| NEW NUCLEAR: |
| Contract signed for Tianwan phase 2 |
| 27 September 2010 |
| Russian and Chinese companies have signed a contract to develop the technical design for the second stage of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China. |
| New Ling Ao II unit enters into service |
| 27 September 2010 |
| Unit 1 of the second phase of the Ling Ao nuclear power plant in Guangdong province, China, has entered commercial operation, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Company announced. |
| India ready to export reactors |
| 23 September 2010 |
| Overseas vendors may be keen to sell India their reactor technology, but the country is ready to export its own pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs), Indian Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee has said. |
| CEZ to quit Romanian new-build joint venture |
| 22 September 2010 |
| Czech state-owned power utility CEZ will sell its stake in the consortium established to construct, commission and operate two new reactors at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania, after signing an amendment to the joint venture contract. |
| Construction on schedule for first Sanmen unit |
| 21 September 2010 |
| The project to build the world's first AP1000, China's Sanmen 1, reached a construction milestone when the third steel ring of the plant's containment vessel was hoisted into place. Work on the Westinghouse plant is now back on schedule, despite falling six months behind at the end of last year. |
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| NUCLEAR POLICIES: |
| Kuwait looks to Russia for nuclear cooperation |
| 22 September 2010 |
| Having recently signed a memorandum of cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy with Japan, Kuwait has now signed a similar agreement with Russia. |
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| WASTE & RECYCLING: |
| Olkiluoto expands interim used fuel storage |
| 23 September 2010 |
| Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) is to double capacity for the interim storage of used fuel at its Olkiluoto nuclear power plant. A contract has been awarded for the construction of three new storage pools at the site. |
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| REGULATION & SAFETY: |
| Contamination incident at Koeberg |
| 22 September 2010 |
| South African utility Eskom has launched an investigation into a contamination incident earlier this month at its Koeberg nuclear power plant near Cape Town in which 91 workers received small doses of radiation. |
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| CORPORATE: |
| Full power postponed for Oskarshamn 3 |
| 27 September 2010 |
| Swedish nuclear operator OKG has decided not to push Oskarshamn 3 to its maximum capacity until 2011 for the sake of a secure electricity supply over the coming winter. |
| Summer simulator contract for GSE |
| 24 September 2010 |
| Weeks after being awarded a contract to construct the first plant-specific Westinghouse AP1000 plant simulator in the USA, GSE Systems has now won a contract for a plant-specific AP1000 simulator for the VC Summer site in South Carolina. |
| Russian isotope deal for MDS Nordion |
| 23 September 2010 |
| Canadian radioisotope supplier MDS Nordion has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with JSC Isotope of Russia that will give it exclusive rights over the distribution and sales of Isotope's molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production outside the Russian Federation. |
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| EXPLORATION & NUCLEAR FUEL: |
| TVEL wins tender for Ukraine nuclear fuel plant |
| 24 September 2010 |
| The Ukrainian government has reportedly declared Russian nuclear fuel company TVEL the winner of the tender to construct a fuel manufacturing plant in Ukraine. |
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| INDUSTRY TALK: |
| Bushehr unaffected by computer virus |
| 27 September 2010 |
| Iranian officials said that the new Bushehr nuclear power plant has not been affected by a sophisticated computer virus, possibly targeting the plant, although personal computers of plant staff had been infected, Reuters reported. |
| CNNC prepares for massive investment |
| 22 September 2010 |
| China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) plans to invest 800 billion yuan ($120 billion) into nuclear energy projects by 2020, in line with the country's move to accelerate the development of the industry, the China Daily reported. |
| LaSalle uprate gets nod from regulator |
| 21 September 2010 |
| The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a 1.65% uprate of both unit 1 and 2 of Exelon's LaSalle nuclear power plant in Illinois. Exelon plans to increase the generating capacity of each boiling water reactor (BWR) from some 1179 MWe to 1192 MWe. |
