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| Wednesday October 16, 2013 Newsletter |
Wednesday October 16, 2013 Newsletter
Video: EPR Reactor Vessel Shipped to New Nuclear Plant in France
Areva recently delivered the reactor pressure vessel for the first Generation III+ nuclear plant in France.
The 1,650 megawatt EPR unit at Flamanville is expected to come online in 2016. According to an Areva release, construction work at the site is more than 95 percent finished, and the RPV will be installed in the coming months.
The following videos document the massive component's journey from Saint Marcel in Brittany to the port of Dielette, then overland to the Normandy construction site. View video>>>>
The 1,650 megawatt EPR unit at Flamanville is expected to come online in 2016. According to an Areva release, construction work at the site is more than 95 percent finished, and the RPV will be installed in the coming months.
The following videos document the massive component's journey from Saint Marcel in Brittany to the port of Dielette, then overland to the Normandy construction site. View video>>>>
Areva Consortium Wins Contract for MYRRHA Fast Reactor in Belgium
An Areva-led consortium recently won a $33 million
contract to help manage of one Europe's largest nuclear research
projects.
Belgian research center SCK CEN has spent several years designing a replacement for its 50-year-old BR2 reactor in Mol. The chosen design, known as MYRRHA, will combine a MOX-fuelled, lead-bismuth-cooled fast reactor with a proton accelerator. Slated to come online in 2025, it will allow scientists to study methods of transmuting long-lived fission products and minor actinides to reduce nuclear waste. The 50-100 megawatt (thermal) plant will also allow research to further the development of heavy-liquid-metal-based reactors. Additionally, it will produce irradiated silicon and medical isotopes, according to SCK CEN. Read More>>>>
Belgian research center SCK CEN has spent several years designing a replacement for its 50-year-old BR2 reactor in Mol. The chosen design, known as MYRRHA, will combine a MOX-fuelled, lead-bismuth-cooled fast reactor with a proton accelerator. Slated to come online in 2025, it will allow scientists to study methods of transmuting long-lived fission products and minor actinides to reduce nuclear waste. The 50-100 megawatt (thermal) plant will also allow research to further the development of heavy-liquid-metal-based reactors. Additionally, it will produce irradiated silicon and medical isotopes, according to SCK CEN. Read More>>>>
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