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UK and Japan strengthen collaboration on HTGR fuel
The UK National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) have signed a memorandum of collaboration (MOC) on coated particle fuel for use in high...
Westinghouse fuel licensed for use at Kozloduy
Bulgaria’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency (AYaR - Agentsiyata za Yadreno Regulirane) has licensed the use of Westinghouse fuel for unit 5 of the Kozloduy NPP. Loading of the new fuel,...
Framatome to start production of innovative fuel for German research reactor
Framatome and Germany’s Technical University of Munich (TUM) have signed a cooperation agreement to establish an industrial manufacturing process for molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo)...
Energoatom receives public approval for new nuclear fuel facility
Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom has won approval from the local community or its plans to build a nuclear fuel fabrication plant near the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk (South...
AMG establishes new company to support mox production
Netherlands-based AMG Critical Materials has established a new company, NewMOX SAS in Grenoble, France, to service the nuclear fuel market. NewMOX is a subsidiary of ALD...
GLE decides against HALEU development
US-based Global Laser Enrichment (GLE), jointly owned by Australia’s Silex Systems (51%) and Canada’s Cameco (49%), has decided against responding to a US Department of Energy...
Urenco signs new long-term fuel supply deal with KHNP
Urenco has signed a new contract for the long-term supply of enrichment services with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP). Urenco, which has been supplying enriched uranium to KHNP...
Urenco begins capacity expansion at Almelo facility
European uranium enrichment company Urenco has broken ground on a project to expand capacity at its Almelo plant in the Netherlands. “The extension project, which comes under our...
First batch of Westinghouse fuel arrives at Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky NPP
The first fuel supplied by US Westinghouse has arrived at Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky NPP, nuclear utility Energoatom reported. "Westinghouse's fresh nuclear fuel was delivered to...
Lightbridge fuel fabrication makes progress at INL
US fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation says it has achieved a critical milestone in developing its fuel after Idaho National Laboratory (INL) extruded coupon samples...
France confirms fuel recycling plans
France’s Minister for the Economy, Finance, Industrial & Digital Sovereignty, Bruno Le Maire announced, during a visit to the Orano La Hague that France intended to continue...
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...
