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Nuclear News Roundup for August 13, 2018
Source: Neutron BytesChina’s Haiyang-1 AP1000 Reaches First Criticality (NucNet): The Haiyang-1 Generation III+ Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor unit in Shandong province reached first criticality on August 8th according…
UK Struggles to Keep Moorside Nuclear New Build Alive
Source: Neutron BytesThe UK government’s dithering over whether to take an equity stake in a turnkey effort at for the Moorside nuclear project has generated a raft of…
DOE Kicks $20M Out the Door for Advanced Nuclear R&D
Source: Neutron BytesThe Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine projects to receive $20 million in funding for cost-shared research and development for advanced nuclear technologies. It is…
Argonne’s IFR to Live Again at Point Lepreau, New Brunswick
Source: Neutron BytesARC Nuclear and New Brunswick Power (NB Power) have agreed to work together to take the necessary steps to develop, license, and build an advanced small…
Japan Says Burning MOX is Key to Reduce Plutonium Stocks
Source: Neutron BytesEfforts to Speed Up Reactor Restarts Using MOX May Get Get a Boost Nuclear reactor restarts for units that can burn mixed oxide fuel (MOX) in…
Jordan Downsizes its Nuclear Energy Ambitions to SMRs
Source: Neutron BytesJordan to replace a deal with Rosatom for two full size PWRs with one with South Korea for its SMART SMR design Jordan cites the financial…
Navy Nuclear Fuel Recycling Program for Approved By Senate
Source: Neutron BytesThe bipartisan proposal secured by Senators Crapo, Risch, and Whitehouse would fund a program to reuse spent naval fuel for advanced reactor technologies. A pilot plant…
Three western reactors headed for startup in China
Source: Neutron BytesUnit 1 of the Sammen nuclear power plant, a Westinghouse AP1000, located in China’s Zheiang province, has achieved first criticality Unit 1 of the Haiyang nuclear…
As costs drop, power increases, SMRs may ride like the wind
Source: Neutron BytesNuScale announces a 20% increase in electrical output combined with a significant decrease in the cost NuScale in an exclusive Q&A provides more details on its…
World Environment Day in 2018 Silent on Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesSo much for global warming, but there is a great future in plastics. According to the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), World Environment Day (WED) occurs…
Mexico Signs a 123 Agreement with U.S.
Source: Neutron BytesThe Federal government has sent to Congress a long awaited 123 Agreement with Mexico which, if approved, will open the door for U.S. firms to export…
NEI Focuses on Advanced Reactors at National Meeting
Source: Neutron BytesAdvanced Reactors At DOE and DOE Federal Facilities (NucNet): The US House of Representatives has asked the energy secretary to prepare a report on a pilot…
GE-Hitachi to Offer 300 MW SMR
Source: Neutron BytesDesign work is underway to downsize the 1500 MW ESBWR to a 300 MW model to be called the BWRX300. As yet no date has been…
Advocacy to Keep US Nuclear Reactors Open Picks Up Steam
Source: Neutron BytesIt has begun to dawn on people who advocate energy policy, and who report and analyze it, that closing nuclear power plants, due mostly to low…
Japan’s Plans for Nuclear Exports Hit Speed Bumps
Source: Neutron BytesHitachi seeks to reduce equity stake in UK nuclear project by 50% Soaring costs for Turkey’s Sinop project causes a key investor to pull out Japan’s…
Saudi Arabia and the Gold Standard in a 123 Agreement
Source: Neutron BytesOpinion – My view is that the whole posture of KSA on enrichment is to get the US to keep the Iran deal so that it…
Benefits of Flexible Nuclear Energy Operations for Renewables
Source: Neutron BytesKeeping the balance: How flexible nuclear operation can help add more wind and solar to the grid A new model finds operating nuclear plants flexibly can…
DOE Awards $60M for Advanced Nuclear Energy R&D
Source: Neutron BytesThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 13 projects to receive approximately $60 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development for advanced nuclear…
Egypt’s $60 Billion Bet on Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesIt is one of the largest nuclear energy deals (4800 MW) inked so far this century and is similar in scale as a project in terms…
U.S. and Canadian Nuclear Labs Announce Programs to Support Developers and Supply Chains for Small Modular and Advanced Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesAdvanced Nuclear Supply Chain Meeting to be held at Idaho National Laboratory 5/16-16 NuScale, which will build its first SMR unit for its customer UAMPS at…