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23 June – 27 July 2019, Romania and Switzerland

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Tiris project produces first yellowcake

Published: Fri, 24 May 2019 11:56:22 GMT

The first samples of uranium oxide product have been produced from ore from Aura Energy's Tiris mine in Mauritania, West Africa. The yellowcake samples were produced during test work at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation's laboratories.

Further DOE funds for advanced nuclear technology projects

Published: Fri, 24 May 2019 11:34:18 GMT

The US Department of Energy has selected three projects in three states in its latest quarterly application review to receive funding for cost-shared research and development for advanced nuclear technologies. The three projects will receive a total of almost USD10.6 million.

Bulgaria starts formal process to find investor for Belene project

Published: Thu, 23 May 2019 11:54:35 GMT

The Bulgarian government has invited strategic investment in the Belene nuclear power plant project. The "call for expressions of interest for a strategic investor and/or acquisition of a minority shareholding and/or purchase of electricity" was published in the Official Journal of the European Union yesterday.

Russia, Vietnam progress with nuclear research centre project

Published: Thu, 23 May 2019 14:32:44 GMT

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom and Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology on the implementation of a centre for nuclear science and technology in Vietnam.

Final Oak Ridge gaseous diffusion facilities demolished

Published: Thu, 23 May 2019 13:34:06 GMT

Work has begun to demolish the last two buildings that once supported the gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment process at Oak Ridge in Tennessee. Buildings K-131 and K-631 are the most contaminated structures remaining on the 2,200-acre (890 hectare) site.

TVO starts work to resolve Olkiluoto 3 vibration issue

Published: Thu, 23 May 2019 13:04:38 GMT

Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj is to employ liquid absorbers featuring bitumen in order to eliminate vibrations in the pressuriser surge line of the first-of-a-kind EPR at Olkiluoto. Suppressing the vibrations is one of the issues TVO must resolve before the regulator will allow fuel loading to proceed.

Canadian pre-licensing review starts for BWRX-300

Published: Wed, 22 May 2019 14:03:05 GMT

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has initiated a vendor design review by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for its BWRX-300 small modular reactor.

Hungary makes environmental case for Paks expansion

Published: Wed, 22 May 2019 15:03:51 GMT

Hungary and Russia have reportedly agreed to change the loan agreement for the expansion of Hungary's sole nuclear power plant Paks. According to bne Intellinews, Hungary will start repaying the loan once the two new units at Paks are connected to the grid and begin operations.

Used fuel transfers to resume at San Onofre

Published: Wed, 22 May 2019 11:59:17 GMT

Fuel transfer operations at the shut down San Onofre nuclear power plant in California can resume following approval by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Such operations were suspended following an incident last August during the lowering of a used fuel canister into a storage vault.

US needs new approach to advanced reactor demonstration, report says

Published: Tue, 21 May 2019 14:02:06 GMT

The US Department of Energy should learn from the legacy of the NASA commercial orbital transportation services programme to return the USA to a leadership role in nuclear energy, the Nuclear Innovation Alliance says in a report issued today.

Kakrapar unit restarts after modernisation

Published: Tue, 21 May 2019 14:54:28 GMT

Unit 1 at Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd's Kakrapar plant has restarted after the completion of work to replace all of the pressurised heavy water reactor's coolant channel and feeder tubes.

IAEA sees improved operational safety at Golfech

Published: Tue, 21 May 2019 14:32:42 GMT

EDF, the operator of the Golfech nuclear power plant in France, has strengthened operational safety by addressing the findings of an initial International Atomic Energy Agency review in 2016, a follow-up mission has concluded. However, the mission made recommendations to EDF to reinforce some safety measures.

Fuel for unit 2 of Belarus plant clears inspection

Published: Tue, 21 May 2019 12:02:13 GMT

The batch of fuel assemblies made by Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant for the initial fuel loading of unit 2 of the nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus has passed its final inspection. NCCP is a subsidiary of Russian fuel manufacturer TVEL.

Xcel to seek extension of Monticello operation

Published: Tue, 21 May 2019 11:52:09 GMT

Utility Xcel Energy has announced plans for its last two remaining coal-fired power plants in the Upper Midwest region of the USA to retire 10 years earlier than previously planned while operation of its Monticello nuclear power plant will be extended by at least a decade.

New US uranium production and resource data released

Published: Mon, 20 May 2019 09:32:42 GMT

The USA produced 33% less uranium in 2018 than 2017, according to the US Energy Information Administration's 2018 Domestic Uranium Production Report. Meanwhile, Uranium One has published NI 43-101 technical reports including resource figures for five uranium exploration and development properties in Wyoming.

Head of IAEA visits Cuba

Published: Mon, 20 May 2019 11:40:15 GMT

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano has commended the "concrete results" that Cuba has achieved through joint projects with the agency. He met with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel during a visit to the country on 17 May.

Russia and Uzbekistan agree to start survey of new plant site

Published: Fri, 17 May 2019 14:08:30 GMT

Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear corporation, and UzAtom, Uzbekistan's nuclear development agency, have signed a contract to perform engineering surveys for the Central Asian country's first nuclear power plant.

Shine to use 'novel' method for lutetium production

Published: Thu, 16 May 2019 23:39:14 GMT

US company Shine Medical Technologies Inc is to produce the medical radioisotope lutetium-177 using a novel method for separating rare earth elements under an exclusive licence from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, where the technique was developed.

Westinghouse leadership change announced

Published: Fri, 17 May 2019 15:40:59 GMT

José Emeterio Gutiérrez will step down as president and CEO of Westinghouse on 31 July, the company has announced. Patrick Fragman, currently group senior vice president at ABB Limited, will assume the roles from 19 August.

Long-term operation of China's oldest reactor assessed

Published: Fri, 17 May 2019 11:31:03 GMT

An International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has completed a review of long-term operational safety at unit 1 of the Qinshan nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province.

CNNC attains mass production of Hualong One fuel

Published: Thu, 16 May 2019 11:15:58 GMT

China National Nuclear Corporation says it is now capable of mass producing China Fuel 3 (CF3) fuel assemblies for the domestically-designed HPR1000 (Hualong One) pressurised water reactor design.

Metallic fuel under consideration for NuScale SMR

Published: Thu, 16 May 2019 15:38:36 GMT

NuScale Power and Enfission, LLC are to work together to explore the use of Enfission's next-generation nuclear fuel technology in NuScale's small modular reactors (SMRs) under a newly announced memorandum of understanding.

Poland already preparing for nuclear plant, says energy minister

Published: Thu, 16 May 2019 12:11:55 GMT

Poland is preparing to build its first nuclear power units in the Pomerania region in the north of the country, Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski told Polish Radio on 14 May. The government plans to build a nuclear power plant by 2033.

UK regulator develops approach to 'rapid change'

Published: Thu, 16 May 2019 15:06:32 GMT

The nuclear industry, both in the UK and internationally, is "changing rapidly and is facing significant challenges", the UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation says in its Strategic Framework for International Engagement to 2025.

Santee Cooper claims ownership of Summer equipment

Published: Wed, 15 May 2019 13:59:34 GMT

Santee Cooper has filed a federal complaint seeking a formal declaration that it is sole owner of equipment purchased for the abandoned VC Summer nuclear power plant construction project in South Carolina. The company has also asked the court to require Westinghouse provide it with certification documentation related to the equipment.

Steam generators in place at Tianwan unit 6

Published: Wed, 15 May 2019 15:06:46 GMT

The third and final steam generator has been installed at unit 6 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province. The ACPR1000 reactor is scheduled to enter commercial operation by the end of 2021.

Energy investment insufficient to meet demand, says IEA

Published: Wed, 15 May 2019 14:07:11 GMT

"Energy investments now face unprecedented uncertainties, with shifts in markets, policies and technologies," Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency says in the Paris-based organisation's latest annual review.

Terrestrial Energy joins Generation IV Forum

Published: Tue, 14 May 2019 15:55:34 GMT

Terrestrial Energy, a developer of advanced nuclear power plants using Integrated Molten Salt Reactor technology, has been admitted to the Generation IV International Forum. It is currently the only private sector company to hold this status.

Speech: Nuclear needed to decarbonise economies

Published: Mon, 20 May 2019 12:40:40 GMT

The International Energy Agency’s recent workshop Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System was "extremely timely and important" because "time is of the essence if we are to successfully decarbonise our economies", Jean-Bernard Lévy, CEO of EDF, said in a special address to participants in the meeting. The following is the text of his speech on 25 February.

Polish academics urge end to Germany's nuclear phaseout

Published: Tue, 14 May 2019 12:52:12 GMT

A group of nearly 100 Polish environmentalists and scientists has written an open letter to the leadership and people of Germany asking the country to reconsider its nuclear phaseout plans.

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