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French nuclear fuel company Orano said on 7 October that it had won a...
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BWXT to restart TRISO fuel production
US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced on 2 October that it is in the process of restarting its TRISO (TRIstructural-ISOtropic) nuclear fuel production line at its Lynchburg,...
Lightbridge demonstrates SMR fuel fabrication
US-based Lightbridge Corporation and Enfission, a joint venture between Lightbridge and Framatome, have demonstrated the manufacturing process and fabrication of Lightbridge...
China begins delivery of Hualong One fuel
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said on 12 September that it had begun shipping Chinese-made CF3 fuel assemblies for unit 5 of the Fuqing nuclear plant in Fujian province,...
Westinghouse accident tolerant fuel installed at Byron 2
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company and Exelon Generation Company have completed a first-of-a-kind installation of EnCore Fuel, Westinghouse's accident-tolerant fuel solution, at...
France to develop uranium mining in Uzbekistan
France’s Orano on 4 September signed a partnership agreement with Uzbekistan's State Committee for Geology and Mineral Resources (GoscomGeo) to develop uranium mining activities in...
Russia’s Tvel to supply fuel for Bangladesh nuclear plant
Russian fuel company Tvel (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) has been designated as the single-source supplier of nuclear fuel for both units of Rooppur nuclear power plant...
Russia’s Tvel to supply fuel for Tianwan 7&8
Russian fuel company Tvel (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) has signed a contract for the supply of nuclear fuel for units 7&8 at China’s Tianwan nuclear plant in Jiangsu province.
Vitrification resumes at Japanese reprocessing plant
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has resumed vitrifying high-level radioactive waste (HLW) at its Tokai Reprocessing Plant, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (Jaif) announced on...
Iran loses patience
Iran is enriching uranium to 4.5% fissile purity, above the 3.67% limit set by the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...
Russia supplies fuel for China’s fast reactor
Russian fuel company Tvel (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) has supplied fuel for China’s Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR).
Tvel to undertake research in Czech Republic
Russia’s fuel company Tvel (a subsidiary of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Czech research centre Řež (CVŘ - Centrum výzkumu Řež)...
Dummy fuel delivered to Leningrad II -2
The delivery of dummy fuel assemblies (TVS simulators) for unit 2 of Russia’s Leningrad II nuclear plant is underway, nuclear utility Rosenergoatom (part of state nuclear...
Used fuel transfer plan to be developed for San Onofre
US utility Southern California Edison (SCE) has awarded a 20-month contract to consultancy company North Wind to develop a strategic plan to assess the feasibility of relocating...
Russia and Slovakia agree to continue co-operation
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and the Ministry of Economy of Slovakia on 7 June signed a memorandum on cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of atomic energy.
US DOE selects Centrus subsidiary for HALEU contract
The US Department of Energy (DOE) said on 31 May that it had asked American Centrifuge Operating (a subsidiary of global nuclear fuel provider Centrus Energy) to deploy a high assay...
US DOE supports Lightbridge-Framatome fuel development
US a nuclear fuel technology development company Lightbridge Corporation announced on 30 May that France’s Framatome had received a voucher from the US Department of Energy’s...
Fuel for Belarus NPP unit 2 passes inspection
The initial loading of nuclear fuel for unit 2 of the Belarus has completed its final inspection, Russian fuel company Tvel (part of state nuclear corporation Rosatom) said on 22 May....
Kazakhstan to begin fuel assembly production
Kazakhstan plans to begin production of nuclear fuel assemblies this year, according to Deputy Minister of Energy Asset Magauov.
NuScale inks MOU with Enfission
NuScale Power and Enfission have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the use of next-generation fuel technology in NuScale small modular reactors.
