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NuScale Signs Contract With Romania's RoPower Nuclear
Source: NewsNuScale Power, LLC (NuScale) and Portland, Oregon-based small modular reactor developer NuScale said this week it had signed a contract for front-end engineering and design (FEED) work with Romania’s RoPower Nuclear.
Lithuania / Consortium Chosen To Plan Dismantling And Waste Management At Ignalina
Source: NucNetA consortium comprising Westinghouse Electric Spain, US-based engineering company Jacobs and the Lithuanian Energy Institute has been chosen to plan dismantling and waste management at the Ignalina nuclear power station in Lithuania. Soviet-designed Ignalina could…
IAEA Releases Fukushima Daiichi Water Report
Source: NewsThe UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency this week released its third report on the progress and protocols of Japan’s plans to release treated water that has been contaminated at the disaster site of the Fukushima…
Finland / State Company Plans Uranium Recovery For Use In Nuclear Power Plants
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetFinnish mining company Terrafame plans to start recovering natural uranium as a by-product of zinc and nickel production at its Talvivaara mine in Sotkamo in the northeast of the country by the summer of 2024…
Britain / £75 Million Nuclear Fuel Fund Will Help Reduce Reliance On Russia, Government Says
Source: NucNetBritain said on Monday (2 January) its £75m ($89m) fund aimed at helping boost domestic production of nuclear fuel for power plants and cutting reliance on Russian uranium supplies is open for applications. The Nuclear…
Russia / Despite ‘Geopolitical Situation’, Rosatom Expects Exports To Increase 15%
Topics: Industry & BusinessSource: NucNetRussia’s state nuclear energy company Rosatom expects its exports to have increased by 15% this year, director-general Alexey Likhachev was quoted as saying by Russian newspaper Izvestia. Rosatom’s portfolio of foreign orders is set to…
Philippines / Manila ‘Willing To Consider’ Nuclear Suppliers Other Than US
Source: NucNetThe Philippines is open to negotiations about the development of a commercial nuclear power project with countries other than the US, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) director Carlo Arcilla said. Among countries the Philippines could…
Bulgaria / Kozloduy Nuclear Station Signs Fuel Agreement With Westinghouse
Source: NucNetBulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power station signed a contract on Thursday (22 December) with the Swedish subsidiary of US-based Westinghouse Electric Company for the supply of nuclear fuel for one of two VVER-1000 commercial reactor units…
Kazakhstan / Uranium Shipment Arrives In Canada Via ‘Non-Russian’ Route
Source: NucNetKazakhstan has completed a first shipment of uranium to Canada using an alternative route that does not cross Russian territory. State nuclear company Kazatomprom, the world’s largest producer and seller of natural uranium, said the…
Palisades / Holtec To Reapply For Funding In Bid To Restart Michigan Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetHoltec International is to reapply for federal funding to allow it to restart the single-unit Palisades nuclear power station in Michigan, which closed down in May after more than 50 years in operation. The company…
Russia / Inner Steel Containment Dome Installed At Kursk 2-2
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetThe inner steel containment dome has been completed and installed at the Kursk 2-2 nuclear plant under construction in western Russia, state nuclear corporation Rosatom said. Rosatom said the inner dome for Kursk 2-2 consists…
Flamanville-3 / EDF Announces Further Delay And €500 Million Cost Overrun
Source: NucNetThe Flamanville-3 nuclear power plant project in northern France has been delayed by at least six more months and costs will increase by another €500m ($531m), plant supplier EDF said. The 1,630-MW EPR plant, which…
Microreactors / US-Based Ultra Safe And Finland University To Explore Test Deployment
Source: NucNetUS-based Generation IV microreactor developer Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation and Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT) in Lappeenranta, Finland signed a memorandum of understanding to examine deployment of Ultra Safe’s nuclear micro-modular reactor (MMR) as a…
US / Two Companies Win Contracts For Strategic Uranium Reserve
Source: NucNetColorado-based Energy Fuels and Australia-based Peninsula Energy have secured contracts to supply uranium concentrates produced in the US to the US Department of Energy (DOE) in support of the country’s US$75m (€70m) uranium reserve established…
Russia Submits Bid for Saudi Arabia’s Twin Nuclear Reactors
Source: Neutron BytesRussia Submits Bid for Saudi Arabia’s Twin Nuclear Reactors ThorCon Partners with Bureau Veritas to Advance its 500 MW MSR Philippines / Utility Applying For US Grant For SMR Feasibility Study Barakah / Unit 3…
Lightbridge Inks Strategic Partnerships with INL
Source: Neutron BytesLightbridge Inks Strategic Partnership with INL GAIN Announces 1st Round FY23 Nuclear Energy Vouchers HALEU Fuel Delays Set Back TerraPower’s Natrium Reactor by Two Years Canada’s Portland Holdings to Invest $350M in Ultra Safe Nuclear…
Hanhikivi-1 / Contract Cancellation Was Unlawful, Says Independent Review Board
Source: NucNetProject company Fennovoima’s decision to terminate the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom for the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant at Pyhäjoki in northwest Finland was unlawful, a dispute review…
Hinkley Point C / First Reactor Pressure Vessel Complete And Ready For Delivery
Topics: New ReactorsSource: NucNetThe reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the first nuclear reactor built for a British power station in more than 30-years is complete and ready for delivery to Hinkley Point C in Somerset, southwest England. The…
Poland / Agreement With Westinghouse Means ‘Detailed Work Can Begin’
Source: NucNetPolskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), developer of Poland’s first commercial nuclear power project, has signed a key cooperation agreement with US company Westinghouse, whose AP1000 technology was selected for the country’s first reactors. PEJ president Tomasz…
Kazakhstan / First Nuclear Fuel Assemblies From Ulba-TVS Facility Delivered To China
Source: NucNetA first batch of nuclear fuel assemblies produced by the Ulba-TVS facility in Kazakhstan has been delivered to China, Kazakh state-owned uranium company Kazatomprom said. The Ulba-TVS plant, a joint venture between Kazatomprom subsidiary UMP…