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Japan / Regulator Appeals Over Decision To Keep Ohi Reactors Offline
Source: NucNetJapan’s nuclear regulator said on Thursday it had filed an appeal to overturn a court ruling requiring the Ohi-3 and Ohi-4 nuclear power plants, also owned and operated by Kansai Electric, to be kept offline.…
Japan / Town Assembly Gives Green Light For Restart Of Mihama-3
Source: NucNetA town assembly gave the green light on 18 December to resume operations at the Mihama-3 nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture, western Japan. Kansai Electric is keen to resume operation of the 780-MW pressurised…
DOE Awards Go To Risk Reduction Projects
Source: NewsThe Department of Energy''s Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)) said Tuesday it had selected five teams to receive $30 million in FY20 funding for Risk Reduction for Future Demonstration projects.
Japan / Operator Announces Another Delay At Rokkasho MOX Facility
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetThe operator of Japan’s first mixed oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel processing, which is currently under construction, has postponed its completion by about two years. The plant, in the village of Rokkasho in the northern prefecture…
Olkiluoto Unit 2 Going Back Online After Shut Down Incident
Source: NewsFinland’s Olkiluoto Unit 2 reactor can re-connect to the electricity grid after an automatic shutdown incident on December 10 that was graded zero in the grading system of nuclear power plant incidents, said plant operator…
Olkiluoto-2 / Finland’s Regulator Approves Restart After Reactor Shutdown
Source: NucNetFinland’s nuclear regulator Stuk has given permission for the Olkiluoto-2 nuclear power plant to be restarted following an incident last week caused by a fault in the purification system for the reactor cooling water, operator…
Poland / Exelon Submits Feasibility Study For SMR Deployment
Source: NucNetUS energy company Exelon Generation has prepared a deployment feasibility study for the potential construction of a fleet of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 small modular reactors in Poland. The study has been carried out…
Covid-19 / Cameco Announces Second Pandemic-Related Shutdown At Cigar Lake
Source: NucNetCameco is temporarily suspending production at its Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan over the coming weeks due to the increasing risks posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. It is the second Covid-related shutdown at…
Nuclear Reactors Cost Too Much. Here are Some Ideas to Fix it.
Source: Neutron BytesNew Nuclear Economics Book has an Action Plan for Dealing with Reactor Costs MIT Study Cites Changes to Design and Fabrication as Key Drivers of Overruns EDF Commits to Success Factors on Costs for Next…
Europe / Council Calls For Possible Measures On Electricity Imports From Nuclear Plants
Source: NucNetThe European Council has asked the European Commission to investigate possible measures preventing commercial electricity imports from third countries’ nuclear facilities that do not fulfil EU recognised safety levels. The move comes in relation to…
Spain / GDES Wins Major Maintenance Contract For French Reactors
Source: NucNetSpanish company GD Energy Services (GDES) has been awarded a maintenance contract for the surface treatment and anti-corrosion coatings of the reactors at the Blayais and Civaux nuclear power stations in France. The contract is…
France To Build Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier
Source: NewsFrance’s President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that the country's aircraft career, the Charles de Gaulle, would be replaced in 2038 by a new carrier that would be nuclear powered. It will be the eleventh aircraft…
Barakah Unit 1 Hits 100 Percent Power
Source: NewsWhile testing continues, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has announced that its operating and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Entergy Company (Nawah) has successfully achieved 100 percent of the rated reactor power capacity for Unit 1…
Olkiluoto Incident / Finland Regulator Says ‘No Danger To People Or Environment’
Source: NucNetAn incident at the Olkiluoto-2 nuclear power plant in Finland today was triggered when elevated radiation levels were measured inside the facility causing the reactor to be shut down, the International Atomic energy Agency and…
Hydrogen / NuScale Says Single SMR Module Can Produce 50 Tonnes A Day
Source: NucNetUpdated analysis has found that the recently announced 25% increase in power output of a NuScale small modular reactor means one 77-MW module is capable of producing 2,053 kg/hour of hydrogen, or nearly 50 tonnes…
Japan / Rokkasho MOX Fuel Processing Plant Passes Safety Screenings
Source: NucNetJapan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said a mixed oxide, or MOX, nuclear fuel processing plant in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, has officially passed screenings for the start of operations. The NRA formalised a report stating that…
Vogtle / First Nuclear Fuel Shipment Arrives For Unit 3
Source: NucNetGeorgia Power has received the first nuclear fuel shipment for the Vogtle-3 AP1000 nuclear power plant under construction in the state of Georgia. The company said it expects to begin fuel loading in April 2021.…
India / Russia’s TVEL To Supply New Fuel For Kudankulam VVERs
Source: NucNetRussian nuclear fuel company Tvel has signed an agreement with India’s National Nuclear Power Corporation to supply the Kudankulam-1 and -2 nuclear power units with a new fuel type known as TVS-2M. Tvel said that…
Cost Report / Nuclear Is ‘Most Affordable Dispatchable Source Of Low-Carbon Electricity’
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNetCost reductions stemming from the lessons learnt from first-of-a-kind projects in several Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries could see nuclear power remain the dispatchable low-carbon technology with the lowest expected levelised costs of…
US / DOE Announces $12 Million For Research On Nuclear Data
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNetThe US Department of Energy has announced a plan to provide funding of up to $12m for new research on nuclear data. The DOE said the aim is to expand and improve the quality of…