Turkey’s first NPP unit gets commissioning permit

The Council of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NDK) of Turkey issued a permit for the commissioning of unit-1 at Akkuyu  Nuclear Power Plant, the first-ever nuclear power facility in the country. The permit enables the commencement of the start–up and adjustment works at the final stage of the NPP construction.

El-Dabaa NPP starts construction work of unit 3

El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in Egypt has started its construction work of Unit 3, a press release said Thursday. The first concrete pouring ceremony follows the issuance of the construction permit for the unit by the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority on 29 March 2023. Dr. Amged El-Wakeel, board chairman of

Rooppur NPP: Hydro-accumulators’ testing begins in Russia

Hydraulic testing of half bodies of Passive Core Flooding System (PCFS) Hydro-accumulators begins at Petrozavodsk Branch of AEM-Technologies, Russia. These are intended for Power Unit - 2 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. Eight PCFS Hydro-accumulators will be installed in each unit. According to Rosatom, the Russian contractor of the Rooppur NPP, hydraulic