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Consortium awarded Kozloduy contract extension

Published: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:25:11 GMT

Bulgaria's State Enterprise Radioactive Waste has awarded a further three-year extension to the Decommissioning-Repository Project Management Unit Consultant contract to the Empresarios Agrupados/Nuvia Consortium. The contract will now run through to 2022.

Romania to explore NuScale SMR deployment

Published: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:03:57 GMT

An agreement between US small modular reactor developer NuScale Power and Romanian energy company Societata Nationala Nuclearelectrica SA to explore the use of SMRs in Romania has been welcomed by the US Department of Energy.

IAEA reviews long-term operation of Mexican plant

Published: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:32:54 GMT

Mexican state utility CFE has a good basis to manage the long-term operation of the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant, an International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has found.

Japanese team extracts elements from vitrified waste

Published: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:07:30 GMT

Japan's Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation has developed oxidation-reduction treatment technology that enables certain elements to be extracted from vitrified high-level radioactive waste. The technology will allow for the reuse of those elements and a reduction in the volume of high-level waste to be disposed of.

South Africa needs holistic approach to energy, says energy minister

Published: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:20:00 GMT

South Africa must consider nuclear as a clean energy source that can be part of its electricity generation mix, Energy Minister Jeff Radebe said yesterday in his keynote speech at a business awards ceremony.

New England commits to value of nuclear

Published: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:46:21 GMT

As two Connecticut utilities sign a contract assuring the continued operation of the Millstone nuclear power plant, the governors of the six states making up the region of New England have issued a document outlining their commitment to cooperate to maintain clean energy facilities including nuclear.

French, US regulators expand cooperatiion

Published: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:46:01 GMT

France's Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission have signed an agreement to cooperate in emergency preparedness.

Canada's Kinectrics signs international contracts

Published: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:12:53 GMT

Canadian company Kinectrics has been awarded contracts for projects related to safety at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant in Romania and lifetime asset management at the Bruce plant in Canada.

TRISO project clears first phase of loan guarantee process

Published: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:05:31 GMT

The US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office has invited X-energy to submit the second part of its application for a loan guarantee for the construction of a facility to fabricate TRISO-X fuel.

Basemat of Turkey's Akkuyu 1 completed

Published: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:30:41 GMT

Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has announced completion of the basemat for the nuclear island buildings of unit 1 of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey. Meanwhile the European Parliament has voted to suspend EU accession negotiations with Turkey and has reportedly called for cancellation of the Akkuyu project.

India USA document their commitment to new build

Published: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:03:25 GMT

India and the USA have committed to strengthen bilateral security and civil nuclear cooperation, including the establishment of six US-designed nuclear power plants in India.

New replacement steam generator for Gravelines 5

Published: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:06:31 GMT

One of three new replacement steam generators has arrived at the port of Dunkerque in northern France ahead of their installation at unit 5 of the nearby Gravelines nuclear power plant. Installation of the original replacement components was delayed from 2016 after discrepancies were found in their manufacturing files.

Korean companies team up for overseas I&C projects

Published: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:38:34 GMT

An agreement to jointly participate in overseas nuclear digital instrumentation and control projects has recently been signed between Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction. Both companies were involved in the development of the Korean Digital I&C system.

JEEP-II research reactor faces uncertain future

Published: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:46:42 GMT

Norway's Institute for Energy Technology has delayed the restart of the JEEP-II research reactor at Kjeller after corrosion was discovered on several components during a maintenance outage. The reactor will require "extensive and costly" repairs if it is to be restarted.

Spain, UAE plan cooperation in fuel services

Published: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:18:02 GMT

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Enusa Industrias Avanzadas, defining a framework for collaboration and the exchange of information and expertise in the field of nuclear fuel services.

General contract signed for Tianwan Phase IV

Published: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:35:50 GMT

The general contract has been signed for the construction of two further Russian-supplied reactors at the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province. In addition, a technical design contract was signed for a second pair of reactors at the Xudabao site in Liaoning province.

US budget request supports Yucca Mountain

Published: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:04:56 GMT

The US Administration's budget request for fiscal 2020, which begins on 1 October, seeks to restart the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing procedure for the Yucca Mountain geologic repository and also provides for the regulator to prepare for licensing advanced reactors.

Romania enhances safety at Cernavoda, IAEA reports

Published: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:12:19 GMT

The International Atomic Energy Agency said yesterday that the operator of Romania’s Cernavoda nuclear power plant had demonstrated "strengthened operational safety" by addressing the findings of an initial IAEA review in 2016.

Bulgaria invites investment in Belene project

Published: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 12:52:16 GMT

Bulgaria's National Electricity Company yesterday announced a call for selection of a strategic investor for the construction of Belene nuclear power plant on the Danube River near the Romanian border. The call also allows for expressions of interest to acquire a minority shareholding in the future project.

Researchers study Fukushima particle in close-up

Published: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:54:40 GMT

A joint team of UK and Japanese researchers have used the UK's synchrotron science facility to analyse the internal structure and composition of a radioactive particle collected from close to the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.

DOE announces funds for overseas fusion research

Published: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:18:40 GMT

The US Department of Energy Office of Science has announced USD30 million of funding for experimental research on magnetic fusion energy science at to be carried out at international tokamak facilities.

Estonia strengthens regulation, IAEA mission finds

Published: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:55:39 GMT

An International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts said today that Estonia has strengthened its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety in the last two years.

US regulator issues annual plant assessments

Published: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 15:42:23 GMT

All of the USA's 98 operating commercial reactors were in the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's two highest performance categories for 2018. Entergy's Pilgrim plant has returned to the highest operating level.

Sellafield silo has waste retrieval equipment installed

Published: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 15:00:58 GMT

Installation has been completed of the equipment needed to remove material from the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo at the Sellafield site in the UK. Demonstration removal of waste is scheduled for later this year, with larger scale removal operations set to start in 2020.

Finnish EPR receives operating licence

Published: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 13:59:54 GMT

The Finnish government today granted utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj an operating licence for the first-of-a-kind EPR at Olkiluoto. Once it enters commercial operation early next year, the 1600 MWe pressurised water reactor will supply some 15% of the country's electricity demand.

Local support rises for construction of Polish plant

Published: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:04:17 GMT

Support for the construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant remains high among residents in the three areas under consideration for hosting the facility, the latest survey commissioned by PGE EJ1 shows.

Cover marks milestone for US vitrification plant demolition

Published: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:27:12 GMT

Installation of a final cover has marked the end of physical work associated with the demolition of a former vitrification plant at the US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management's West Valley Demonstration Project, the only commercial nuclear fuel reprocessing plant to have operated in the USA.

Nuclear key to Xcel Energy's zero-carbon target

Published: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:00:20 GMT

US utility Xcel Energy says its current fleet of nuclear power reactors will help meet its target of reducing carbon emissions by 80% by 2030. It sees advanced reactors or small modular reactors playing a role in meeting its ultimate goal of providing zero-carbon electricity by 2050.

Japan LNG imports fall as nuclear plants restart

Published: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:56:39 GMT

Imports of liquefied natural gas for Japan's electric power sector are likely to decrease by up to 10% in 2019 following the return to service last year of five nuclear reactors, the US Energy Information Administration said yesterday.

Ukrainian head of state stresses role of nuclear power

Published: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:31:44 GMT

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday highlighted the important role nuclear power plays in the country’s energy mix, particularly in terms of reducing its dependence on natural gas. Poroshenko was speaking during his working trip to the Mykolaiv region, where the South Ukraine nuclear power plant and the Tashlyk pumped storage plant form the South Ukrainian Energy Complex.

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