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Micro Reactor Fuel Analysis To Begin
Source: NewsUltra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) announced Wednesday that it had begun working with the Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group (NRG) from the Netherlands to implement a program to analyze performance and safety attributes of their…
US / NRC To Review Licence Renewal Application For Three-Unit Oconee Station
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review an application from Duke Energy Carolinas to renew for another 20 years the operating licences of Units 1, 2, and 3 at the three-unit Oconee nuclear…
UK / Government Reaches Agreement With EDF On ‘Improved Arrangements’ For AGR Stations
Source: NucNetThe UK government and French nuclear operator EDF have agreed what they called “improved arrangements” to decommission Britain’s seven advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) stations, due to reach the end of their operational lives this decade.…
Belarus / Fuel Inspection Complete For Unit 1 Reload, Says Russia
Source: NucNetInspection has been completed of a new batch of nuclear fuel supplied by Russia for the first planned reload at Unit 1 of the Belarusian nuclear power station. Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said the…
Japan / IAEA Publishes Report On Review Of JAEA’s Decommissioning And Waste Management Programme
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetThe Japan Atomic Energy Agency should develop a schedule for its ambitious 70-year decommissioning and waste management programme, identifying major risks and opportunities, and improving cost assessments, a report by an International Atomic Energy Agency…
US / Exelon Files Deactivation Notice For Byron Reactors 1 And 2
Source: NucNetOne day after the Illinois state senate adjourned without voting on an energy package that would have included nuclear power plant subsidies, Exelon filed a notice with grid operator PJM Interconnection of its intention to…
‘Formidable Challenges’ / NEA Calls For New Approaches To Decommissioning And Waste Management Funding
Source: NucNetFunding systems for decommissioning and radioactive waste management are adequate overall, but formidable challenges lay ahead including the fact that some governments and critics express doubts about nuclear energy’s long-term sustainability, a report by the…
US / NRC Approves Production Of Haleu At Centrus Energy’s Piketon Facility
Source: NucNetThe US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the Centrus Energy Corp’s licence amendment request to produce high-assay, low-enriched Uranium (Haleu) at its enrichment facility in Piketon, Ohio. The Piketon plant is now the only US…
Fusion Emerges as a Key Factor in UK’s Energy Future
Source: Neutron BytesGeneral Fusion to Break Ground for a Pilot Plant in the UK in Three Years UKAEA Posts List of 15 Candidate Sites for Fusion Reactors IAEA’s Grossi Calls For International Cooperation On Pilot Plant Criteria…
Finland / Annual Outages Complete At Olkiluoto Nuclear Station
Topics: Plant OperationsSource: NucNetAnnual outages were completed at the Olkiluoto nuclear power station in Finland at 05:52 local time on 18 June when the Olkiluoto-2 plant unit was reconnected to the national grid, owner and operator Teollisuuden Voima…
Nuclear Fusion / UK Company Fires ‘First Shot’ With Hyper Velocity Gas Gun
Topics: Research & TechnologySource: NucNetUK science minister Amanda Solloway has officially fired the first “shot” in First Light Fusion’s maiden fusion campaign using its newly completed “Big Gun”. Big Gun is the UK’s largest two-stage hyper velocity gas gun.…
Taishan-1 / Safety Guaranteed Following Minor Fuel Rod Cladding Failure, Says China
Source: NucNetThe Taishan-1 nuclear power plant in China’s southern Guangdog province is in “normal condition and operational safety is guaranteed” following a minor fuel rod cladding failure which resulted in increased radioactivity in the unit’s primary…
TVO To Build Olkiluoto 3 Battery Back Up
Source: NewsFinish utility Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), owner of the Olkiluoto nuclear plant, said it had signed a contract for what will be one of the largest battery energy storage systems in Europe.
Hinkley Point C / Direct Economic Benefit Of Reactor Project Stands At £3 Billion, Says EDF
Source: NucNetThe direct economic benefit of the Hinkley Point C nuclear station to the southwest of England now stands at over £3bn – double the original target –and more than 1,300 regional businesses are part of…
Taishan / Unit 1 Operating ‘Within Safety Parametres’, Inert Gas Build Up Being Investigated
Source: NucNetThe Taishan-1 nuclear power plant in China’s southern Guangdong province is at present operating within safety parameters, a spokesperson for reactor technology provider Framatome told NucNet. French energy Group EDF said yesterday that it had…
Europe / Foratom Urges European Union To Provide More Support For Nuclear Medicine
Source: NucNetBrussels-based nuclear industry association Foratom has called on the European Union to better recognise and support the medical applications of nuclear technology, which play a significant role in the medical sector and help “save thousands…
Ukraine / Westinghouse And Energoatom Sign Contract For Fuel Assembly Documentation
Source: NucNetThe Swedish branch of US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a contract with Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom for the preparation and delivery of licensing documentation for the introduction of VVER-440 fuel assemblies at the…
Once More Time – Tar Sands Firms Pitched for SMRs
Source: Neutron BytesLatest Efforts to Bring SMRs to Alberta’s Tar Sands Hits Investor Headwinds South Korea Seeks Global Role in Launch of Nuclear Powered Cargo Ships Russia Starts Building a Lead-cooled Fast Reactor China Approves Construction of…
Kenya / Country Has Made Progress With Preparations For Nuclear, Says IAEA
Source: NucNetKenya has made progress in implementing the recommendations of an earlier International Atomic Energy Agency nuclear infrastructure review mission, but further work is needed in areas such as the development of a nuclear leadership programme…
Belarus / Country’s First Nuclear Power Plant Begins Commercial Operation
Source: NucNetThe Belarusian-1 nuclear power plant has become the first power reactor to begin commercial operation in Belarus, one week after the country’s ministry of emergency situations gave the go-ahead. State news agency Belta and Russian…