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Russia completes R&D on molten salt research reactor project
Russia’s Mining & chemical Combine (MCC - part of Rosatom) in Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk) has completed all R&D on a project for a molten salt research reactor (IZhSR -...
Kazakhstan’s nuclear industry and research facilities to strengthen co-operation
Kazakhstan’s Ulba Metallurgical Plant (UMP) and Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of research for the development...
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...
Transmutex raises finance for thorium fuelled subcritical nuclear system
Geneva-based Transmutex SA has announced new round of financing to develop its nuclear energy technology”. The Swiss startup, founded in 2019 by scientists from the European...
TerraPower Isotopes distributes first of Actinium-225 samples
US-based TerraPower announced that the TerraPower Isotopes team has distributed the first samples of Actinium-225 to two pharmaceutical companies. The Actinium-225 will be used as...
Framatome to collaborate with Polish National Centre for Nuclear Research
Framatome has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Poland National Centre For Nuclear Research (NCBJ - Narodowym Centrum Badan Jadrowych) to explore...
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...
New nuclear research centre for Denmark
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU - Danmarks Tekniske Universitet,) is to establish a new centre, DTU Nuclear Energy Technology, headed by Bent Lauritzen, a senior researcher...
Canada explores use of isotopes used in space exploration
Nuclear Innovation company Nuclear Promise X (NPX) and the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council (CNIC) are collaborating to explore the feasibility of producing isotopes for possible use...
Lloyds, Zodiac, HD KSOE and Kepco to jointly develop nuclear-powered ship
UK-based Lloyd’s Register (LR), international shipping company Zodiac Maritime, and South Korea’s HD KSOE and Kepco E&C have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop...
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...
Framatome to support development of Lutetium-177 separation
Framatome has signed a service agreement with Global Morpho Pharma for the development of a high-capacity technology for the purification of medical radioisotope non-carrier-added...
COP28: IAEA and OPEC Fund strengthen cooperation on climate mitigation
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) have agreed to strengthen joint efforts in the area of nuclear science...
More funding for US university nuclear programmes
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) to spur nuclear energy research and development at US colleges and universities. DOE...
Framatome and Nuclearelectrica to co-operate on production of Lutetium-177 at Cernavoda
France’s Framatome and Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN) have agreed to explore the possibility of producing the medical isotope lutetium-177 (Lu-177) at the...
Framatome strengthens hafnium production
France’s Framatome has invested in a new separative capacity on its Jarrie site, reinforcing its production of high-quality hafnium and zirconium alloys for the nuclear,...
Russia’s BN-800 fast reactor prepares to burn minor actinides
Public hearings have been held in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region on justification of a licence to use nuclear materials during research to be undertaken by the BN-800 sodium-cooled...
Newcleo partners with London School of Economics
UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo and the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) have signed a five-year partnership to conduct advanced research into...
General Fusion and TRIUMF to cooperate on new LM26
Canada’s particle accelerator centre, TRIUMF and General Fusion, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides a framework for scientific and technical...