British authorities extended the operation of Sizewell B till 2025 AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 10.02.2015 The British office for nuclear regulation (ONR) has approved 2 February 2015 the request of the EDF Nuclear Generation Ltd. to extend the life of the Sizewell B until 2025. The Sizewell B unit has been commissioned in September 1995 and is equipped with pressurized PWR reactor of 1191 MWe power. The reactor design is based on the SNUPPS four-loop PWR of Westinghouse. Unlike the American units of this project, the British project added some additional safety features, such as passive emergency borated system coupled with all four loops through cold legs and intended for injection in the first circuit of the boric acid solution with a concentration of 7000 ppm. The containment of Sizewell B was also redesigned compared to the original American project, as required to accommodate additional equipment and to bring the project to the British standards for safety margins. Topics: Europe, Great Britain, Westinghouse Other news: New American submarine will be named after admiral Rickover 60th anniversary of the first trip of the nuclear submarine Nautilus. Westinghouse will deliver CE16NGF fuel on Palo Verde This is a new generation fuel for 16×16 grid. Slovak regulators skeptical on calls for fuel diversification Of course, it would take more than a year or two. Last news: 416 nuclear units are operating in the world, 62 units are under construction Mechanical engineers of Rosatom started assembling the vessel of the reactor for the nuclear icebreaker Leningrad 137 foreign diplomats visit CNNC Rosatom and MEPhI set up a bioprinting laboratory Arktika nuclear icebreaker assisted ship in mooring at the ice platform for the first time this year National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University completed a course on research reactors and cyclotrons developed with support of Rosatom Rosatom scientists patented new technology for separation of radium, actinium, and thorium One-hundredth cargo ship arrived at Akkuyu NPP cargo terminal Rosatom Launches the VIII Atoms Empowering Africa Video Competition Rosatom obtained patents for more than 140 inventions abroad in 2024 Russia and the IAEA hold another round of Interdepartmental consultations in Moscow Sixth unit of the Leningrad NPP will be stopped for planned overhaul India plans to increase its nuclear fleet to 100 GWe by 2047 Equipment start-up and adjustment started at the pumping station of Akkuyu NPP Unit 1 Novovoronezh NPP hired more than 200 new employees in 2024 NPPA and Rosatom to host the International Youth Forum for Sustainable Nuclear Technologies in Egypt Rostechnadzor Commission will check the readiness of the first unit of the Kalinin NPP for operation until 2044 Second unit of the Belarusian NPP has been put into operation IAEA has issued document on analysis and modelling of severe accidents for liquid metal fast reactors 417 nuclear units are operating in the world, 62 units are under construction More news

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