The first unit at Russia’s Kursk‑II nuclear power plant has been synchronised to the grid, marking the debut of the 1250 MWe ...

Westinghouse fuel has been loaded into a VVER-440 reactor for the first time, at Ukraine's Rivne nuclear power plant. A ceremony was held to mark the occasion (Image: Energoatom) The supply of fuel ...

The VVER (water-water energetic reactor) technology was born during the time of the Soviet Union. In its main features (light water under pressure as coolant, low-enriched uranium fuel, two-circuit ...

LOVIISA, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westinghouse Electric Company has delivered the first reload of VVER-440 fuel assemblies to the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant. The loading of the new fuel is a key ...

A Russian energy firm has started the operation of fifth-generation nuclear fuel assemblies, which have been loaded into the VVER-1200 reactor core of Novovoronezh. The process performed at Rosatom ...

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westinghouse Electric Company recently completed the first VVER fuel reload deliveries to Temelín and Dukovany Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) in the Czech ...

Experiments to test the impact of load following on VVER-1200 fuel show it "did not have a significant impact on its main characteristics", Russia's nuclear power corporation has reported. Leningrad ...