atw - International Journal for Nuclear Power | 06/07.2019

atw Vol. 64 (2019) | Issue 6/7 ı June/July
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NEWS
There are three units in commercial
operation at the Shin-Kori site.
Units 1 and 2 are 996-MW OPR-1000
PWRs, while Unit 3 is an APR-1400.
Three more units – Shin-Kori-4, -5,
and -6 – are under construction and
all of the APR-1400 design.
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Novovoronezh 2-2 supplies
first electricity to grid
(nucnet) Unit 2 of the Novovoronezh 2
nuclear power station in Voronezh
oblast, western Russia, has supplied
electricity to the country’s grid
for the first time, Rosenergoatom,
the operating subsidiary of state
nuclear corporation Rosatom, has
announced.
The 1,114-MW VVER-1200 plant,
construction of which began in 2009,
was brought to minimum controlled
power level on 22 March and on 1 May
reached a level of 240 MW
The unit’s power will now be
­gradually increased to 100 % with full
commissioning scheduled by the end
of 2019, Rosenergoatom said.
Construction of Novovoronezh
2-2, a Generation III+ unit, began
in July 2009. It will be the third
unit of its type to be completed
in Russia. The others were its sister
unit, Novovoronezh 2-1, which began
commercial operation in February
2017, and Leningrad 2-1, which began
commercial operation in October
2018.
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Science & Research
IAEA launches project to help
countries fight food fraud
(iaea) The International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched a
five-year research project with experts
from 16 countries to refine methods to
apply nuclear-derived techniques to
test for accuracy in food labels.
The outcome of the project, carried
out in cooperation with the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO), will assist countries in
combatting fraud in high-value food
products, such as premium honey,
coffee and speciality rice varieties.
“Numerous foods are sold at
­premium prices because of specific
production methods, or geographical
origins,” said project coordinator and
IAEA food safety specialist Simon
Kelly. “In order to protect consumers
from fraud, and potential unintended
food safety issues, we need standardized
methods to confirm that the
product has the characteristics that
are claimed on the label.”
The project will help countries
apply stable isotope techniques to
protect and promote foods with
added- value, such as organic food or
products with specific geographical
origins like Jamaican Blue Mountain
coffee. The method works by looking
at the ratio of stable isotopes in
­elements – such as hydrogen, oxygen
and carbon – and the concentration of
elements in a sample of the product.
These can provide a unique fingerprint
that links a crop to the place
where it is cultivated.
The research project started with
a kick-off meeting last week and
will run for five years. Participating
countries include China, Costa Rica,
Denmark, India, Indonesia, Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Morocco,
Myanmar, New Zealand, Slovenia,
Spain, Thailand and Uruguay.
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