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Patent Issued for a New Type of Transparent Radiation Shielding for the Medical and Nuclear Industries
Source: News–Press Release– Radium Incorporated (Radium) announced today that it has been issued a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a new type of transparent radiation shield. Branded as ClearView Radiation Shielding™,…
IAEA Team Inspects Qinshan NPP In China
Source: NewsAn International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts completed a review of long term operational safety at the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Unit 1 in China on 10 May, the agency said.
GEH Begins Vendor Design Review Of Small Modular Reactor In Canada
Source: NucNet22 May (NucNet): US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has initiated a vendor design review of its BWRX-300 small modular reactor with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. …
Russia And Uzbekistan Sign Contract To Begin Nuclear Site Engineering Surveys
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet22 May (NucNet): Russia and Uzbekistan have signed a contract to perform engineering surveys at a proposed site for the central Asian country’s first commercial nuclear power plant. …
India’s Kakrapar-1 Restarted After Modernisation Work
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNet22 May (NucNet): Unit 1 at the Kakrapar nuclear power station in Gujarat state, western India, has been restarted after the completion of work to replace all of the pressurised heavy water reactor’s coolant channel…
IAEA Team Notes Safety Improvements At Golfech NPP
Source: NewsA United Nations inspection team said that Electricite de France, operator of the Golfech Nuclear Power Plant, had made significant improvements to enhance operational safety at the plant since a prior inspection three years ago.
Kakrapar Unit 1 Reaches Criticality After Repairs
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said Monday that Unit 1 reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in the Surat district of Gujarat ha reached criticality three months ahead of schedule after…
More Needs To Be Done On Nuclear Medicine In Latin America And Caribbean, Says Amano
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNet21 May (NucNet): Nuclear medicine and radiotherapy have made considerable progress in Latin America and the Caribbean, but more needs to be done to enlarge the geographical reach of advanced technologies, which are not evenly…
Bulgaria Delays Start Of Investor Selection For New Belene Units
Source: NucNet21 May (NucNet): Bulgarian state energy company NEK has pushed back the formal start of the investor selection procedure for the two-unit Belene nuclear power station project because of delays in providing documentation to the…
Hybrid Nuclear-Renewables Systems Could Significantly Reduce Emissions, IAEA Meeting Hears
Source: NucNet20 May (NucNet): A hybrid energy system combining both nuclear and renewables can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional fossil fuels, participants at an IAEA meeting heard. …
Poland Sets Plans for Nuclear Energy
Source: Neutron BytesPoland Takes Yet Another Run at Nuclear Energy Other Nuclear News Saskatchewan Considering SMRs NuScale Power and Enfission Agree to Work on Advanced Nuclear Fuels China’s CNNC Achieve Mass Production of Hualong One Fuel DOE…
Significant Amount Of Work Remains Before Flamanville-3 Fuel Loading, Says Regulator
Source: NucNet17 May (NucNet): France’s state-controlled nuclear operator EDF still has “a significant amount of work to do” before fuel is loaded into the Flamanville-3 nuclear power reactor under construction in Normandy, the regulator ASN has…
China And Russia Ready To Sign $1.7 Billion Deal For New Xudabao Units
Source: NucNet16 May (NucNet): China is about to sign a $1.7bn deal with Russia to build two new Generation III+ VVER power reactors at the Xudabao nuclear power station in Liaoning province, northeast China, media reports…
Enfission, NuScale, Sign MOU For Fuel Development
Source: NewsU.S.-based small modular reactor developer NuScale Power and fuel-development company Enfission, announced Wednesday they had signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the use of next generation nuclear fuel technology in NuScale’s small modular reactors.
Wood Wins $4.6 Million Contract To Lead Next Phase Of UK Nuclear Research Project
Source: NucNet15 May (NucNet): Scotland-based energy services company Wood has been appointed by the UK government to lead the second phase of a nuclear research project that aims to demonstrate significant cost savings in the design,…
Poland Is Laying Groundwork For First Nuclear Reactors, Says Energy Minister
Source: NucNet15 May (NucNet): Poland is laying the groundwork to build its first commercial nuclear power reactors in the Pomerania region in the north of the country, energy minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski told Polish Radio on Tuesday.…
Shine Medical Tech Breaks Ground On Isotope Production Plant
Source: NewsWisconsin-based SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc., announced May 9 that the company had launched into construction of their first medical isotope production facility in Janesville, Wisconsin with a ground-breaking ceremony.
Final Investment Decisions Down For Nuclear, But Construction Starts Rise
Source: NucNet14 May (NucNet): Final investment decisions for the main sources of large-scale dispatchable power – coal, gas, hydropower and nuclear – fell by a quarter in 2018 to 90 GW, 55% lower than in 2010…
European Nuclear Society Joins Call For Ministers To Double Investment In Nuclear R&D
Source: NucNet13 May (NucNet): More than 40 nuclear associations representing over 80,000 scientists have today called on government ministers to double public investment in nuclear-related R&D and innovation within the next five years. …
EBR-I Lives Again in LEGO
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: Neutron BytesA research scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory has developed a complete representation in LEGO [tm] of the Experimental Breeder Reactor I which at the Idaho site in 1951 was one of the first nuclear…