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Bored At Home? Try IAEA's Lockdown Nuclear College
Source: NewsStudents and professionals in the nuclear power field are taking on learning opportunities while being housebound during the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced this week.
No Fueling Around – DOE Says It is Serious About Saving the U.S. Uranium Industry
Source: Neutron BytesDepartment of Energy Secretary Brouillette Announces The Nuclear Fuel Working Group Strategy HALEU / ARC And Centrus Set Plans to Produce Fuel for Advanced Reactors Holtec SMR to Use Commercially-Available Framatome Fuel DOE Goes All…
Atkins To Assess Hinkley Point C Software
Source: NewsSNC-Lavalin Group subsidiary Atkins Group said it had been appointed to independently assess the software for the reactor protection system which will monitor the two nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C (HPC).
Framatome Contracts Support FRMII And Taishan NPP
Source: NewsNuclear industry service giant Framatome, primarily owned by French utility EDF, has announced a multimillion-euro contract to modernize the crane instrumentation and control (I&C) systems at the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II), which…
Advanced Nuclear Fuel Developers Cite Progress
Source: Neutron BytesCNL & Moltex Energy Partner on SMR Fuel Research Lightbridge Signs Cooperative R&D Agreement with DOE / GAIN at INL BWXT Meets Technical Milestones Towards Production of TRISO Fuel Elements Canadian National Laboratory Partners with…
Argentina Plans To Revive CAREM-25 SMR
Topics: New ReactorsSource: Neutron Bytes(NucNet) State owned Nucleoeléctrica Argentina is reported to be planning to resume work on the prototype Carem-25 small modular reactor project. In related actions for the country’s nuclear energy industry, it was also reported that…
Pandemic Adaptations At NRC Provoke Concerns
Source: NewsRelaxed work standards at U.S. nuclear power plants due to the coronavirus pandemic has provoked concern among some environmental groups, while plant owners say that maintaining the safety of personnel is the focus of the…
Plans For Coastal Support Of Floating Plant Approved
Source: NewsRussia’s Ministry of Construction Glavgosexpertiza has favorably reviewed the coastal infrastructure designs related to the Akademik Lomonosov, the floating nuclear power plant that went into operation in December 2019 in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug mining…
COVID Forces Trimming Of Vogtle Project Workforce
Source: NewsWith the Vogtle Units 3 & 4 project 84 percent completed Georgia Power confirmed it is trimming its workforce back by 2,000 workers in part due to virus-related absenteeism at a worksite with more than…
Jacobs Engineering Expands Presence In Fusion Projects
Source: NewsDallas-based consultancy Jacobs Engineering said this week it had been awarded several fusion-related contracts, with an estimated combined value of more than $25 million, by Fusion for Energy (F4E), ITER Organization and the United Kingdom…
Ansaldo Nuclear Using Bespoke Robot In Italy
Source: NewsBritish nuclear engineering consulting companhy Ansaldo Nuclear has unveiled its Machine Retrieval System, a remotely controlled robotic device that will retrieve, verify, seal and pack 860 metric tons of radioactive ion exchange resins and various…
How the Oil War between Saudi Arabia and Russia Affects their Plans for Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesIn the past few weeks while much of the world struggled with the deadly corona virus crisis, Saudi Arabia and Russia briefly engaged in a ruinous price and production war over oil. The root cause…
Fortum To Decommission Finland's FiR1 Reactor
Source: NewsVTT Technical Research Center of Finland has awarded a contract to Finnish utility Fortum for decommissioning services for the Finnish Reactor 1 (FiR1), a 250 kW reactor that has not been operating since June 2015.
UniTech Reassures Industry In Unique Crisis
Source: NewsUS-based nuclear industry ancillary support company UniTech said in a statement that it would continue to operate through the corona virus pandemic to ensure safety of personnel in the country’s nuclear power plants.
Bilfinger Lands Key Hinkley Point C Contract
Source: NewsMannheim, Germany-based industrial service company Bilfinger said Wednesday it had landed a contract to design two core melt stabilization systems in the new Hinklley Point C nuclear power station under construction in Somerset, England.
Poland Counts Costs for New Nuclear Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesPoland / New Nuclear Could Cost €14Bn Over A Decade Poland / Utility PGE ‘Could Not Bear’ Investment In First Nuclear Plant Micro reactors / Oklo’s Aurora Will Cost $10m To Build And $3m A…
IAEA Steps Up To Help With Covid -19 Detection
Source: NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it was dispatching a preliminary batch of equipment to more than 40 countries to enable them to use a nuclear-derived technique to rapidly detect the coronavirus that causes…
Virus Impacts Nuclear Industry Around The Globe
Source: NewsThe global coronavirus pandemic is affecting the nuclear power plant, impacting both decommissioning and daily operations at various locations.
A Short Stack of New Reactor Developments
Source: Neutron BytesCzech Republic Files to Build Two 1200 MW PWRs at Dukovany Rosatom Pursues Development of SMRs Key Components of Second HTR-PM Reactor in China are Connected Japan / Regulator Says HTTR Is Compatible With Post-Fukushima…
AI Software Speeds Up Reactor Designs
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: Neutron BytesAdvanced Reactor Simulation Software Gains Commercial License Argonne Uses AI to Improve Reactor Simulations IAEA Launches Economic Feasibility Study of SMRs VERA Nuclear Reactor Simulation Software Licensed OAK RIDGE, TN – A software package, 10…