with Istanbul Technical
University to assess the capability and
development needs of the Turkish supply
chain to deliver the country’s planned
fleet of civil nuclear reactors.
A Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) has been signed by Rolls-Royce
and Istanbul Technical University
witnessed by His Excellency Taner
Yildiz, Minister for Energy and Natural
Resources. The MoU provides a roadmap
for developing a nuclear qualified supply
chain capable of delivering equipment
and services to the new reactors planned
to be built in Turkey. The roadmap will
also align R&D strategies with future
market requirements to ensure the latest
technology is utilized.
Contact:
Debbie
Hampton,
telephone: 44 7800 872735, email:
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Belarus
The first safety-related concrete has
been poured for the foundation slab of
the initial reactor at the Ostrovets site
in Belarus marking the official start of
construction of the country’s first nuclear
power plant.
The concrete-pouring process for
the slab began on November 6, 2013,
according to Belarus official news agency
Belta. This will provide a foundation for
the containment and auxiliary buildings
that are within the unit’s nuclear island.
Nuclear Power Plant Construction
Directorate (Belarus AEC) announced in
late October 2013 that it had been issued
with a construction license for Ostrovets
unit 1 by the Department for Nuclear and
Radiation Safety (Gosatomnadzor) of the
Ministry of Emergencies.
Yanjiang Unit 1.
