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Kazatomprom delivers second batch of nuclear fuel to China
02 June, 2023
Kazakhstan's nuclear fuel company, Kazatomprom, has delivered to China...
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Beloyarsk NPP introduces unique system to control fast reactor core
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 by 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
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 by 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
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 by 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
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 by 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
Thursday, May 18, 2023 by 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
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 by 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
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 by 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
Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by 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
Wednesday, May 03, 2023 by 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
Tuesday, May 02, 2023 by 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
Thursday, April 27, 2023 by 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
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 by 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
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 by 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
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 by 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
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 by 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
Friday, April 14, 2023 by 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
Friday, April 14, 2023 by 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
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 by 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
Friday, April 07, 2023 by “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...

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