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New nuclear power unit starts operations in south China

STORY: New nuclear power unit starts operations in south China SHOOTING TIME: May 23, 2024 DATELINE: May 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: FANGCHENGGANG, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the nuclear power unit in Fangfenggang STORYLINE: A new nuclear power unit using Hualong One, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has commenced power generation in the southern Chinese port city of Fangchenggang, paving the way for upcoming commercial operations. The Guangxi Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., under the China General Nuclear Power Corporation, announced that the No. 4 unit at the Fangchenggang nuclear power station successfully completed its 168-hour trial operation at 8 a.m. on Saturday. The Fangchenggang nuclear power project plans to have six nuclear power units in total. The first two units of the six became operational in 2016, while the third unit began operations last year. Construction of the No. 4 unit commenced on December 23, 2016. The No. 3 and No. 4

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New nuclear power unit starts operation in China's Guangxi

STORY: New nuclear power unit starts operation in China's Guangxi DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:00 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of time-lapse views of a new nuclear power unit under construction STORYLINE: A new nuclear power unit using Hualong One, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, was put into operation in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Saturday, paving the way for commercial operation. With the operation of the No.3 unit of the Fangchenggang nuclear power station in the port city of Fangchenggang, the China General Nuclear Power Corporation currently has 27 nuclear power units in operation, with an installed capacity of more than 30.56 million kW. The Fangchenggang nuclear power project will have six nuclear power units in total. The first two units became operational in 2016, having generated over 100 billion kWh of electricity. Each of the second two units, using the Hualong One technology, ca

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KEPCO opens special checks on Takahama plant to reporters

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2014, shows the No. 1 reactor vessel of the Takahama nuclear power plant in the central Japan town of Takahama. Its operator Kansai Electric Power Co. allowed reporters to view special checks being conducted on the Nos. 1 and 2 units there. The checks are aimed at allowing the reactors to operate beyond the limit of 40 years.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - A September 2013 file photo shows the No. 5 (L) and No. 6 reactor units of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to permanently shut down the two reactors that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 accident, company sources said on Nov. 20, 2013.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2013 shows (from L bottom) the Nos. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 and 6 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the plant on Sept. 19 and urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. The utility is moving ahead with decommissioning of the Nos. 1 to 4 units.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2013 shows (from L bottom) the Nos. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 and 6 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the plant on Sept. 19 and urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. The utility is moving ahead with decommissioning of the Nos. 1 to 4 units.

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TEPCO restores spent fuel pool cooling system

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo shows buildings housing the Nos. 1 to 4 reactor units (from top to bottom) at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on March 19, 2013. TEPCO said the same day it has resumed cooling the spent fuel pools of the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 reactors at the crippled nuclear power plant, a day after the key system was suspended due to a suspected problem with a power switchboard.

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TEPCO restores spent fuel pool cooling system

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo shows buildings housing the Nos. 1 to 4 reactor units (from L to R) at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on March 19, 2013. TEPCO said the same day it has resumed cooling the spent fuel pools of the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 reactors at the crippled nuclear power plant, a day after the key system was suspended due to a suspected problem with a power switchboard.

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Electricity trouble occurs at Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken March 11, 2013, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, with buildings housing reactor units No. 1 to 4 seen in the foreground (from R to L). TEPCO said March 18 a problem with electric power has occurred at the crippled nuclear power plant, leading to the suspension of the system to cool spent fuel pools of the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 units.

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China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational

STORY: China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational DATELINE: March 26, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:59 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XU JINLONG, Deputy General Manager, China National Nuclear Corporation STORYLINE: China's Hualong One demonstration project, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has been completed and put into commercial operation, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday. The No. 6 unit, the country's second nuclear power unit using Hualong One, is located in the city of Fuqing in east China's Fujian Province, and has met commercial operation conditions. The first Hualong One unit, the No. 5 unit, entered commercial operation in January 2021. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XU JINLONG, Deputy General Manager, China National Nuclear Corporation "The project's two nuclear power units are expected to generate nearly 20 billion kil

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-FUJIAN-NUCLEAR POWER UNIT-HUALONG ONE-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT-OPERATION (CN)

(220325) -- FUZHOU, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 29, 2021 shows the No. 5 (L) and No. 6 nuclear power units under the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) in Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province. Both nuclear power units use the Hualong One technology. China's Hualong One demonstration project, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has been completed and put into commercial operation, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday. TO GO WITH: "China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational" (Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-FUJIAN-NUCLEAR POWER UNIT-HUALONG ONE-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT-OPERATION (CN)

(220325) -- FUZHOU, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 1, 2021 shows the No. 6 (1st R) and No. 5 (2nd R) nuclear power units under the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) in Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province. China's Hualong One demonstration project, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has been completed and put into commercial operation, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday. TO GO WITH: "China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational" (Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-FUJIAN-NUCLEAR POWER UNIT-HUALONG ONE-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT-OPERATION (CN)

(220325) -- FUZHOU, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 1, 2021 shows nuclear power units under the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) in Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province. China's Hualong One demonstration project, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has been completed and put into commercial operation, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday. TO GO WITH: "China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational" (Xinhua)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-FUJIAN-NUCLEAR POWER UNIT-HUALONG ONE-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT-OPERATION (CN)

(220325) -- FUZHOU, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 1, 2021 shows nuclear power units under the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) in Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province. China's Hualong One demonstration project, a domestically designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has been completed and put into commercial operation, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on Friday. TO GO WITH: "China's Hualong One reactor demonstration project fully operational" (Xinhua)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-AERIAL PHOTO

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Jan. 27, 2021 shows the exterior view of nuclear power units of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) in Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province. China's first nuclear power unit using Hualong One, a domestically-designed third-generation nuclear reactor, has entered commercial operation, said the CNNC on Jan. 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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Appeal over reactor restarts in southwest Japan rejected

Photo taken April 6, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Satsumasendai shows the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant. The Fukuoka High Court on April 6 rejected an appeal by local residents against a lower court decision that allowed the two units to be restarted in the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5 yrs since triple meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi complex

Photo taken Feb. 15, 2016, shows reactor buildings of the Nos. 1 to 3 units at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. The three reactors suffered nuclear meltdowns almost five years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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KEPCO opens special checks on Takahama plant to reporters

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2014, shows the No. 1 reactor vessel of the Takahama nuclear power plant in the central Japan town of Takahama. Its operator Kansai Electric Power Co. allowed reporters to view special checks being conducted on the Nos. 1 and 2 units there. The checks are aimed at allowing the reactors to operate beyond the limit of 40 years. (Kyodo)

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Karel Havlicek, Jaroslav Mil, Daniel Benes, Bohdan Zronek, the reactor hall of the second unit of the Temelin nuclear power plant

The state-controlled CEZ, the biggest Czech energy group, must receive permission for the further operation of the two units of the Temelin nuclear power plant next year, CEZ Group CEO Daniel Benes told CTK today, on Friday, August 2nd, 2019. He said CEZ is busy preparing the documents to prolong the operation of the blocks and it should receive the permission in late 2020. The permission is given for an indefinite period.Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlicek (for ANO), said after his visit to the plant today that the security measures at Temelin are perfect. Benes said Temelin would operate until 2060 since the units should operate for at least 60 years. He added that the plant may still operate in the 2060s and the 2070s. CEZ launched the operation of the plant's first unit in 2000 and of the second one in 2001. On the photo from left: government's nuclear envoy Jaroslav Mil, Karel Havlicek, Daniel Benes and Bohdan Zronek, the nuclear division head of CEZ energy group. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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Karel Havlicek, the reactor hall of the second unit of the Temelin nuclear power plant

The state-controlled CEZ, the biggest Czech energy group, must receive permission for the further operation of the two units of the Temelin nuclear power plant next year, CEZ Group CEO Daniel Benes told CTK today, on Friday, August 2nd, 2019. He said CEZ is busy preparing the documents to prolong the operation of the blocks and it should receive the permission in late 2020. The permission is given for an indefinite period.Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlicek (for ANO, on the photo undergoes individual dosimetric control), said after his visit to the plant today that the security measures at Temelin are perfect. Benes said Temelin would operate until 2060 since the units should operate for at least 60 years. He added that the plant may still operate in the 2060s and the 2070s. CEZ launched the operation of the plant's first unit in 2000 and of the second one in 2001. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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Karel Havlicek, Jaroslav Mil, Jan Kruml, Daniel Benes, Bohdan Zronek, the reactor hall of the second unit of the Temelin nuclear power plant

The state-controlled CEZ, the biggest Czech energy group, must receive permission for the further operation of the two units of the Temelin nuclear power plant next year, CEZ Group CEO Daniel Benes told CTK today, on Friday, August 2nd, 2019. He said CEZ is busy preparing the documents to prolong the operation of the blocks and it should receive the permission in late 2020. The permission is given for an indefinite period.Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlicek (for ANO), said after his visit to the plant today that the security measures at Temelin are perfect. Benes said Temelin would operate until 2060 since the units should operate for at least 60 years. He added that the plant may still operate in the 2060s and the 2070s. CEZ launched the operation of the plant's first unit in 2000 and of the second one in 2001. On the photo from left: the nuclear division head of CEZ energy group Bohdan Zronek, Temelin plant head Jan Kruml, Karel Havlicek, government's nuclear envoy Jaroslav Mil and Daniel Benes. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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Karel Havlicek, the reactor hall of the second unit of the Temelin nuclear power plant

The state-controlled CEZ, the biggest Czech energy group, must receive permission for the further operation of the two units of the Temelin nuclear power plant next year, CEZ Group CEO Daniel Benes told CTK today, on Friday, August 2nd, 2019. He said CEZ is busy preparing the documents to prolong the operation of the blocks and it should receive the permission in late 2020. The permission is given for an indefinite period.Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlicek (for ANO), front right, said after his visit to the plant today that the security measures at Temelin are perfect. Benes said Temelin would operate until 2060 since the units should operate for at least 60 years. He added that the plant may still operate in the 2060s and the 2070s. CEZ launched the operation of the plant's first unit in 2000 and of the second one in 2001. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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Karel Havlicek, Jaroslav Mil, Daniel Benes, Bohdan Zronek, the reactor hall of the second unit of the Temelin nuclear power plant

The state-controlled CEZ, the biggest Czech energy group, must receive permission for the further operation of the two units of the Temelin nuclear power plant next year, CEZ Group CEO Daniel Benes told CTK today, on Friday, August 2nd, 2019. He said CEZ is busy preparing the documents to prolong the operation of the blocks and it should receive the permission in late 2020. The permission is given for an indefinite period.Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlicek (for ANO), said after his visit to the plant today that the security measures at Temelin are perfect. Benes said Temelin would operate until 2060 since the units should operate for at least 60 years. He added that the plant may still operate in the 2060s and the 2070s. CEZ launched the operation of the plant's first unit in 2000 and of the second one in 2001. On the photo from left: Karel Havlicek, government's nuclear envoy Jaroslav Mil, Daniel Benes and Bohdan Zronek, the nuclear division head of CEZ energy group. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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Karel Havlicek, Jaroslav Mil, Daniel Benes, Bohdan Zronek, the reactor hall of the second unit of the Temelin nuclear power plant

The state-controlled CEZ, the biggest Czech energy group, must receive permission for the further operation of the two units of the Temelin nuclear power plant next year, CEZ Group CEO Daniel Benes told CTK today, on Friday, August 2nd, 2019. He said CEZ is busy preparing the documents to prolong the operation of the blocks and it should receive the permission in late 2020. The permission is given for an indefinite period.Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlicek (for ANO), said after his visit to the plant today that the security measures at Temelin are perfect. Benes said Temelin would operate until 2060 since the units should operate for at least 60 years. He added that the plant may still operate in the 2060s and the 2070s. CEZ launched the operation of the plant's first unit in 2000 and of the second one in 2001. On the photo from left: Karel Havlicek, government's nuclear envoy Jaroslav Mil, Daniel Benes and Bohdan Zronek, the nuclear division head of CEZ energy group. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)