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Canada’s CNL Invite Applications From SMR Developers For Potential Onsite Deployment
Source: NucNet18 Apr (NucNet): Ontario-based Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) have issued an invitation to small modular reactor (SMR) project developers to participate in an evaluation process for the construction and operation of an SMR demonstration project…
NRG, LeadCold Begin SEALER Analysis Collaboration
Source: NewsNuclear service company NRG, based in the Netherlands, said that beginning this year it would initiate a collaboration with Swedish company LeadCold on a multi-year arrangement to help develop the SEALER small modular lead cooled…
Barrel Of Sludge Bursts At Idaho Site
Source: NewsThe U.S. Department of Energy confirmed an emergency incident at the Idaho National Laboratory site on Wednesday April 11 that involved a ruptured 55-gallon barrel of radioactive waste, which brought rescue personnel to the scene,…
Nuclear Has ‘Key Role’ In Bangladesh’s Push For Development
Source: NucNet17 Apr (NucNet): Vastly increased electricity production including “a key role” for nuclear energy is a cornerstone of Bangladesh’s push for development with the goal of connecting 2.7 million more homes to the grid by…
Closing Nuclear Reactors in OH & PA will Thwart Climate Goals
Source: Neutron BytesNuclear plant closures in Ohio and Pennsylvania will have significant negative impacts on the environment and the regional economy Closure of the plants would reverse emissions benefits gained over the last 25 years from all…
AWE Corrects Documentation Issues, Says ONR
Source: NewsThe Office for Nuclear Regulation in Britain said that AWE pic, which operates the country's Atomic Weapons Establishment program had met the standards set out in two Improvement Notices sent to the company in February…
Commission Has Failed To Pinpoint Source Of Ru-106 Leak, Says Sweden’s SSM
Topics: Safety & EnvironmentSource: NucNet16 Apr (NucNet): A second meeting of a commission set up to investigate increased concentrations of the radioactive isotope ruthenium-106 (Ru-106) in the atmosphere in Europe and Russia last year has been unable to confirm…
Finland’s Hanhikivi-1 Will Generate Up To €400 Million Of Investment, Says Study
Source: NucNet13 Apr (NucNet): The Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant project in Finland will generate €210m to €400m of new investments through the multiplier effect, according to a study published this week by plant owner Fennovoima, the…
UK Sniffing Around For SMR Site
Source: NewsBritish Minister Stuart Andrew, a Conservative Party politician from Wales, is visiting a potential Small Modular Reactor development site in Trawsfynydd this week to voice support for the next generation of nuclear power, which is…
Korean Regulator OKs Kori 4 Restart
Source: NewsThe Nuclear Safety and Security Commission in South Korea has granted approval for the restart of the Kori 4 reactor after a coolant leak shut the unit down in March of 2017.
NRG Begins Collaboration With Sweden’s LeadCold On Advanced Small Modular Reactor
Source: NucNet12 Apr (NucNet): Netherlands-based NRG and LeadCold of Sweden have begun a multi-year collaboration on safety analysis of the “Sealer” (Swedish Advanced Lead Reactor) small modular lead-cooled reactor under design by LeadCold for deployment in…
France’s Regulator Orders EDF To Increase Welding Controls At Flamanville-3
Source: NucNet12 Apr (NucNet): French state-controlled utility EDF will have to inspect more weldings at the Flamanville-3 nuclear plant under construction in northern France after flaws were discovered in the weldings of the reactor’s secondary circuit,…
CGN Begins EPR Fuel Loading, A First
Source: NewsChina General Nuclear said that it has begun to load fuel into the reactor core at the Taishan nuclear power plant, which keeps the first unit at the new plant on track to become the…
From New Mexico To Qatar: Waste Storage Issues
Source: NewsFrom the United States to Uganda, the issue of storage of radioactive waste surfaced this week, focused on proposals for storage sites in Southeastern, New Mexico, and Mukono, Uganda.
Fuel Loading Has Begun At China’s Taishan-1 EPR, Says CGN
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNet11 Apr (NucNet): Fuel loading has begun at Taishan-1, China’s first Generation III EPR unit which is under construction in the southeastern province of Guangdong, developer China General Nuclear Power (CGN) said in a statement…
EDF Confirms ‘Quality Deviations’ On Flamanville-3 EPR Welds
Source: NucNet11 Apr (NucNet): French state-controlled nuclear operator EDF said on 10 April 2018 that it had discovered “certain quality deviations” on the welding of pipes in the main secondary system of the Flamanville-3 EPR reactor…
Dome Placed For Unit 4 At Barakah NPP
Source: NewsThe Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) announced Tuesday that the Reactor Containment Building dome for Unit 4 at the yet-to-go-commercial Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant had been successfully set in place, marking another milestone for the…
Rolls-Royce Signs Rod Control Contract With CGN
Source: NewsRolls-Royce said Friday it had signed a contract to update rod control system equipment in 14 of Chine General Nuclear’s CPR1000 nuclear power units in China.
Hanford Site Investigation Confirmed
Source: NewsRadiation contamination involving 42 workers at the Hanford cleanup site near Richland, Washington, about 200 miles southeast of Seattle, has halted demolition of a plutonium processing plant, the Department of Energy has confirmed.
NEI Says Concrete Action Needed To Help US Nuclear Industry
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NucNet9 Apr (NucNet): A think-tank report which concluded the US nuclear industry is facing a crisis shows the need for the administration and Congress to support American commercial nuclear exports through concrete action, the Washington-based…