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09 march 2017
A 3D-printed impeller has been in use in a pump at Slovenia’s Krško plant since January. Siemens, which produced the component, said this marks “the first successful commercial installation and continuing safe operation” of such a part in a nuclear power plant.Plant operator Nuklearna Elektrarna Krško (NEK) required a replacement metallic, ...
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02 march 2017
Russia has announced the start of commercial operation of its first VVER-1200 reactor, unit 1 of the Novovoronezh II nuclear power plant.Also known as Novovoronezh 6, the unit was connected to the network in early August last year, but Rosatom said this week that it had officially started commercial operation on 27 February. This followed approval ...
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