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28 december 2016
Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s prime minister, today inaugurated the country’s fourth reactor — unit 3 of the Chashma nuclear power plant in Punjab province.Construction began on the Chinese-designed CNP-300 pressurised water reactor in March 2011. The unit achieved first criticality on 3 October and was connected to the grid on 15 October. The unit’s ...
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21 december 2016
South African utility Eskom has released a request for information (RFI) for the country’s nuclear new build program. It stressed the exercise will not create any financial commitments or obligations to Eskom or the government.Eskom released the RFI yesterday following a new decision by the Minister of Energy, Tina Joemat-Petterson, on 14 December ...
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