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Fukushima-Daiichi / Japan Asks For IAEA Support With Release Of Radioactive Water Into Sea
Source: NucNetJapan has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency for support with the proposed release into the sea of treated radioactive water accumulating at the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power station. Japan wants IAEA experts to help evaluate…
US / BWXT And X-energy Win DoD Contracts For Microreactor Development
Source: NucNetThe US Department of Defense awarded BWXT Advanced Technologies and X-energy contracts to create a final prototype for a transportable advanced nuclear microreactor. The two teams were selected from a preliminary design competition, and will…
Lightbridge And Framatome Dissolve Enfission
Source: NewsU.S. and French Nuclear power service companies Lightbridge Corporation and Framatome, said they had brokered an agreement that would allow them to dissolve their 50-50 Enfission joint venture, which they formed in January 2018.
Sizewell C / New Nuclear Station Could Bring £4.4 Billion Boost To East Of England, Says Report
Source: NucNetThe project to build two commercial nuclear power plants at Sizewell C in the county of Suffolk, southeast England, would result in £4.4bn of the construction cost being spent in the East of England, of…
Lithuania / Energy Minister Says Belarusian Nuclear Project ‘Raises Growing Concerns’
Source: NucNetLithuania does not see a problem with Poland’s proposed nuclear power programme, but has concerns about the Russia-supplied Belarusian nuclear power station under construction near its border in Ostrovets, Lithuanian energy minister Dainius Kreivys told…
Barakah / Fuel Loading Complete At Unit 2, Announces Nawah Energy
Source: NucNetUnited Arab Emirates nuclear operator Nawah Energy Company has successfully completed fuel loading for Unit 2 of the Barakah nuclear power station near Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, a statement by the company said. The operation began…
Haleu Fuel / Centrus Says US Production Could Begin ‘By Next Year’
Source: NucNetConstruction of the first facility in the US for the production of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (Haleu) is on track with the first Haleu fuel expected to be produced by next year, Centrus Energy Corporation said.…
Canada / OPG Applies For Renewal Of Darlington Nuclear Site Licence
Source: NucNetOntario Power Generation (OPG) has applied to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for renewal of the site preparation licence for the Darlington new nuclear project, the Organisation of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) said. In 2012,…
Pakistan / China-Supplied Kanupp-2 Reactor Synchronised To Grid
Source: NucNetThe China-supplied Kanupp-2 nuclear power plant under construction in southern Pakistan has been synchronised to the grid with commercial operation scheduled for next month. Omar Ayub Khan, Pakistan's minister for power, petroleum and natural resources,…
Moltex Gets $50.5M CDN in Gov’t Grants for its Advanced SMR
Source: Neutron BytesMoltex Receives $50.5M in Canadian Government Grants for its Advanced SMR DOD Eyes 2023 for Decision to Build Micro Reactors CEZ Can’t Make Up Its Mind About Who Can Bid on 1200 MWE Nuclear New…
IAEA / Grossi Tells European Parliament Nuclear Energy Can Play Role In ‘Common Cause’ Of Decarbonisation
Source: NucNetThe decarbonisation of economies is “a common cause and nuclear energy can play “a compatible role” with renewables and other sources of energy, International Atomic Energy Agency director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a speech…
Japanese Courts Split On Fate Of Two Plants
Source: NewsTwo court rulings in Japan on Thursday went in different directions concerning the fate of two nuclear power plants. In one ruling, the Hiroshima High Court halted a temporary injunction that had kept Unit 3…
DOE Ups Funds For Accelerator Technology
Source: NewsThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $18 million in new funding to advance particle accelerator technology, citing its potential in medical, manufacturing and clean energy technologies. In addition, the DOE noted its potential…
SCE Plans Address Spent Fuel Removal
Source: NewsSouthern California Edison (SCE) has announced a strategic plan for moving spent nuclear fuel off of its San Onofre property to a federal repository as a signal to the local community and the federal government…
Canada / Government Announces CAD50.5 Million Funding For Moltex SMR
Source: NucNetThe government of Canada is investing CAD50.5m ($40.5m) in Moltex Energy to design and commercialise a molten salt reactor and spent fuel recycling facility that could lead to the country operating the world’s first such…
UK / Regulator Approves Hinkley Point B Restarts After Graphite Core Checks
Source: NucNetThe UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has given permission for EDF to restart two advanced gas-cooled reactors at the Hinkley Point B power station in southwest England for a limited period of operation. Permission…
Japan / Court Overturns Decision To Suspend Operation Of Ikata-3
Source: NucNetA Japanese court has overturned a decision preventing the operation of Shikoku Electric Power Company’s Ikata-3 nuclear power plant, a boost for the government’s efforts to revive the country’s idled nuclear energy industry. The Hiroshima…
Turkey / Russia Expecting Construction Licence For Akkuyu-4 By End Of Summer
Source: NucNetRussian state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom is expecting to receive a construction licence for Unit 4 of the Akkuyu nuclear power station by the end of summer 2021, company head Alexey Likhachev said in an interview…
UK / Rolls-Royce SMR Consortium Joins European Industry Group Foratom
Source: NucNetThe UKSMR (UK small modular reactor) consortium led by Rolls-Royce has joined the Brussels-based European nuclear industry group Foratom, Rolls-Royce announced. The consortium is designing a low-cost factory built SMR. According to Rolls-Royce, the plant’s…
Egypt / Russia Signs Contract To Supply Another Batch Of Research Reactor LEU
Source: NucNetNovosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP) and the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority have signed a contract for Russia to supply another batch of low-enriched uranium (LEU) for the ETRR-2 research reactor. Russia’s Tvel nuclear fuel company,…