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03 august 2010
Horizon Nuclear Power has signed contracts with both Areva and Westinghouse’s UK consortium for preparatory design studies for its proposed new nuclear power plant at the existing Wylfa site in the UK.Horizon — a 50–50 joint venture between RWE nPower and EOn UK — is yet to decide which of the two available reactor designs it would like to build ...
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22 july 2010
China has achieved criticality at its first fast neutron reactor, a small unit near Beijing, while plans are developing for a full scale fast reactor power plant in the country.The Chinese Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) achieved sustained fission for the first time yesterday, said owner the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIEA). The reactor ...
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