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France cancels ASTRID fast reactor project
02 September, 2019
France’s Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA - Atomic & Alternative Energies Commission) is abandoning plans to build its prototype fast-breeder for the ASTRID (Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration) project, Le Monde reported on30 August.

Completing Cernavoda
20 August, 2019
Chinese investment could see the completion of two more reactors at the Cernavoda nuclear plant in Romania, as Rumyana Vakarelska reports.

Serious nuclear safety violation under investigation in South Korea
24 May, 2019
South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) said on 20 May that it will expand its special investigation into the manual shutdown of the Hanbit 1 reactor earlier this month, in view of concerns that it may have been triggered by a violation of safety protocol. On 10 May, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) carried out a diagnostic test on the effectiveness of control rods, during which the reactor's power output surged 18% exceeding the 5% upper limit range. Instead of shutting down the reactor immediately, it was almost 12 hours before the unit was taken off line, NSSC said. Initial investigations showed that a member of staff who was not licensed to handle the control rods had managed the critical component that regulates the fission reaction in reactors.

Kazakhstan to begin fuel assembly production
21 May, 2019
Kazakhstan plans to begin production of nuclear fuel assemblies this year, according to Deputy Minister of Energy Asset Magauov.

Small fire reported on site of reactor being built at Russia’s Mayak facility
21 February, 2019
A fire broke out on 14 February at the construction site of a new reactor under construction at Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom’s PA Mayak complex in Ozersk, local media reported. The incident was officially reported to the Rosatom leadership. Construction of the research reactor began with the pouring of first concrete in late 2018. When design work began in 2015, the reactor site was handed over to the contractor, FSUE Eleron, and the State Construction Supervision Authority subsequently issued instructions related to the elimination of fire safety violations, according to the press reports. There was no significant damage resulting from the fire.

Ukraine extends nuclear fuel contract with Russia
02 January, 2019
Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom in December confirmed the signing of an additional agreement on the supply of Russian nuclear fuel until 2025 with fuel company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom).