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Russia’s TVEL signs decommissioning agreements with French and Czech companies
Rosatom’s Fuel Company and decommissioning industry integrator, TVEL JSC on 2 December signed co-operation agreements on decommissioning with France’s Robatel Industries and a group...
IAEA concludes LTO safety review at Atucha nuclear plant
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation (Pre-SALTO) follow up review mission team of experts on 26 November completed a review of long...
NAAREA and Assystem to co-operate on XSMR micro-reactor
France’s NAAREA, which is developing 4th generation micro-nuclear power, and international engineering group Assystem have signed a cooperation agreement to build an...
EDF and Westinghouse sign MOU on Co-60
Westinghouse Electric Company and EDF have signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to produce Cobalt-60 radioisotope in select pressurised water reactors (PWR) owned...
EDF and Veolia create Waste2Glass joint venture
EDF and Veolia announced they are creating Waste2Glass, an equally-owned joint venture to develop a new sector based on Veolia's Geomelt® vitrification technology.
Rosatom, EDF and CEA to cooperate on fuel cycle R&D
Russia's Rosatom, the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and EDF have signed a joint declaration of intent to develop their long-term R&D collaboration in...
EDF signs raft of agreements at WNE
EDF on 1 December announced the signature of several industrial cooperation agreements involving Czech, Polish, Indian, Saudi and French partners, on the sidelines of the fourth...
US DOE relaunches search for used nuclear fuel disposal site
The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 30 November issued a request for information on a consent-based siting process that would be used to identify sites to store US used nuclear fuel.
IAEA mission sees safety commitment by Russia’s Kalinin nuclear plant
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) team said the operator of Russia’s Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) had demonstrated a commitment...
UK’s Hunterston B reactor 3 closes after 46 years
The UK’s Hunterston B1 (Reactor 3) was permanently closed down on 26 November, marking the end of 46 years of operation for this 490MWe advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR).
Australia selects waste disposal site
Australia’s federal government announced that it has formally selected Napandee, a 211 hectare property near the town of Kimba on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula as the site for...
Siemens to manufacture equipment for Terrestrial Energy’s SMR
Canada’s Terrestrial Energy and Siemens Energy Canada on 30 November signed a contract for the manufacturing and supply of steam turbines and other balance-of-plant equipment, such...
PPP announce winners of new HVAC contract at Sellafield
A new way of awarding long-term work packages at the Sellafield site in the UK has reached a major milestone, with Programme and Project Partners (PPP) appointing its first key...
Russia amends loan agreement for Paks II
Russia’s State Duma parliament on 25 November ratified a five-year extension of the €10 billion ($11.3m) Hungarian state loan for the construction of the Paks II two-unit nuclear...
UK NNL and DNV collaborate on nuclear derived hydrogen
The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and Norway-based DNV are partnering to explore the potential of nuclear for the conversion of UK gas networks to hydrogen.
Candu Energy to support Cernavoda nuclear expansion with US backing
Canada’s Candu Energy, part of the SNC-Lavalin Group on 25 November won a 12-month, $8.4 million contract from Romanian firm, EnergoNuclear SA, to provide engineering services during...
Czech company to support Egyptian regulator in licensing El-Dabaa
Czech R&D company ÚJV Řež has signed a major long-term contract in Egypt with the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA).
ENSREG sees significant progress at Belarus nuclear plant
The plenary meeting of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) on 24 November approved the “EU Peer Review Report Implementation of Belarusian Stress Test National...
Škoda JS develops storage cask for Czech repository
By producing a model of a storage packaging assembly (cask) for used fuel from the Dukovany and Temelín NPPs in the planned underground repository, Czech engineering company Škoda JS...
