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Hunger striking Gramma goes home
Source: World Nuclear News[CBC News, 14 December] Donna Dillman, a 53-year-old Canadian grandmother, staged a 66-day hunger strike which she hoped would prompt a moratorium on uranium mining in the province of Ontario. However, she decided to end…
China’s first new-generation reactor to start construction
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear NewsChina's first AP1000 reactor is to start construction at Sanmen in March, according to the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC). The first of four similar units, it could be online in 2013. …
MHI submits US-APWR for design certification
Source: World Nuclear NewsMitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has submitted its US Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR) for design certification by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. …
Russian push for new business continues
Source: World Nuclear NewsRussian diplomats and officials have continued their push for nuclear power contracts worldwide, addressing Bangladesh, Uruguay, Turkey, Morocco and even the UK. …
Operation resumes at Rabbit Lake
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsCameco announced on 2 January that normal mining activities have been resumed following flooding in late 2007 at its Eagle Point mine in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The company announced on 28 November that underground activities…
North Korea misses declaration deadline
Topics: Policy & RegulationSource: World Nuclear News[Korea Times, Financial Times, 1 January] North Korea failed to meet a 31 December deadline to declare details of its nuclear programs. Under a multinational agreement reached in February 2007, North Korea agreed that by…
KazAtomProm to make nuclear fuel ‘components’ for Kansai
Source: World Nuclear NewsKazakh companies will tool up to provide components of nuclear fuel destined for 11 nuclear power reactors in Japan under a new agreement. The items would be made at the Ulba plant, which is undergoing…
Completion of Olkiluoto 3 set for 2011
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear NewsTeollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO) announced on 28 December that construction of its Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power reactor in Finland will now not be completed until summer 2011. The company said that the unit's turbine building…
NEK requests improved Belene offers
Source: World Nuclear News[Reuters, 20 December] Bulgaria's National Electricity Company (NEK) has asked strategic investors to submit improved offers by 9 January to acquire a 49% stake in the planned Belene nuclear power plant. Lyubomir Velkov, executive director…
Bush: Nuclear "by far the best solution"
Source: World Nuclear News[White House, 20 December] During a press conference at the White House, US President George Bush turned his attention to nuclear energy and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. He said: "If you are truly…
Randfontein uranium resurrection?
Source: World Nuclear NewsAnother long dormant South African uranium venture could be enjoying a new lease of life following the proposed sale of uranium and gold assets at Randfontein. …
Four possible sites for Fennovoima
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear NewsThe Fennovoima consortium has named another site in Finland it will study as a potential location for a new nuclear power plant. In January 2008 the company will start an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure…
ASE: Bushehr to start in late 2008
Topics: New ReactorsSource: World Nuclear News[RIA Novosti, 20 December] The Bushehr nuclear power plant under construction in Iran will not be commissioned until late 2008 at the earliest, according to Russian contractor AtomStroyExport (ASE). On 13 December, ASE reported that…
COL application for USEPR at Susquehanna to be submitted
Source: World Nuclear NewsUnistar Nuclear Energy (UNE) and PPL Corp have agreed to prepare and submit a combined construction and operating licence (COL) application for a potential third reactor at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. …
Used nuclear fuel shipments start
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsOn 17 December the first transport to France of irradiated fuel still present in Italy was completed. The first two special containers, with 34 of the 1243 fuel rods that will be reprocessed at the…
Swords into plowshares ahead of schedule
Source: World Nuclear NewsUS authorities have already reached their 2012 targets for dismantling nuclear weapons, while the facility to turn weapons fuel into power reactor fuel is 25% complete. …
First Uranium acquires last of Ezulwini
Source: World Nuclear NewsFirst Uranium Corporation has announced it has acquired the remaining 10% of the Ezulwini Mining Company, completing its ownership of the Ezulwini gold and uranium mine in South Africa. Ezulwini, an underground gold and uranium…
Exelon selects Texan site for COL application
Source: World Nuclear NewsExelon has selected a site some 20 miles (32 km) south of Victoria in Victoria County, Texas, as the site for a combined construction and operating licence (COL) application for a new nuclear power plant,…
Thorp evaporator lifted in
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: World Nuclear NewsA new evaporator was lifted into Sellafield's Thorp facility today as part of work to bring the reprocessing plant back to full operation. The plant has already completed its first reprocessing campaign. …
Canadian isotope production restarts
Source: World Nuclear NewsCanada's National Research Universal reactor (NRU) returned to service in the early hours of 16 December, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) has confirmed. The removal of medical isotopes for processing and distribution was expected…