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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...
Moltex granted patent for its fuel recycling process
Moltex Energy Canada has been granted a patent for its used nuclear fuel recycling process in Canada. The patent covers Moltex’s process for converting any uranium oxide fuel into...
US DOE presses ahead with HALEU development
The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for uranium enrichment services to help establish a reliable domestic supply of fuels using high-assay...
Indian PM dedicates demonstration fuel reprocessing plant to nation
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation the Demonstration Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant (DFRP) at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)...
UK launches HALEU programme
The UK will be the first European country to launch a high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) programme with a £300m ($381m) investment, according to a statement from the Department...
Kazakh-Chinese joint venture completes fuel qualification certification
National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has announced that the Kazakhstan-China joint venture, Ulba-TVS LLP, which produces fuel for Chinese NPPs has completed the qualification process...
Fortum plans tender for Loviisa fuel supplier
Finland’s Fortum Power & Heat Oy has submitted a report on future fuel procurement for the Loviisa NPP to the Ministry of Labour & Trade. The submission of the report was one of...
Urenco to expand Netherlands facility
Urenco has approved an investment to expand enrichment capacity at its facility in the Netherlands. Multiple new centrifuge cascades will be added to Urenco’s plant in Almelo - the...
Rosatom completes equipment tests for Brest fuel production facility
Rosatom has completed testing equipment for the production of mixed uranium-plutonium nitride fuel (SNUP) intended for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor under construction at...
LIS Technologies and Curio to co-operate on laser reprocessing
US-based laser enrichment technology developer LIS Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Curio Legacy Ventures (CLV), a subsidiary of Curio Solutions,...
Russian scientists develop organic compound to make used fuel reprocessing more efficient
A team of Russian scientists from several large scientific centres have created an organic compound that helps to more effectively separate and components of used fuel...
Lightbridge and Centrus Energy to collaborate on pilot fuel fabrication facility
US fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation has announced a contract to conduct a front-end engineering & design (FEED) study to add a dedicated Lightbridge Pilot Fuel...
Rosatom manufactures first BN-800 MOX fuel assemblies with minor actinides
Rosatom’s Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC) in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region, has manufactured the first three fuel assemblies with uranium-plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, which...
Russia’s Angarsk ElectroChemical Combine to start new enrichment project
Russia’s Angarsk ElectroChemical Combine (AECC in Irkutsk) will begin enriching uranium hexafluoride supplied by the Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC in Seversk) in 2024. Both are part...
