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US NRC terminates construction authorisation for mox plant
A request by CB&I Areva MOX Services (MOX Services) to terminate the construction authorisation for the partially built US mixed-oxide (mox) fuel fabrication facility (MFFF) at...
Physical start up begins at Russia’s Novovoronezh-II unit 2
On 19 February, physical start up began at unit 2 of Russia’s Novovoronezh-II NPP as fuel loading got underway. General contractor ASE (the engineering division of state...
Uranium One maintains production at 2018 levels
Russian company Uranium One (a subsidiary of state nuclear corporation Rosatom registered in Canada) on 19 February released its regular quarterly report, which said it intends to...
Canada’s SMR review process sees two project begin due diligence
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) said on 15 February that Canada-based StarCore Nuclear and US-based Terrestrial Energy had completed the prequalification stage of the process to...
BP Outlook sees fall in nuclear share
BP’s Energy Outlook for 2019 considers a range of scenarios to explore different aspects of the energy transition over the period to 2040. The scenarios have some common features, such...
EDF announces figures for 2018
EDF (83.66% owned by the French government), on 15 February announced an increase in its gross operating surplus of 11% in 2018, driven in particular by the increase in nuclear...
Search for UK repository site resumes
Radioactive Waste Management, a subsidiary of the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has begun the process of finding a host community and a suitable site for a deep...
Melted fuel photographed at Fukushima
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) on 13 February released photos of fuel debris within the primary containment vessel (PCV) of unit 2 at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi NPP....
Fusion progress in UK and South Korea
First Light Fusion, which was spun out of the University of Oxford in 2011 to research energy generation using inertial fusion, has completed construction and testing of its Machine...
Cavendish contracted by EDF to support two UK NPPs
Cavendish Nuclear has announced a 10-year contract with EDF Energy to sustain critical infrastructure at two UK NPPs following a strategic partnering agreement between Cavendish...
Kyushu to decommission Genkai 2
Japan’s Kyushu Electric Power Company has announced plans to decommission Genkai 2, a 559MW pressurised water reactor in Saga Prefecture.
New UK nuclear centre opens in Derby
Nuclear AMRC Midlands, a new research and innovation centre is opening n the iHub at Infinity Park, Derby to support manufacturers across the region.
Urenco to produce HALEU
Urenco USA has announced its capability in the provision of high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU).
Silex Systems and Cameco buy into GLE
Australian technology company Silex Systems and Canada's Cameco Corporation have signed a term sheet for the joint purchase of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s 76% stake in Global...
Pressure vessel base is manufactured for Turkey’s Akkuyu
The pressure vessel base of the VVER-1200 reactor for unit 1 of Turkey’s Akkuyu has been manufactured by Atommash in Volgodonsk, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on 8 February.
Safety case submitted for Belgian waste repository
Belgium’s radioactive waste management agency Ondraf/Niras on 5 February resubmitted an amended safety case to the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (Fanc) as part of its application...
Restart of Kansai’s ageing reactors is delayed
Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Company said on 4 February that the restart of three ageing reactors at its Takahama nuclear plant (units 1 and 2) and Mihama 3, both in Fukui...
'Hualong reactors replace AP1000s in Chinese nuclear plans'
Beijing has approved the construction of four new nuclear units using a the domestically designed Hualong One (HPR1000), China’s Jiemian News reported on 29 January
'DOE confirms funding for ATF development'
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy on 31 January confirmed that it had allocated $111.2 million to three industry entities for the development of...
