Bangladesh intends to construct its second nuclear power plant
Bangladesh has announced its intent to construct a second nuclear power plant (NPP) in the country following the completion of its first NPP at Rooppur, construction of which is currently underway.
India elected new external auditor of the IAEA
India has been elected as the external auditor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for a period of six years from 2022 to 2027 after winning the ballot in the voting for the post held during the recently held 65th annual general conference of the United Nations (UN) nuclear regulator.
Rosatom to build plant for making lithium-ion cells, energy storage systems
Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom’s integrator company for the energy storage business, Renera, which is a subsidiary of Rosatom’s fuel arm TVEL, announced earlier this month that it will build its 3-gigawatt (GWh) lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in the country’s Kaliningrad region.
Unit 2 of Arab world’s first nuclear plant located in UAE connected to grid
The second unit of the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant (NPP) located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was successfully connected to the national power grid earlier this month, two weeks after the start-up of the reactor was completed, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced.
World’s first high temperature gas-cooled reactor starts up in China
State-run power generator China Huaneng Group (CHGC) announced earlier this week that the company has started up its high-temperature gas-cooled HTR-PM small modular reactor (SMR) at the Shidao Bay nuclear power plant in northeast China’s Shandong province.
BHEL wins its biggest order to build turbine islands for 6 reactors in India
India’s state-run electrical equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) announced earlier this month that it has won its largest ever order from the government-owned operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) for the construction of turbine islands for six reactor units of 700 MW each in the country.
Steam generators shipped for Unit 2 of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant
Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom’s machine building division Atomenergomash subsidiary, Atommash, has started the shipment of steam generators for the second reactor of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant (NPP) at Akkuyu, being constructed with the assistance of Rosatom.
Rosatom gets regulator license to build land-based small modular reactors
The Russian nuclear regulator, the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision (Rostekhnadzor), has granted a license to Rusatom Overseas allowing the company to build nuclear installations at nuclear power plants, Rusatom’s parent company the Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom announced earlier this week.
