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17 august 2015
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has requested that regulators issue an operating licence for unit 2 of the Watts Bar nuclear power plant.The unit is to begin commercial operations between this September and next June at a total cost of between $4.0 billion to $4.5 billion. When online, it will produce 1150 MWe of carbon-free electricity — ...
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11 august 2015
Containment pressure tests have been successfully completed at unit 3 of the Fuqing nuclear power plant in China’s Liaoning province.A series of tests to demonstrate that the containment building, which houses the reactor primary circuit, is leak-tight and pressure-resistant were completed on 6 August, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) ...
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