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Toshiba selling westinghouse or what?
Financially speaking, Toshiba has to sell both Westinghouse and NAND, the only question is: Who are the buyers? The Trump administration is intervening to block out Chinese from buying these assets.


In my opinion, Toshiba NAND is second only to Samung NAND and on par with SK Hynix, is a valuable asset. But the deeply troubled Westinghouse? China should avoid it, just like has avoided the equally troubled Areva earlier. China owns the latest PWR tech and is the largest builder of PWR, it's interesting that US administration instead of encouraging Toshiba to pitch China for Westinghouse rescue, they wanna block China out. Who else can they call? Hitachi-GE are on LWR tech so no interests in PWR, Mitsubishi is sworn rival of Toshiba and they are already busy in rescuing Areva, only KEPCO is left.

 
Toshiba selling westinghouse or what?
They have to, they have no choice.

As far as Westinghouse constructing nuclear power station, that day is over. The simple fact is they lost that capability due to a shortage of contractors who can build them. It is like if you are not practicing your skill, you lose it.
 
Argentina, China, Close To Signing Contract For Atucha III
Nuclear Street News Mon, May 8 2017

Argentina's energy deputy secretary Julian Gadano confirmed this week that China and Argentina will sign contracts on May 17 for construction of two nuclear reactors, comprising Atucha III, which will be constructed in the province of Buenos Aires close to Atucha II.

Gadano said there were still a few details “to iron out,” but that the basic framework for the contract was intact and that it would be signed by President Mauricio Marcri in a visit to Beijing later this month.

Financing includes a 4.5 percent 20-year plus eight-year loan covering the $12.5 billion estimated cost of the project. The additional eight years is for payments made after the plant begins to generate electricity.

The work, lead by the China National Nuclear Corporation, is expected to begin on Atucha III in 2018.

Argentina currently has three nuclear reactors, which produce about 10 percent of the country's electricity. Atucha I, a 335 Net MWe reactor, began operations in 1974, while Atucha II (net MWe 692) began in 2014. The 600 MWe Candu-6 model reactor in Embalse began operations in 1983. Combined, the three reactors have 1627 net MWe.

http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_po...ose-to-signing-contract-for-atucha-iii-050802
 
Construction begins on China-invested British nuclear project
Source: Xinhua| 2017-05-09 20:35:16|Editor: Mengjie



BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Construction is underway on the main part of a nuclear power project at Hinkley Point in Britain funded partly by Chinese investment.

The latest news of power plant was revealed by Tan Jiansheng, vice president of China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN), at a press conference Tuesday.

As a flagship projects of China-Britain cooperation, Hinkley Point C is co-invested by a CGN-led Chinese consortium and French state-owned power giant EDF, with the Chinese side holding a one-third stake in the project.

The two sides struck the final agreement on the 18 billion British pound project with the British government in September last year. It will be the first new nuclear power plant in Britain for more than 20 years.

Upon completion, Hinkley Point C will provide 7 percent of Britain's electricity, according to Tan.

CGN and EDF are cooperating on another two British nuclear projects at Sizewell and Bradwell. The Bradwell project will use the Hualong One design, China's third-generation nuclear reactor design, if the technology passes British regulatory inspections.
 
Argentina and China sign contract for two reactors
18 May 2017

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The signing of the contract (Image: CNNC)
NASA president Omar Semoloni (L), CNNC board chairman Wang Shoujun (R)

In November 2015, Argentina signed deals with China for the construction of its fourth and fifth nuclear power plants: a third Candu PHWR at the Atucha site and a PWR at an unspecified site. The projects were said to be worth around $15 billion, with China contributing 85% of the required financing, according to a statement issued at that time by the Argentine president's office.

A memorandum of understanding affirming that agreement - made under the previous government of then-president Cristina Fernandez - was signed in June 2016 by Argentina's minister of energy and mining Juan José Aranguren and Nur Bekri, director of China's National Energy Administration.

Yesterday a general contract was signed between Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA (NASA), China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) and CNNC subsidiary China Zhongyuan Engineering Corporation (CZEC) for the two reactors. The contract was signed by NASA president Omar Semoloni, CNNC board chairman Wang Shoujun and CZEC president Yang Chaodong.

According to the agreement, CNNC and NASA will begin construction in 2018 of a 700 MWe Candu-6 PHWR and will start building a 1000 MWe Hualong One PWR in 2020.

In July 2014, China and Argentina signed a new high-level agreement towards construction of a third PHWR at the Atucha plant in Argentina. Through the agreement, CNNC is to assist NASA by providing goods and services under long-term financing. That agreement was ratified in February 2015. The accord provides for NASA - holder of rights to Candu technology - to be designer, architect-engineer, builder and operator of the new reactor.

In 2012, central planners in Beijing directed CGN and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to 'rationalise' their reactor programs. This meant CNNC's ACP1000 and CGN's ACPR1000 were 'merged' into one standardised design - the Hualong One. CGN refers to its version of Hualong One as the HPR1000. In fact, each company has its own supply chain and their versions of Hualong One will differ slightly (units built by CGN will use some features from the ACPR1000), but the design is considered to be standardised. It is set for wide deployment in China as well as export to other countries.

Hualong International Nuclear Power Technology - the joint venture between CGN and CNNC to promote the Hualong One reactor design in export markets - was officially inaugurated in March 2016.

Pakistan's Karachi Coastal Power station is likely to be the first export of Hualong One units. The Hualong One design is also being promoted for use at the Bradwell site in the UK.

Researched and written
by World Nuclear News


http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Argentina-and-China-sign-contract-for-two-reactors-1805175.html
 
China unveils flagship nuclear tech to be used in Karachi atomic plants
Updated: May 28, 2017 18:37 IST

The two reactors China is helping to build in Pakistan will cost around $10 billion and are expected to be completed within the decade.
China has successfully installed the “containment dome” of a demonstration nuclear project in eastern Fujian province that uses a third generation reactor (Hualong One) which will also power two plants in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. The third generation reactor, which has advanced technology and improvements developed on second generation reactors, will be used in the two plants China is building in Karachi.

Read the article at http://www.hindustantimes.com/world...omic-plants/story-8mcI9oXr8JqlqkdwW5eyIK.html


China tops out home-grown reactor planned for UK
1 June 2017 | By GCR Staff

China has successfully installed the containment dome for its first home-grown nuclear power project using Hualong One technology, in east China’s Fujian Province. The same reactor design has been submitted for review for a new nuclear power plant in the UK, at Bradwell in Essex. The giant dome, weighing 340 tonnes and measuring 46.8m in diameter, was lowered by crane on the No. 5 unit of Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, run by China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) in Fuqing City on 25 May.The feat marked the end of construction work on the pilot project and the start of the assembly stage, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Read the article at http://pl.globalconstructionreview....grown-rea7ctor-pla7nned-u7k/#googtrans(en|pl)

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Zoomlion Crane Helps Hoist and Install the Dome of the First Hualong One Reactor in the Work. At 17: 58 on May 25th, Zoomlion 3200-tonne crawler crane successfully lowered down the dome with a weight of approximately 340 tonne onto the top of the 45m high reactor, marking that the lifting and installation of the dome of Hualong One pilot nuclear power project-unit 5 of the Fujian Fuqing nuclear power plant was successfully completed. From then on, Hualong One pilot nuclear power project has been fully transferred to equipment installation phase from civil engineering construction phase.

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China ready to participate in building nuclear fuel production facilities in Ukraine – Energy Ministry
By Interfax-Ukraine. Published May 15 at 7:38 pm

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The Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry intends to put its projects to produce nuclear fuel in Ukraine back on track. Photo by Courtesy

China is ready to participate in the construction of facilities for nuclear fuel production in Ukraine, the press service of the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine reported following the talks within the framework of the One Belt, One Road forum in Beijing.

"China has expressed interest in the joint implementation of the investment project based at the mine, which is being constructed at the Novokostiantynivske uranium ore deposit, and is ready to take part in the construction of production facilities in Ukraine to manufacture fuel assemblies for Ukrainian nuclear power plants," the press service said.​

As reported, Energy and Coal Industry Minister of Ukraine Ihor Nasalyk has said Westinghouse and a French company were interested in building a factory for nuclear fuel production in Ukraine.

https://www.kyivpost.com/business/c...clear-fuel-production-facilities-ukraine.html
 
I couldn't imagine that one day a Chinese nuclear reactor can even be 'considered' for UK market. Times have changed indeed.
Global geopolitics has changed, underpinned by paradigm shift of economy and technology maps.
 
Three new Chinese nuclear companies in UK
By Rupert Reid (CRI Online) 10:31, June 17, 2017

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The model of Hualong One reactor [File photo: CGN]

Three new companies have been formed to help deliver Chinese nuclear power projects in the UK.

Founded by China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN), the new companies will be a key part of the approval and implementation process of the new nuclear technology which will power a number of British stations.

The news is being seen as a display of confidence by CGN that the projects remain feasible, despite the UK's imminent exit from the European Union.

As we reported in May, there had been fears that the Brexit process, which also includes the UK leaving the European nuclear regulatory body Euratom, would lead to long delays in the certification of new technology.

Alongside the three new companies, EDF from France and CGN have together formed General Nuclear Services (GNS). GNS will work on a number of new nuclear power projects in the UK, including at Hinkley Point C and Bradwell in Essex.

These projects represent an investment worth billions of pounds by GNS, and so any delay caused by Brexit would not have been welcome.

The technology behind the new power stations is, however, progressing well. The Chinese-designed HPR1000 nuclear reactor, which will power them, is starting the process of gaining UK certification.

That’s referred to as ‘General Design Assessment’ and is expected to take around four years to complete.
 
Three new Chinese nuclear companies in UK
By Rupert Reid (CRI Online) 10:31, June 17, 2017

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The model of Hualong One reactor [File photo: CGN]

Three new companies have been formed to help deliver Chinese nuclear power projects in the UK.

Founded by China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN), the new companies will be a key part of the approval and implementation process of the new nuclear technology which will power a number of British stations.

The news is being seen as a display of confidence by CGN that the projects remain feasible, despite the UK's imminent exit from the European Union.

As we reported in May, there had been fears that the Brexit process, which also includes the UK leaving the European nuclear regulatory body Euratom, would lead to long delays in the certification of new technology.

Alongside the three new companies, EDF from France and CGN have together formed General Nuclear Services (GNS). GNS will work on a number of new nuclear power projects in the UK, including at Hinkley Point C and Bradwell in Essex.

These projects represent an investment worth billions of pounds by GNS, and so any delay caused by Brexit would not have been welcome.

The technology behind the new power stations is, however, progressing well. The Chinese-designed HPR1000 nuclear reactor, which will power them, is starting the process of gaining UK certification.

That’s referred to as ‘General Design Assessment’ and is expected to take around four years to complete.


That day already come right now ! Congrats China :china:

a couple years ago, there is no one can Imagine that UK will buy and use Chinese made Nuclear Reactor for their Power Plant.
But now, everything is Different :enjoy:
 
Enter the Nimble Dragon: China sees nuclear future in small reactors
A little bigger than a bus and able to be transported by truck, the small reactors could eventually cost less than a tenth the price of conventional models

China is betting on new, small-scale nuclear reactor designs that could be used in isolated regions, on ships and even aircraft as part of an ambitious plan to wrest control of the global nuclear market.

Within weeks, state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) is set to launch a small modular reactor (SMR) dubbed the “Nimble Dragon” with a pilot plant on the island province of Hainan, according to company officials.
Unlike new large scale reactors that cost upward of $10 billion per unit and need large safety zones, SMRs create less toxic waste and can be built in a single factory.

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Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s reactor building. Reuters/Kyodo
But these so-called “third-generation” reactors have been mired in financing problems and building delays, deterring all but the most enthusiastically pro-nuclear nations.

The challenges of financing and building large, expensive reactors contributed to the bankruptcy of Toshiba Inc’s nuclear unit, Westinghouse, and to the financial problems that forced France’s Areva to restructure.

SMRs have capacity of less than 300 megawatts (MW) – enough to power around 200,000 homes – compared to at least 1 gigawatt (GW) for standard reactors.

China is aiming to lift domestic nuclear capacity to 200 GW by 2030, up from 35 GW at the end of March, but its ambitions are global.

CNNC designed the Linglong, or “Nimble Dragon” to complement its larger Hualong or “China Dragon” reactor and has been in discussions with Pakistan, Iran, Britain, Indonesia, Mongolia, Brazil, Egypt and Canada as potential partners.

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A model of the nuclear reactor “Hualong One” at the booth of the China National Nuclear Corporation at an expo in Beijing, China April 29, 2017. Reuters/Stringer
“The big reactor is the Hualong One, the small reactor is the Linglong One – many countries intend to cooperate with CNNC’s ‘two dragons going out to sea’,” Yu Peigen, vice-president of CNNC, told a briefing in May.

Crowded field
Others are also pursuing the technology, with around 50 different SMR designs worldwide according to the IAEA. Russia leads the way on floating plants suitable for its remote Arctic regions, and construction underway on the world’s biggest icebreaker.

U.S. firms including Westinghouse and Babcock & Wilcox have been developing their own SMRs, along with smaller start-ups like the Bill Gates-backed Terrapower.

CNNC is now working on offshore floating nuclear plants it plans to use on islands in the South China Sea, as well as mini-reactors capable of replacing coal-fired heating systems in northern China. Company scientists are even looking at designs that could be installed on aircraft.

Elsewhere in China, Tsinghua University is building a version using a “pebblebed” of ceramic-coated fuel units that form the reactor core, improving efficiency. Shanghai scientists are also planning to build a pilot “molten salt” reactor, a potentially cheaper and safer technology where waste comes out in salt form.

The success of new small-scale reactors hinges on investors seeing new large-scale plants coming online and building on those successes, said Christopher Levesque, Terrapower’s president.

“We’re not competing with those folks, we’re rooting for them,” he told an industry forum in Shanghai last month.

China has had some overseas success already with its Hualong reactor, with Pakistan currently building a plant using the technology. The Hualong is also expected to gain regulatory approval in Britain after China helped finance the $24 billion Hinkley Point nuclear project there.

Costs key
Officials acknowledge nuclear still struggles to compete with cheaper coal- or gas-fired power.

The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency estimates developers will need to build at least five SMRs at a time to keep costs down.

Taking into account much lower safety, environmental and processing costs, however, the agency said SMRs could be competitive with new, large-scale reactors — particularly in remote regions where the alternative is a costly extension of power grids.

“Given the delays and cost overruns associated with large-scale nuclear reactors around the world currently, the smaller size, reduced capital costs and shorter construction times associated with SMRs make them an attractive alternative,” said Georgina Hayden, head of power and renewables at BMI Research.

Some developers believe basic SMR construction costs could eventually be cut to $2,000-$3,000 per kilowatt, making it competitive with large third-generation plants and new, low-emission, coal-fired power.

“The cost of small reactors is a little higher than big reactors right now,” CNNEC’s Chen told Reuters on the sidelines of an industry expo in Beijing. “But we believe that alongside the further development and bulk production of this technology, costs will decline further.”

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Third-gen Chinese nuclear technology arrives in Karachi
By Sabena Siddiqui June 23, 2017 10:00 PM (UTC+8)

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After successfully developing electrical power for the domestic market for 25 years, the Chinese nuclear industry’s flagship technology now is available abroad for the first time. Having signed nuclear deals for projects in the United Kingdom, Argentina, Pakistan and Iran, two major Chinese state-owned enterprises formed Hualong International to launch formally the Hualong One third-generation nuclear-reactor brand.

Negotiating exports with nearly 20 countries now, China is the eighth exporter of nuclear power plants and supplier of peaceful nuclear energy globally, and could be operating the highest number of nuclear projects by 2030.

Constructed outside China for the first time, two Hualong One nuclear reactors are being installed in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. Boasting the Chinese nuclear industry’s flagship technology, the construction model complements the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) vision for countries participating in the project. Perfecting the new design, China employed state-of-the-art technology for peaceful nuclear requirements badly needed for solving Pakistan’s dire energy crisis. The project is costing US$10 billion and will be completed within a decade. The innovative design employed in these plants is the company’s first 1,100-megawatt reactor overseas.

Developed by China National Nuclear Power, a subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), Hualong Ones are indigenously designed third-generation reactors with the advanced technology and improvements of the second generation. There are 14 such reactors under construction, of which two are being installed at Karachi while the rest will be used in China.

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Furnishing details, CNNC spokesman Pan Jianming stated that the second Karachi nuclear-power project was underway by now. The first was the K2 plant under construction since August last year, while the second is K3. Announcing its specifications at a forum in Fuqing (where the pilot project is based), he said: “Hualong One was developed based on very mature technologies, and the project is going very smoothly. It will help ease power shortages in the Karachi region after completion.” The project has also passed all pressure tests satisfactorily.

Safety is the first priority, and Karachi plants K2 and K3 have been planned for a height of 12 meters above sea level, keeping in mind that the greatest tsunami-alert level for Karachi is 2.5 meters. According to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, the projects will also be able to withstand an air crash, earthquakes and other natural disasters.

Early this year, Pakistan’s request for the application of safeguards at the K-2 and K-3 nuclear power plants was approved by the board of directors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Capacity-wise, pressurized water reactors K2 and K3 have installed capacity of 1,100MW each.

Basically, Pakistan had an insufficient 1,040MW-capacity civil nuclear program, and additional nuclear power generation became imperative from a strategic point of view as well as for overcoming its energy crisis. Having an excellent IAEA-endorsed record of security in operating nuclear power plants since 1972, Pakistan went ahead with bolstering its civilian nuclear energy requirements, and the previous Chashma 1 and 2 projects were also built with Beijing’s assistance, out of six planned reactors. The third unit is also operational.

Nuclear energy is the safest and most reliable means of power generation for a developing country like Pakistan as it provides an enormous supply of electricity with a small amount of uranium. However, such projects are absolutely civil in nature, this aspect having been stated by the Chinese Foreign Ministry as well: “China has stated on many occasions that the cooperation between China and Pakistan in the civil nuclear energy sector is completely for peaceful purpose.”

Potentially a complicated process, installation of the containment dome of the demonstration nuclear project using the third-generation reactor was recently completed in Fujian province. The hemispherical dome weighing 340 tonnes and measuring 46.8 meters in diameter is put in place by a crane.

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Explaining the procedure, Yu Peigen, the deputy general manager of CNNC, said: “The dome will be used for protection against nuclear accidents under extreme conditions. The installation marks the completion of construction work on the pilot project and the beginning of the assembly stage.”

Successful completion of this stage perfects and finalizes the development process of China’s third-generation reactor design, making it a reliable brand for use in Belt and Road countries.

Termed the “business card of China”, the innovative, advanced reactor is called the Chinese nuclear power industry’s “flagship brand” as it identifies with the BRI mega-project on an international level. After the landmark achievement of successful installation of the containment dome, Premier Li Keqiang stressed the importance of quality and safety regarding “China’s first demonstration nuclear power project using Hualong One technology”. He stated that “absolute safety” must be guaranteed in nuclear-power construction, operation and management.

After successful completion of the Karachi projects, the next countries in line for construction of Hualong One reactors are Argentina and Britain.


http://www.atimes.com/third-gen-chinese-nuclear-technology-arrives-karachi/
 
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