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Reactor: PWR Output: 915 MWe Location: Bushehr, Iran In the News: Bushehr - 1975 - Construction of the plant was started - 1979 - Construction stopped after Islamic revolution of Iran - 1995 - Contract for finishing the plant was signed between Iran and the Russian Ministry for Atomic Energy...

Harris Units 2 & 3 Licensing Status: Scheduled Site: Existing Site Shearon Harris Reactor: Westinghouse Advanced Passive 1000 (AP1000) Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) Projected Online: 2019 - 2020 In the News: Shearon Harris Units 2 & 3 NRC Application Review Schedule ...

Comanche Peak Units 3 & 4 Licensing Status: Scheduled Dependent on DC Review Site: Existing Site Comanche Peak Reactor: United States Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR) Projected Online: May 2018 In the News: Comanche Peak NRC Application Review Schedule Key Milestones...

Bellefonte Units 3 & 4 Licensing Status: Review Suspended 9/29/2010 Site: TVA's Bellefonte site near Scottsboro in Jackson County, Alabama Reactor: Westinghouse Advanced Passive 1000 (AP1000) Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) Projected Online: Unit 3 - 2017 Unit 4 – 2019 In the...

Virgil C Summer Units 2 & 3 Licensing Status: Scheduled Site: Existing Site Virgil C Summer Reactor: Westinghouse Advanced Passive 1000 (AP1000) Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) Projected Online: Unit 3 - 2016 Unit 4 – 2019 In the News: Virgil C Summer Units 2 & 3 NRC Application...

Reactor: RBMK-1000 Output: 925 Mwe Location: Western Russia on the bank of the Seym River In the News: Kursk Unit 5 1985 Start of project 2010 No official announcement that the project has been cancelled, but it is "unlikely to be completed" according to World Nuclear Association

Reactor: PWR Output: 1950 Mwe Location: 120 miles northwest of Moscow, in Tver Oblast near the town of Udomlya In the News: Kalinin Unit 4 1986 Start of project 2011 Connected to electricity grid

Reactor: FBR Output: 804 Mwe Location: Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia 1987 Start of project 2013 Expected commercial use

Reactor: PWR Output: 300 MWe Location: Kundian, Punjab, Pakistan - 2004 - Contract signed for unit 2 - April 2005 - Ceremony was held by both parties of China and Pakistan - December 2005 - First concrete poured at unit 2 - 2007 - Success of the dome placement of C-2 Project - April 2009...

Reactor: ABWR Output: 1373 MWe Location: Kashima-chou in the city of Matsue in the Shimane Prefecture In the News: Shimane Unit 3 - December 2005 - Construction begins - February 2011 - Delays due to fault with control rod drive mechanism - March 2012 - Expected start commercial operation

Reactor: ABWR Output: 1325 MWe Location: Ōma, Aomori In the News: Ohma - 2008 - Electric Power announced a 2.5-year delay to allow for additional work to make the plant resistant to a strong earthquake - November 2014 - Expected to begin operation

Reactor: PFBR Output: 500 MWe Location: Kalpakkam, India - 2007 - Reactor being constructed - September 2010 - Preliminary construction for 2 more reactors begins - 2011 - Completion deadline - 2013 - Target for critically and commercial operation

Reactor: PWR Output: 917 MWe Location: Kudankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern India In the News: Kudankulam Units 1 & 2 - 1988 - Project was signed and agreed upon - 1998 - Project on hold due to objections of the United States on the grounds that the agreement does not...

Reactor: EPR Output: 1650MWe Location: Flamanville, France In the News: Flamanville 3 - 2006 - EdF board approved construction of Flamanville 3 - 2007 - First concrete was poured - 2011 - "New approach" delays completion - 2016 - Completion of construction expected

Olkiluoto 3 Status: Under construction - May 2005 - Construction begins - February 2008 - Steam generators successfully installed - June 2010 - Reactor pressure vessel successfully installed - Expected to begin operation in August 2014

Yangjiang – Guangdong Status: Under Construction In the News: Yangjiang - 2004 - Development of all six units of the Yangjiang plant was approved - CPR-1000 confirmed as technology for it - December 2008 - Construction of the first of two units started - November 2010 - Construction on...

Taishan – Guangdong Status: Under Construction In the News: Taishan - November 2007 - contract signed by Areva and the Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPC) - October 2009 – construction begins for Unit 1 - April 2010 - construction begins for Unit 2 - December 2013 – Unit...

Sanmen – Zhejiang Status: Under Construction In the News: Sanmen - 2006 - Westinghouse AP1000 reactor design was selected for Sanmen in Zhejiang province (and for Yangjiang in Guangdong province, with the latter site changed to Haiyang) - July 2007 - contracts with Westinghouse and Shaw...

Qinshan Phase II - Zhejiang Status: Under Construction - April 2006 – construction of second stage formally inaugurated - March 2006 – first concrete poured for Unit 3 - January 2007 – first concrete poured for Unit 4 - Local content of the two 650 MWe CNP-600 reactors will...

Ling Ao Phase II Unit 2 - Guangdong Status: Under Construction In the News: Ling Ao Phase II Unit 2 - Guangdong Nuclear Power Group signed contract with Chinese designers and manufacturers for two CPR-1000 reactors - Construction started in December 2005 with the 1080 MWe units - Unit 1 –...

Hongyanhe – Liaoning Status: Under Construction In the News: Hongyanhe - First nuclear power station receiving central government approval to build four units at the same time, and the first in northeast China - August 2007 - Construction of the first unit of the Hongyanhe nuclear power...

Haiyang – Shandong Status: Under Construction In the News: Haiyang - July 2007 - Shangdong Nuclear Power Company (a subsidiary of CPI) signed contracts with Westinghouse and Shaw for two AP1000 - March 2009 - NDRC approved preliminary works for units 3 and 4 at the CPI site, to be AP1000...

Fuging – Fujian Status: Under Construction - November 2008 – First concrete poured for Unit 1 - June 2009 – First concrete poured for Unit 2 - December 2010 – First concrete poured for Unit 3 - 2011 - Construction expected to begin on Unit 4 - October 2013 - Unit 1...

Reactor: PHWR Output: 640 MWe Location: Surat, India In the News: Kakrapar Units 3 & 4 2010 Construction begins on Units 3 & 4 2015 Unit 3 expected to begin operation 2016 Unit 4 expected to begin operation

Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Licensing Status: Scheduled Site: Existing Site Vogtle Reactor: Westinghouse Advanced Passive 1000 (AP1000) Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) Projected Online: Unit 3 - 2016 Unit 4 – 2017 In the News: Vogtle Units 3 & 4 NRC Application Review Schedule...