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Kazakhstan's nuclear fuel company, Kazatomprom, has delivered to China...
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Beloyarsk NPP introduces unique system to control fast reactor core
A domestic technology – sound detection system, “Visus” has been developed by Russian designers at the OKBM Afrikantov design bureau makes possible visual control of the core of...
Orano to support Japan studies on MOX reprocessing
Japan Atomic Power Co. and 11 electric power companies have agreed to proceed with efforts to conduct an empirical study on reprocessing of used mixed plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX)...
EBRD allocates grant for uranium legacy clean-up in Kyrgyzstan
A grant of €23m ($25m) has been allocated from the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA), managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)...
China launches test platform for uranium extraction from seawater
China National Nuclear Corporation’s (CNNC's) test platform for uranium extraction from seawater has been put into operation and opened to the public in Hainan Province. The...
Canada and US to co-operate on used fuel management
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) have signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) to Co-operate on Used Nuclear Fuel Management....
US NRC begins special inspection at Urenco uranium enrichment facility
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has launched a special inspection at the Urenco USA (UUSA) uranium enrichment facility in Eunice, New Mexico. The inspection follows an...
Lightbridge joins HALEU consortium and SMR working group
US fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation has joined two public-private nuclear power groups: the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium...
UAE signs nuclear energy cooperation agreements with China
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Chinese nuclear energy organisations to boost co-operation. The Emirates Nuclear...
Assembly begins of main circulation pump for Russia’s Brest reactor
Assembly has begun of the prototype main circulation pump (MCP) for the Brest-OD-300 fast reactor under construction at Russia’s Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) in Seversk. The Brest...
Framatome develops high density fuel for Germany’s FRM II research reactor
France’s Framatome has announced a key advance in development of monolithic molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo) fuel for Germany’s Forschungsreaktor München II (FRM II) research reactor,...
Framatome wins US NRC approval for advanced codes
France’s Framatome has received US Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval allowing it to apply its suite of Advanced Codes & Methods to operating conditions with uranium-235...
Urenco and Cameco to supply uranium for Kozloduy
Urenco has agreed to supply enrichment services to the Kozloduy NPP in Bulgaria. Urenco has become part of a supply chain which includes fuel partners Canada’s Cameco, UK-based...
Russia upgrades fuel processing at Mining & Chemical Combine
Specialists at Russia’s Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC – part of Rosatom) in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory, are installing and commissioning a plant for mechanical grinding of...
Russia continues to supply fresh nuclear fuel via Finland
Russian nuclear fuel has been transported via Finland by air despite Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, YLE news reported.
Ukraine, Energoatom and Cameco finalise uranium agreement
Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and Canada’s Cameco have signed an agreement finalising implementation of the programme to export all of Ukraine's uranium production for...
Clean Core and CNL to collaborate on ANEEL fuel
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with US-based Clean Core Thorium Energy to further the development and deployment of Clean...
BWXT fuel subsidiary to provide HEU conversion services to NNSA
Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS), a subsidiary of US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) has been awarded a $428m Phase II contract by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to...
Romania launches integrated fuel cycle as Kazakhstan delivers uranium
Romainia’s nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica SA (SNN) says it put into operation its Feldioara Branch during January-March as part of its strategy for development of an...
Red Book sees modest decrease in uranium resources but expects nuclear capacity to increase
“Uranium 2022: Resources, Production and Demand”, widely known as the Red Book, is the 29th edition of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Atomic Energy...
