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Orano signs uranium enrichment services contract with ČEZ
France’s Orano has signed a contract with Czech electric utility ČEZ for the supply of uranium enrichment services. The enriched uranium will be used in fuel for the Dukovany NPP....
US DOE issues draft EIS to boost domestic HALEU production
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analysing the potential impacts of the Department’s proposed action to acquire...
Cruas-Meysse 2 restarts using recycled uranium fuel
Unit 2 of France’s Cruas-Meysse NPP is now operating its first full core of recycled uranium fuel. EDF Nuclear & Thermal Park Director Cedric Lewandowski said this was “a historic...
Fuel loading begins at India’s PFBR
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has witnessed the start of fuel loading at the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu. The PFBR is a 500 MWe...
KHNP to buy enriched uranium from US energy firm Centrus
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the US-based Centrus Energy at a ceremony in Washington DC to enhance the nuclear fuel supply chain. The...
Slovakia hosts Westinghouse-sponsored VVER nuclear fuel forum
Slovak power utility Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) hosted a two-day forum, the 5th annual VVER Fuel Forum in Bratislava. The forum on nuclear fuel for VVER 440 and VVER 1000 reactors,...
Rosatom tests fuel for planned HTGR plant
Rosatom scientists have completed a key stage of reactor tests on laboratory fuel samples for a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR). Russia views HTGRs as important to future...
GLE to further accelerate commercialisation of Silex enrichment technology
Global Laser Enrichment (GLE), jointly owned by Australia’s Silex Systems (51%) and Canada’s Cameco (49%), have approved GLE’s operating plan and budget for calendar year (CY) 2024...
Global Nuclear Fuel receives approval to manufacture higher enrichment fuel
GE Vernova subsidiary Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) has received US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval to manufacture, ship and analyse the performance of nuclear fuel...
Fuel transfer trolley installed at Finnish encapsulation plant
The transfer trolley for moving used fuel transport casks has been installed at Finnish waste management company Posiva's encapsulation plant under construction at Olkiluoto. The...
BWXT subsidiary awarded contract extension for uranium down-blending services
US-based BWX Technologies subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS) has been awarded a $122m contract extension from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the down-blending of...
ČEZ prepares for delivery of Westinghouse fuel to Dukovany
Czech power company ČEZ said is preparing for the delivery of nuclear fuel from US-based Westinghouse as part of its fuel diversification strategy. At the end of this year, the...
Centrus financial report reveals slow down in HALEU plans
US Centrus’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results showed an overall increase in income but a reduction in profits with mixed results for different operating sectors. While the...
Fuel fabrication begins for MARVEL microreactor
US-based TRIGA International has begun fabricating fuel for the US Department of Energy’s MARVEL microreactor project at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), according to DOE’s Office...
Oklo firms up MMR siting agreement and receives approval for fuel fabrication facility
US-based Oklo has signed an Option & Right of First Refusal to Purchase Real Estate (land rights agreement) with the non-profit Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI) for...
Russian specialists develop equipment to produce nitrogen for advanced fuel
Specialists at Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM - part of Rosatom fuel company TVEL) have built an enlarged laboratory stand to study the...
INL receives irradiated next-generation fuel for testing
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has received a shipment of used next-generation light water reactor LWR) fuel from a commercial NPP to...
Nuclear expert advises against replacing Russian fuel rods at Paks
It is neither sensible nor safe to replace the Russian nuclear fuel used in the VVER-440 reactors at Hungary’s Paks NPP with fuel from another supplier, Hungarian nuclear engineer...
US NRC approves HALEU-TRISO transport system
US-based NAC International has received approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its patented OPTIMUS-L packaging and transport system for High-Assay...