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Czech power utility ČEZ says unit 2 of the Temelín NPP, during its...
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Rosatom completes tests of TVS-2M nuclear fuel
Pilot industrial operation of new nuclear fuel for VVER-1000 reactors with a second-generation anti-debris filter ADF-2 has been completed at unit 1 of Russia’s Rostov NPP. A pilot...
Energoatom and ConverDyn sign MOU on uranium conversion
Peter Kotin, President of Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom and US ConverDyn President Malcolm Critchley signed a confidentiality agreement and a memorandum of understanding (MOU)...
Hungary considers use of French nuclear fuel at Paks
The Hungarian authorities intend to switch the NPP in the city of Paks to French nuclear fuel instead of Russian, Telex reported citing Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The plan was...
Orano plans extension of uranium enrichment capacity
France’s Orano has announced plans to extend enrichment capacity at its Georges Besse II (GB-II) uranium enrichment plant, and has begun the regulatory process to produce HALEU...
Westinghouse VVER-440 fuel loaded at Ukraine’s Rivne NPP
The first VVER-440 fuel produced by US-based Westinghouse at its Swedish facility has been loaded into one of the reactors at Ukraine’s Rivne NPP. It was not clear which of the units –...
WNA fuel report sees nuclear growth
The World Nuclear Association’s (WNA) Nuclear Fuel Report: Global Scenarios for Demand and Supply Availability 2023-2040 sets out three scenarios for future nuclear generating...
Orano and Urenco to develop 30B-X cylinder HALEU fuel transport
France nuclear fuel company Orano and Europe-based uranium enrichment company Urenco have signed a consortium agreement to test and develop the new 30B-X cylinder designed to...
Centrus to start HALEU production in October
US-based Centrus Energy Corp says it expects to begin first-of-a-kind production of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) in October, approximately two months ahead of schedule....
US DOE seeks to make HALEU from EBR-II used fuel
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is working to recycle used fuel from the closed EBR-II reactor to make high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) which is required by most...
BWXT contracted to support US HALEU production
US-based BWX Technologies has been contracted by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to process thousands of kilograms of government-owned scrap material containing enriched uranium...
Westinghouse establishes US centre of excellence for LEU+ fuel
US-based Westinghouse has announced the establishment of a centre of excellence for Low Enriched Uranium Plus (LEU+) fuel manufacturing at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF)...
Slovenské Elektrárne signs fuel supply agreement with Westinghouse
Slovak power utility Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) has signed a contract with US-based Westinghouse to supply of nuclear fuel Slovakia’s NPPs. This followed an international tender for...
NANO plans fuel fabrication plant at Idaho National Laboratory
US-based microreactor developer NANO Nuclear Energy has started due diligence to site a nuclear fuel fabrication facility at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). NANO said its submission...
UK provides loan to Ukraine for uranium enrichment
The UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), is to provide a £192m ($244m) loan to Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom to enable Urenco to continue providing...
Mirion Technologies wins contract for Xe-100 SMR
US-based Mirion Technologies has been awarded a strategic design contract with X-Energy Reactor Company to provide detailed design support for the Burn Up Measurement System (BUMS)...
Bulgaria’s regulator requires further documents on Westinghouse nuclear fuel
Bulgaria’s Nuclear Regulatory Agency (BNRA) says the management of the Kozloduy NPP has failed to provide all the required documents needed to justify replacing Russian nuclear fuel...
Silex to ship second laser enrichment module to USA
Australia's Silex Systems Ltd says it has completed testing of the second full-scale laser system module developed for Global Laser Enrichment's (GLE's) commercial pilot...
Brazil signs contracts for expansion of its uranium enrichment plant
Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) has signed a contract with Amazônia Azul Tecnologias de Defesa (Amazul) to support expansion of the Isotopic Uranium Enrichment Plant at the...
Iran launches new uranium mine
Iran has begun constructing a mining complex in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, which Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) head Mohammad Eslami described as a “hub”...
