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Cruas Shutdown Extended Says EDF
Source: NewsFrench utility EDF is postponing the restart of the Cruas nuclear plant’s Unit 2 until mid-week in order to extend the inspection prompted by the 5.1…
Rosatom Completes Fuel Deliveries To India
Source: NewsRosatom's nuclear fuel division TVEL JSC has shipped the final consignment of uranium fuel pellets for BWR reactors in India, completing their contractual obligations with the…
UK's Frazer-Nash To Work On Tokamak Reactor
Source: Newsleading systems and engineering technology consultancy Frazer-Nash has been appointed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to deliver the concept design for a key component…
IAEA Team Reviews Uruguay's Nuclear Security Framework
Source: NewsAn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts completed a nuclear security advisory mission in Uruguay, which was carried out at the request of the…
Framatome Advances Underwater Maintenance Technique
Source: NewsFramatome applied a cutting-edge maintenance technique on reactor vessel primary nozzles at Dominion Energy’s Millstone Power Station during the plant’s spring 2019 outage, the company announced…
WANO Signs MOU With Chinese Counterpart
Source: NewsThe World Association of Nuclear Operators and the China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) have signed a memorandum of understanding which formalizes their arrangement to work together…
SKB Receives Two Approvals For Repository Extension
Source: NewsSwedish nuclear waste management company Svensk Karnbranslehantering (SKB) announced that it had received two critical approvals for the extension of the Final Repository for Short-Lived Radioactive…
Deep Isolation, NAC, Sign Agreement
Source: NewsDeep Isolation, a leading innovator in spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level waste (HLW) storage and disposal solutions, has signed a cooperative agreement with NAC International…
La Crosse Decommissioning Reaches Milestone
Source: NewsSalt Lake City-baserd EnergySolutions, Inc. announced today it has completed the physical work at the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor (LACBWR) Decommissioning Project. This includes remediation…
Fuel Loading Begins At Darlington Unit 2
Source: NewsThe Ontario Power Generation (OPG) said that fuel loading had begun at Darlington Unit 2, where a refurbishment project was reported in September to be 90…
Earthquake In France Prompts Cruas-Meysse Shut Down
Source: NewsFrench utility EDF said it was taking precautionary measures to evaluate potential damage to the Cruas-Meysse nuclear power plants in southeast France after a 5.1 magnitude…
GNF Teams With X-Energy On TRISO Fuel
Source: NewsGlobal Nuclear Fuel (GNF) and X-energy said they would collaborate to produce low-cost TRi-structural ISOtropic (TRISO) particle nuclear fuel.
IAEA Reviews UK Regulatory Framework
Source: NewsAn International Atomic Energy Agency review team noted that the United Kingdom is demonstrating a commitment to strengthening regulations for nuclear and radiation safety, but also…
Three Remain As Angra 3 Partnership Choices
Source: NewsThe Brazilian state nuclear power company Eletronuclear, which is looking for a partner to complete the Angra Unit 3 reactor has narrowed its search down to…
Orano With EWN, To Dismantle Two German Power Plants
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power service company Orano, together with partner EWN (Entsorgungswerk für Nuklearanlagen GmbH) of Germany has been awarded two contracts by utility RWE to carry…
Nuclear Shut Down In Japan Called Counter-Productive
Source: NewsA study on the aftermath of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station accident of March 2011 has found surprising connections between Japan’s reaction to the accident,…
Kursk II, Unit 2, Core Catcher Delivered
Source: NewsRussian nuclear power giant Rosatom said Friday that the core catcher for the Kursk II, Unit 2 reactor in Western Russia close to Ukraine had arrived…
GEH And Synthos SA Of Poland Sign MOU On BWRX-300
Source: NewsGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said Monday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Poland's Synthos SA to promote collaboration on potential deployment applications…
Orano Service Contract Covers Three EDF Plants
Source: NewsOrano has just signed a contract worth almost $120 million to supply services for the EDF nuclear power plants of Paluel (Seine Maritime), Civaux (Vienne) and…
New Safety Controls Installed At Calvert Cliffs
Source: NewsFramatome and Lockheed Martin successfully completed the installation and site acceptance testing of a new Engineered Safety Features Actuation System (ESFAS) replacement for Exelon Generation’s Calvert…