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Nuclear expert advises against replacing Russian fuel rods at Paks
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 by It is neither sensible nor safe to replace the Russian nuclear fuel used in the VVER-440 reactors at Hungary’s Paks NPP with fuel from another supplier, Hungarian nuclear engineer...

US NRC approves HALEU-TRISO transport system
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 by US-based NAC International has received approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its patented OPTIMUS-L packaging and transport system for High-Assay...

Moltex granted patent for its fuel recycling process
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 by Moltex Energy Canada has been granted a patent for its used nuclear fuel recycling process in Canada. The patent covers Moltex’s process for converting any uranium oxide fuel into...

US DOE presses ahead with HALEU development
Thursday, January 11, 2024 by The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for uranium enrichment services to help establish a reliable domestic supply of fuels using high-assay...

Indian PM dedicates demonstration fuel reprocessing plant to nation
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation the Demonstration Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Plant (DFRP) at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)...

UK launches HALEU programme
Tuesday, January 09, 2024 by The UK will be the first European country to launch a high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) programme with a £300m ($381m) investment, according to a statement from the Department...

Kazakh-Chinese joint venture completes fuel qualification certification
Friday, January 05, 2024 by National Atomic Company Kazatomprom has announced that the Kazakhstan-China joint venture, Ulba-TVS LLP, which produces fuel for Chinese NPPs has completed the qualification process...

Fortum plans tender for Loviisa fuel supplier
Wednesday, January 03, 2024 by Finland’s Fortum Power & Heat Oy has submitted a report on future fuel procurement for the Loviisa NPP to the Ministry of Labour & Trade. The submission of the report was one of...

Urenco to expand Netherlands facility
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 by Urenco has approved an investment to expand enrichment capacity at its facility in the Netherlands. Multiple new centrifuge cascades will be added to Urenco’s plant in Almelo - the...

Rosatom completes equipment tests for Brest fuel production facility
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 by Rosatom has completed testing equipment for the production of mixed uranium-plutonium nitride fuel (SNUP) intended for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor under construction at...

LIS Technologies and Curio to co-operate on laser reprocessing
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 by US-based laser enrichment technology developer LIS Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Curio Legacy Ventures (CLV), a subsidiary of Curio Solutions,...

Russian scientists develop organic compound to make used fuel reprocessing more efficient
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 by A team of Russian scientists from several large scientific centres have created an organic compound that helps to more effectively separate and components of used fuel...

Lightbridge and Centrus Energy to collaborate on pilot fuel fabrication facility
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 by US fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation has announced a contract to conduct a front-end engineering & design (FEED) study to add a dedicated Lightbridge Pilot Fuel...

Rosatom manufactures first BN-800 MOX fuel assemblies with minor actinides
Friday, December 08, 2023 by Rosatom’s Mining & Chemical Combine (MCC) in Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk region, has manufactured the first three fuel assemblies with uranium-plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, which...

Russia’s Angarsk ElectroChemical Combine to start new enrichment project
Friday, December 08, 2023 by Russia’s Angarsk ElectroChemical Combine (AECC in Irkutsk) will begin enriching uranium hexafluoride supplied by the Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC in Seversk) in 2024. Both are part...

COP28: ENEC signs commercial uranium contract with Kazatomprom
Tuesday, December 05, 2023 by The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has signed its first commercial uranium fuel supply contract with Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company (NAC) Kazatomprom JSC to supply...

Urenco signs long-term fuel deal with Energoatom
Friday, December 01, 2023 by UK-based enrichment company Urenco and Ukrainian nuclear utility Energoatom signed a new long-term fuel supply contract during the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris. According to...

OPG selects fuel suppliers for planned SMRs
Friday, December 01, 2023 by Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris that it is partnering with Canada’s Cameco, Urenco USA, France’s Orano and US-based...

Framatome and USNC establish joint venture to manufacture reactor fuel
Friday, December 01, 2023 by France’s Framatome and US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) signed an agreement at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris to establish a joint venture (JV) to provide...

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