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Nuclear Plant Journal, September-October 2012
New Energy
Canada
The Joint Review Panel (JRP) of the
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
(CNSC) issued a Nuclear Power Reactor
Site Preparation License to Ontario Power
Generation Inc. (OPG) for its new nuclear
power plant project at the Darlington
nuclear site for a period of 10 years. The
license is valid from August 17, 2012 to
August 17, 2022.
In making its decision, the JRP
considered information presented at the
17-day public hearing held from March
21 to April 8, 2011, in Courtice, Ontario.
During this hearing, the JRP received and
considered submissions from OPG and
264 intervenors, as well as 14 government
departments, including the CNSC.
The JRP is satisfied that the licensee
meets the requirements of section 24 of
the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, that
OPG is qualified to carry out the activities
that will be permitted under the license,
and that the health and safety of people
and the environment will be protected.
Contact: Sophie Gingras, telephone:
United Arab Emirates
The
Emirates Nuclear Energy Cor-
poration
(ENEC) officially commenced
the construction of the UAE’s first nu-
clear energy plant on July 18, 2012, by
pouring the first nuclear safety concrete
for Barakah Unit 1.
This significant milestone for the
UAE’s peaceful civil nuclear energy
program follows the receipt of the
Construction License from the Federal
Authority of Nuclear Regulation (FANR)
and a No Objection Certificate from
Abu Dhabi’s environmental regulator,
the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi
(EAD).
The safety concrete was poured
at Barakah on July 18, 2012 in front of
a gathering including ENEC’s senior
management and site team, and ENEC’s
Prime Contractor, the Korea Electric
Power Corporation (KEPCO).
ENEC poured more than 1500 cubic
meters of concrete to form a portion of
the foundation slab of the Barakah Unit 1
Reactor Containment Building, which
will ultimately house the nuclear reactor.
In preparation for the safety concrete
pouring, ENEC had carried out a number
of activities on site under its Limited
Construction License. Excavation for
Units 1 & 2, dredging for the intake
and outfall channels, construction of the
marine breakwaters, wharf construction,
excavation and construction of the
Cooling Water Ducts and foundations
for the safety related concrete were
prepared.
ENEC will apply for an Operating
License for Unit 1 in 2015 and will pour
concrete for Unit 2 in 2013. ENEC is
building a total of fourUnits at theBarakah
site. The first Unit will be operational in
2017, with one additional Unit becoming
operational each year up to 2020..
Contact: Khadija Mohamed Al
Marzouki, telephone: 9712 6595 863,
email:
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Belarus
A commemoration capsule laying
ceremony was held on August 9, 2012 in
Ostrovets (Belarus, Grodno Region).
The message signed by Belarus
President Alexander Lukashenko says:
“In furtherance of the motto to build the
strong and prosperous Belarus we start
implementing with the fraternal Russia
the largest investment project, i.e. the
construction of the first nuclear power
plant in our territory. Development of the
national nuclear power is a significant
step in the strengthening of energy
security of the country, a strong incentive
to accelerate science and technology
progress and innovative development.”
During the ceremony Lukashenko
stated that debates on building a NPP
in Belarus have finished and noted that
Russia and Belarus can build NPPs in
third countries in the future as well as sell
nuclear electricity abroad.
After the ceremony First Deputy
Director General of
ROSATOM
Alexander Lokshin stated that preliminary
work had been already done on the NPP
construction site, including the pit of the
future first power unit. “The pace we have
gained allows us planning that we will be
able to reach first concrete by early fourth
quarter of 2013,” he said.
Contact: Sergey Novikov, telephone:
7 499 949-44-12, fax: 7 499 949-27-22,
email:
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Sweden
Vattenfall
has submitted an
application to The Swedish Radiation
Safety Authority (SSM) as part of the
process to determine which conditions
apply for the replacement of existing
nuclear power sometime in the latter half
of the 2020s.
The application submitted to The
Swedish Radiation Safety Authority
(SSM) is away of analyzing the conditions
for a possible future investment decisions.
To carry out a complete analysis will take
several years.
Vattenfall considers various possible
options to replace older plants that need
to be phased out. Today’s nuclear reactors
still need safety improvements and
capacity increases and eventually phased
out and replaced with new baseload
power. Phase-out is expected to begin
after 2025.
Contact: website:
