During the shutdown process, output from the 1392 MWe pressurised water reactor was gradually reduced by the stepwise insertion of the control rods into the reactor core. EnBW said this process - the same as that carried out prior to planned annual maintenance and refuelling outages - went "technically as planned and without any special features".
read more... 03/01/2020
Russia’s Gazprom has completed filling the TurkStream pipeline with natural gas, ahead of its upcoming commissioning, Kallanish Energy reports.
read more... 22/11/2019
A total of 3,6 billion tons of oil has been produced since the commissioning of operation of Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) fields, according to BP.
read more... 14/11/2019
Slovakia's new reactor Mochovce 3 has successfully completed hot testing. Owner Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) said the plant could be ready for fuel loading this summer, although it will then have to wait for regulatory approval which could take up to eight months.
read more... 17/04/2019
Unit 1 of the first nuclear power plant to be built in Belarus has started the commissioning phase, AtomStroyExport (ASE), the engineering subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has announced.
read more... 09/04/2019