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US reactor completion delayed
10 August 2011: Watts Bar unit 2, US reactor had been due to enter service during 2012, will not enter commercial operation until 2013.
The construction and licensing schedule for the 1,270 MWe pressurised water reactor (PWR), will not meet now its 60-month timetable to complete the reactor. A licensing delay related to an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board hearing on an aquatic issue, plus the need to integrate safety modifications following the Fukushima accident in Japan, will also impact on the schedule. The authority is working with construction contractors to develop a detailed timetable for completion of the plant and to assess the impact on costs, although a more accurate assessment of costs will be made when the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issues a final report on Fukushima-related changes.
Source: yourindustrynews