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TVEL contracted to supply fuel to Egypt
Russian Fuel Company TVEL (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) and the Atomic Energy Organisation of Egypt on 15 April signed a contract for the supply of low enriched uranium...
GNS casks ordered for two German NPPs
Germany’s GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH has received an order to supply 12 CASTOR V/19 transport and storage casks for the removal of used fuel assemblies...
CEZ to test Westinghouse fuel
The Czech power company CEZ said on 4 April that it will load an experimental batch of six fuel assemblies made by Westinghouse Electric Sweden into unit 1 of the Temelin NPP....
Accident tolerant fuel in operation at Vogtle 2
The first accident tolerant fuel assemblies containing both modified cladding and pellets have been loaded into until 2 of the Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia, Southern Nuclear...
Belgium’s IBA to supply accelerators to Northstar
US-based NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and Belgium’s Ion Beam Applications (IBA) have signed a contract under which IBA would supply up to eight Rhodotron TT300 HE electron...
China completes testing of Hualong One fuel
China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) said on 21 March that it had completed development and long-term irradiation testing of a domestic nuclear fuel assembly for pressurised water...
Holtec sets up JV to develop Ukraine’s mineral resources
Ukraine’s BGV Group and US-based Holtec International announced they are setting up a joint venture to develop Ukraine’s untapped mineral resources by building a range of...
Russian uranium miner reports good results
Russian uranium miner Uranium One has announced revenues of $379.9 million for 2018 up from $301.3 million in 2017, including revenue from produced and purchased material.
X-energy’s TRISO project progresses through US loan guarantee process
US-based X-energy announced on 14 March that it had been invited to submit a Part II loan guarantee application by the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO).
Russia to supply fuel for Bushehr through Caspian Sea
This spring, Russia will start supplying nuclear fuel to Iran for the Bushehr nuclear plant through the Caspian sea via the Astrakhan sea port Olya, port director Alexander Melnikov...
Westinghouse launches new generation Triton11 nuclear fuel
US-based Westinghouse on 28 February announced the launch of a new generation fuel assemblies designed for boiling water reactors (BWRs) with the commercial name Triton11, of...
Orano reports fall in revenue but increased cashflow
French nuclear fuel cycle company Orano (formerly Areva) said in its annual report that revenues were down by €225m to €3.62bn, but that net cash flow was €158m, up from a loss of...
Canada’s Anfield Energy acquires US properties
Canada-based Anfield Energy announced on 1 March that it has completed a $1.8m deal with US Cotter Corporation Cotter, a General Atomics (GA) affiliate, to acquire both the...
Bulgaria to study Westinghouse fuel
Bulgaria's Kozloduy NPP said on 25 February that it has hired Westinghouse Electric Sweden to study options for licensing and integration of improved fuel for the plant's two...
Westinghouse may build nuclear fuel plant in Ukraine
Ukraine plans to build a nuclear fuel fabrication plant of at the South Ukraine NPP site, and will announce a tender for the construction and financing of the project in the autumn...
Framatome wins US contracts
France’s Framatome on 21 February signed a contract to provide fuel fabrication and related services to unit 2 at the US Palo Verde Generating Station near Phoenix, Arizona....
Russia remains main supplier of Ukraine’s nuclear fuel
Russia remained the main exporter of nuclear fuel to Ukraine in 2018, Interfax-Ukraine reported on 21 February, citing data from the State Statistics Service. Ukraine imported...
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...
