Nuclear News Ticker - January 01, 2021 AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 01.01.2021 The Rosatom's Fuel Company TVEL fulfilled all its contractual obligations to Russian and foreign customers in 2020. 33 of the 37 power units of the Russian nuclear power plants will be in operation during the New Year and Christmas holidays, and the power will be reduced at several units. The Russian nuclear power plants has developed in 2020 more than 215,746 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity Topics: Russia, TVEL, Nuclear News Tickers Other news: Akkuyu Nuclear JSC Obtains the Construction License of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 The license application package was submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) on March 28, 2019. Rosatom starts production of rare-earth magnets for wind power generation The first sets of magnets have been manufactured and shipped to the customer. Unit No. 1 at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant has been brought to minimum control power Minimum control power level is reached when neutron flux is recorded in a reactor working at a level sufficient to sustain a fission chain reaction. |
Hero of the day This critical analysis of the history, state, and prospects of development of modern nuclear technologies shows that nuclear energy market has practically monopolized the design and construction of only one type of reactors (95% of NPPs under construction use pressurized water reactors), which necessitates training of focused specialists involved in the construction and operation of those nuclear power plants. INTERVIEW
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