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Russia continues testing accident tolerant fuels
Russia’s AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM – part of Rosatom’s Fuel Company TVEL) said on 29 April that by the end of the year it plans to complete the...
Rosatom and EDF to co-operate on green hydrogen development
Russia’s Rosatom and France’e EDF on 26 April signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop green hydrogen in Russia and Europe. The agreement aims to develop initiatives in...
SNC-Lavalin's Isotek expands sales agreement with Terrapower
SNC-Lavalin's Isotek Systems (Isotek) announced on 13 April that its sales agreement with nuclear company TerraPower had been expanded to further refine thorium (Th-229). The...
China begins construction of underground lab to research waste disposal
China is building a massive underground laboratory to research disposal technologies for high-level radioactive waste, China Daily reported on 8 April. This will pave the way for...
Russia develops lasers for 3D printers
The All-Russian YI Zababakhin Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics (RFNC-VNIITF) and Rusatom - Additive Technologiessaid said on 1 April that they have developed...
Russia launches new irradiation technologies centre
Russia's largest regional centre for irradiation technologies is ready for commissioning at production association Mayak in Ozersk, Chelyabinsk Region, Mayak noted on 30 March. A...
Bolivia’s nuclear centre will see first two phases launched this year
Russia’s Ambassador to Bolivia, Mikhail Ledenev, and representatives of the Bolivian Ministry of International Affairs accompanied by Alexey Altynov, Vice President of JSC...
Petten reactor switches to low enriched uranium
The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) in the Netherlands said on 18 March that, from now on, the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten will only produces medical isotopes using...
Moltex receives Canadian funding from molten salt SMR
Canada-based Moltex Energy said on 18 March that it had received CAD50.5 million ($40.3m) from the Government of Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) and Atlantic Canada...
US funding for accelerator technology
The US Department of Energy (DOE) on 16 March announced $18 million in new funding to advance particle accelerator technology. The new funding also includes $5 million...
IAEA study looks at severely damaged used fuel 10 years after Fukushima
IAEA-led international research on the management of severely damaged used nuclear fuel is providing key lessons learned from sites such as Fukushima Daiichi, Chernobyl and Three...
IBA and NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes expand collaboration
Belgium’s (Ion Beam Applications (IBA), a leading provider of proton therapy solutions for the treatment of cancer, and US-based NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, which...
ANSTO becomes IAEA Collaborating Centre
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) announced on 9 March that it had become an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Collaborating Centre to...
Russia completes tests of accident tolerant fuel
Rosatom’s Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) and the AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM), part of TVEL fuel company, have completed new stages in...
Rosatom allocates funds for innovative projects
Rosatom engineering division said on 1 March in 2021 it will allocate RUB400 million ($5.4m) for innovative projects and R&D. The division unites leading nuclear companies, such as...
ANS study calls for US to double spending on nuclear R&D
A Task Force on Public Investment in Nuclear Research and Development, commissioned by the American Nuclear Society (ANS), on 17 February issued an assessment of US nuclear...
More US funding for nuclear research
The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) on 11 February announced a $25 million grant to a University of California, Berkeley-led consortium of...
Russia launches PIK research reactor
Russia’s PIK neutron reactor was brought to power operation at the BP Konstantinov Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics (PNPI) in Gatchina (part of the Kurchatov Institute) on...
Two key Russian nuclear institutes to merge
Rosatom has decided to merge two of Russia’s key nuclear institutes – the AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE) in Obninsk and Research Institute of...
