444 nuclear units are operating in the world, 53 units are under construction AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 14.04.2021 The current number of the operating nuclear power units in the world is equal to 444. These data are presented in the PRIS database supported by the IAEA. Another 53 units have the status of the being built one. Since the beginning of 2021, two units have been connected to the grid - "Kakrapar-3" (India) and KANUPP-2 (Pakistan). The construction was started on two new units - "Akkuyu-3" (Turkey) and "Changjiang-3" (China). Other news: Construction of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 Begins A ceremony commemorating the start of Unit 3 construction was held at the site of the first Turkish nuclear power plant Akkuyu. TVEL Elemash Machine-building plant launches new manufacturing site for CFR-600 fabrication The dummy fuel bundles for CFR-600 are already manufactured for testing. All spent fuel was unloading from SFP-3 at Fukushima Daiichi NPP SFP-3 and SFP-4 are free of fuel now. |
Hero of the day Unit 6 of Leningrad NPP commissioned for commercial operation On March 22, 2021, VVER-1200 reactor-enabled Unit 6 was commissioned at the Leningrad NPP. Andrey Petrov, Director General of Rosenergoatom (part of the Electric Power Division of ROSATOM), signed the corresponding order. INTERVIEW
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