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Czech Republic Takes Key Step In Plans To Diversify Nuclear Fuel Supplies
Source: NucNetWestinghouse has completed the first VVER fuel reload deliveries to the Temelín and Dukovany nuclear power stations in the Czech Republic, marking what the US company…
Sweden’s SKB Signs Key Repository Contract With Swiss Construction Company
Source: NucNetSweden’s nuclear fuel management company SKB has signed an agreement with Switzerland-based construction company Implenia for work on a deep geologic repository which will store highly…
IAEA Chief Says Natanz Above-Ground Enrichment Plant Destroyed, No Off-Site Radiation Release
Source: NucNetInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi said today (16 June) that there has been no additional damage at Iran’s Natanz fuel enrichment facility since…
Newcleo And Javys Sign JV Agreement As Plans Progress For Advanced Reactors In Slovakia
Source: NucNetEuropean nuclear technology company Newcleo and Slovak state-owned nuclear and decommissioning company Javys have signed a shareholder agreement to establish a centre for the development of…
A Proposal for Uranium Enrichment in the Middle East
Source: Neutron BytesThere is a lot going on right now in the Middle East with the US trying to get a new nuclear deal with Iran while balancing…
Framatome Signs Contract To Supply Atrium 11 Nuclear Fuel For Switzerland’s Leibstadt
Source: NucNetFrench nuclear fuel cycle company Framatome has signed a contract with Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG (KKL) in Switzerland to supply Atrium 11 fuel assemblies to its Leibstadt…
Urenco USA Begins Enriched Uranium Production At New Cascade
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetUrenco USA has begun production of enriched uranium in its newest gas centrifuge cascade, marking the next phase of expansion at its enrichment facility in New…
Kazatomprom Concludes Loan Deal In Bid To Finance Key Sulphuric Acid Plant
Source: NucNetKazakhstan’s national nuclear company Kazatomprom has concluded an agreement on opening a credit line to finance the construction of a sulphuric acid plant – less than…
Novia Scotia Makes Uranium A Priority Mineral And Issues Requests For Exploration
Source: NucNetThe Canadian province of Nova Scotia has added uranium to its list of priority critical minerals and has issued a request for exploration proposals at three…
US Fast-Tracks Utah Uranium Project As Trump Bids To Solve ‘Energy Crisis’
Source: NucNetThe US Interior Department has announced it will fast-track environmental permitting for Anfield Energy’s proposed Velvet-Wood uranium mine project in Utah to boost president Donald Trump’s…
US Waste Agreement Clears Way For Critical Research Into Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
Source: NucNetChanges to an agreement on the removal of legacy waste from the US government’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) will allow critical research to continue that could…
Defuelling Completed ‘On Time And On Budget’ At UK’s Hunterston B Nuclear Station
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetThe first of the UK’s seven advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) nuclear power stations has been emptied of fuel, marking a significant milestone in the country’s decommissioning…
Key Dismantling Project Begins At Italy’s Garigliano Nuclear Power Plant
Topics: Fuel & WasteSource: NucNetDismantling has begun of the radioactive waste system at the shutdown Garigliano nuclear power station in southern Italy, state-owned nuclear waste management and decommissioning company Sogin…
Framatome Inaugurates New Facility For Research Reactor Fuel And Medical-Use Targets
Source: NucNetFrench nuclear power company Framatome has inaugurated a new facility dedicated to the fabrication of fuel for research reactors and targets for medical radioisotopes. The new…
Kazatomprom Expands Presence In Europe With Deal To Supply Czech Uranium
Source: NucNetKazakhstan’s state nuclear company Kazatomprom has signed a seven-year agreement to supply natural uranium concentrate for the Czech power utility ČEZ, a contract that represents a…
US Chooses Five Advanced Nuclear Reactor Developers For Haleu Supply
Source: NucNetThe US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced conditional commitments to supply high assay low enriched uranium (Halue) to five domestic nuclear developers to meet their…
Nuclear Boom Means World Needs To Invest In New Uranium Mines, Says Red Book
Source: NucNetSufficient uranium resources exist to support the continued use of nuclear power and its significant growth through 2050 and beyond, but the world needs to make…
Deep Fission And Deep Isolation Sign MOU On Managing Spent Fuel
Source: NucNetUS small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) startup Deep Fission and Deep Isolation, a nuclear waste disposal technology firm, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate…
Framatome Gets Long-Term Fuel Supply Contract For Switzerland’s Gösgen Nuclear Plant
Source: NucNetFrench nuclear fuel cycle company Framatome has been selected by Swiss operator Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken (KKG) to be the long-term supplier of nuclear fuel assemblies and related…
Three Ageing Reactors In Japan’s Fukui Prefecture Set To Continue Operation
Source: NucNetThe governor of Fukui prefecture in western Japan has effectively approved the continued operations of three aging nuclear reactors in the prefecture from next fiscal year.…