EDF Submits Planning Application for Sizewell C EDF has submitted an application to the Planning Inspectorate to build two new EPR units at Sizewell C in Suffolk, southeast England. Once operational, Sizewell C will supply around 6 million homes with always-on, low carbon electricity made in the UK. Low carbon nuclear power will support more…
Hinkley Point C achieves latest major milestone on schedule Workers building the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station have completed on schedule the 49,000-tonne base for the second Generation III EPR unit under construction at the site. EDF Energy, the UK branch of France’s state-owned utility EDF, is building the two 1,600-MW EPR units at…
Cooperation to Support UK Nuclear Engineering Projects Edvance UK, the UK branch of Edvance, the French nuclear power plant reactor engineering entity co-owned by EDF and Framatome, and Assystem, the world’s second-largest engineering company, has agreed to a transition contract. The contract will see Assystem UK provide engineering services and support on a number of…
EDF to Restart Hunterston B Nuclear Power Station EDF has received approval from Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) to start generating low carbon power again from one of the reactors at Hunterston B power station in Scotland. This follows a major, two-year inspection and investment programme to prove that the station can respond safely to…
A Major Milestone Achieved at Hinkley Point C-2 Construction of the second reactor at Hinkley Point C passed a major milestone with the lifting of the first part of the massive steel containment liner. Lifted by the world’s largest crane Big Carl, just nine months after the same lift for the first reactor, construction of…
EDF Submits A Binding Techno-Commercial Offer For Indian Nuclear Megaproject Last week, EDF submitted to NPCIL the French binding techno-commercial offer to supply engineering studies and equipment for the construction of six EPR reactors at the Jaitapur site, India. The offer is the culmination of the work carried out jointly with NPCIL further to the…
“Decoding News From Taishan” – SFEN The following article was written by Sfen ‘s technical section #4 “Safety and Environment Protection”. It was translated from the French version published on June 16 in Sfen’s RGN Hebdo newsletter. The Taishan EPR unit 1, 1750 MWe, which started commercial operation in December 2018, has been making the…
Westinghouse and EDF To Collaborate To Produce Cobalt-60 Radioisotope During the last World Nuclear Exhibition, Westinghouse Electric Company and EDF (both ENS Corporate Members) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to produce Cobalt-60 radioisotope in select Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) owned and operated by EDF in France. Cobalt-60 plays a critical role in the safety of medical…
EDF Life Cycle Analysis: Nuclear Is A Very Low Carbon Source Of Energy The recently published EDF Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) “Producing 1 kWh from the French nuclear” confirms the very low carbon nature of nuclear energy. According to the study, each kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity produced by EDF’s reactor fleet in France emits the…
UK Government Gives Green Light To Sizewell C Nuclear Project On 20 July 2022, the Sizewell C Project application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The application was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for consideration by NNB Nuclear Generation (SZC) Limited on 27 May…