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IAEA Agreement Gives African Students Online Access To Morocco Research Reactor
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNet5 Mar (NucNet): Students from Kenya, Tanzania, Tunisia and South Africa will get online access to the facilities of a research reactor in Morocco for nuclear education and training following an agreement signed on1 March…
Russian Nuclear Operator Rosenergoatom Sees Big Increase In Net Profit
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet5 Mar (NucNet): Net profit for Russian state-owned nuclear operator Rosenergoatom increased by more than four times in 2017 to 45.98 billion rubles, (€654m, $804m), up from 10.6 billion rubles in 2016, the independent news…
Holtec And Energoatom To Collaborate On SMR Deployment In Ukraine
Source: NucNet2 Mar (NucNet): Holtec International and Energoatom, Ukraine’s national nuclear operator, have signed a memorandum of understanding for Ukraine to adopt Holtec’s SMR-160 small modular reactor (SMR) technology in the latter half of the next…
Georgia Power Files Monitoring Report No. 18
Source: NewsGeorgia Power has filed its latest Vogtle Construction Monitoring Report with the state's Public Service Commission, its 18th, which designates completion of the plant's two-reactor extension project, citing November 2021 and November 2022 as the…
Registration Opens For Foratom-IAEA Conference On Quality, Leadership And Management
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNet1 Mar (NucNet): The 2018 International Conference on Quality, Leadership and Management in the Nuclear Industry will be held from 16-19 July 2018 in Ottawa, Canada. …
Accounts Committee Says NDA ‘Completely Failed’ With £6.2 Billion UK Magnox Contract
Source: NucNet1 Mar (NucNet): The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) completely failed in both the procurement and management of a contract to clean up the UK’s Magnox nuclear reactor and research sites, a report by the Public…
What is Saudi Arabia’s End Game for a 1-2-3 Agreement?
Source: Neutron BytesThere has been a lot in the media lately about Saudi Arabia wanting a modified 1-2-3 Agreement to allow uranium enrichment. Do they need it for commercial purposes or is this about Middle East politics?…
Oversight Office Condemns NDA Procurement Process
Source: NewsA government finance oversight office in Britain, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has issued a harshly critical report of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) that also condemns the government for its role in a contract…
Wood Group Signs Onto Bradwell Site Build
Source: NewsScotland-based Wood Group has secured a framework agreement to provide technical assistance for a project to build a new nuclear power station slated for Bradwell in Essex in the UK, the company said Tuesday.
Foratom Says More Could Be Done To Improve EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme
Source: NucNet28 Feb (NucNet): Brussels-based nuclear industry group Foratom has welcomed reforms to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for its next phase from 2021 to 2030, but said more should be done if the EU…
British RISER Drone To Survey Fukushima Dai-ichi
Source: NewsA British-made lightweight drone that self-navigates with the use of lasers will be deployed for exploratory runs at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Generating Station, flying in an environment in which GPS signals cannot be…
U.S. To Talk 123 Agreement With Saudi Arabia
Source: NewsU.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is headed to London at the end of the week with a delegation charged with working towards a 123 agreement with Saudi Arabia that spells out cooperation on domestic nuclear…
Wood Secures Contract For Technical Assistance On UK’s Bradwell B Nuclear Project
Source: NucNet27 Feb (NucNet): Scotland-based multinational Wood has secured a framework agreement to provide technical assistance for a project to build China’s Generation III HPR1000 nuclear plant, known as Hualing One, at Bradwell B in Essex.…
U.S. Navy, BWXT, Extend Reactor Parts Contract Options
Source: NewsBWX Technologies, Inc. said Monday that the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has exercised contract options with subsidiary BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. totaling approximately $492 million for the manufacture of naval nuclear reactor components.
Brexit: UK Nuclear Industry Welcomes Opposition Party’s Commitment To Euratom
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: NucNet26 Feb (NucNet): The UK nuclear industry has welcomed comments in a speech by opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn that after Brexit he would want the country to remain a member of Euratom, the…
Czech CEZ to Try Again for a New Nuclear Tender
Source: Neutron BytesA plan to replace aging nuclear reactors at Dukovany and Temelin is being revived as the current units at both sites get older and as the government works towards both energy self-sufficiency and a mid-century…
Leningrad II Unit 1 Begins Power Up Testing
Source: NewsRussian nuclear build corporation Rosatom said this week that the Unit 1 at the Leningrad nuclear power plant expansion project – known as Leningrad Phase II – has successfully completed tests required at the minimum…
IAEA Conducts 200th Plant Review
Source: NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency reached a compliance milestone this week, noting on its website that, for the 200th time a review team had been sent out to inspect a nuclear power plant to judges…
Some Flamanville-3 Weldings Do Not Meet Standards, Says EDF
Source: NucNet23 Feb (NucNet): French state-controlled power group EDF said some weldings on its new Flamanville-3 nuclear reactor did not meet required specifications, but this would not affect safety or the schedule to start up the…
IAEA Marks 200th Osart Review At Spain’s Almaraz Nuclear Station
Source: NucNet23 Feb (NucNet): The International Atomic Energy Agency has begun an Operational Safety Review Team (Osart) mission at the two-unit Almaraz nuclear station in central Spain – the 200th review of its kind carried out…