Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), and AtkinsRéalis have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore opportunities to collaborate on heavy water production for Candu reactors. Under the MOU, the three organisations will consider working together, as well as with additional strategic partners with the expertise to accelerate technologies, to either produce or upgrade heavy water. This could be used in the commissioning and operation of new Candu reactors in Canada, the construction of which would need significant volumes of heavy water that would require the construction of new facilities in Canada.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 18 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsaecl-cnl-and-atkinsralis-to-collaborate-on-heavy-water-production-for-candu-reactors-11782926
California-based startup Atomic Canyon has announced a new project with the US Department of Energy's (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), to build a safe, efficient open-source AI (artificial intelligence) model for the nuclear sector. Atomic Canyon will use ORNL’s Frontier supercomputer – the world's fastest supercomputer – to train the company's AI model to understand complex nuclear terminology. Frontier was the first to achieve "exascale" computing performance (a quintillion calculations per second).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 18 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsatomic-canyon-and-ornl-to-develop-ai-model-for-nuclear-sector-11783031
Finland’s power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has issued a seven-year green bond worth $600m ($650m), the net proceeds of which will be used to finance or refinance eligible green projects including nuclear. The bond, with a coupon rate of 4.25% was issued under the company's bond programme and is listed on the Luxembourg stock exchange.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 18 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfinlands-tvo-issues-green-bond-to-fund-nuclear-assets-11783148
The VVER-1200 reactor pressure vessel (RPV) and two steam generatorsfor unit 8 of China’s Tianwan NPP have been shipped from the Atommash production site in Volgodonsk, Russia, and will be transferred to the NPP by road, river and sea. Last year, the RPV and four steam generators for Tianwan unit 7 as well as two steam generators for unit 8, were shipped from Atommash. By the end of 2024, internal devices and two upper reactor blocks will be sent from Volgodonsk to the construction site in China.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 18 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsreactor-vessel-and-steam-generators-en-route-to-tianwan-8-11783190
The Matsue branch of Hiroshima High Court has dismissed a petition seeking to stop Chugoku Electric Power Co from restarting operations at unit 2 of its Shimane NPP in western Japan. The petition was filed in March 2023 by four residents in the prefectures of Shimane and Tottori, which neighbour each other. It raised concerns over the validity of the design basis earthquake ground motions for the reactor and the effectiveness of evacuation plans.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 18 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscourt-in-japan-dismisses-petition-to-halt-restart-of-shimane-nuclear-reactor-11783266
The first outage of the 1600 MWe EPR at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP (OL3) has finally been completed after a series of extensions. Initially the outage was supposed to end on 8 April. Owner operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said it was anticipated that the service outage after the first operating cycle “would be very laborious”. OL3 is the largest nuclear power plant unit in Europe, and the amount of equipment and components is extremely high. All in all, about 7,500 work phases were carried out during the outage.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 18 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-outage-of-olkiluoto-3-complete-after-delays-11783321
US fission technology company Oklo is forming a strategic partnership with start-up Atomic Alchemy to produce isotopes. This partnership will aim to combine Oklo’s efforts to build and operate fast reactors and fuel recycling expertise with Atomic Alchemy’s expertise in isotope production to meet increasing demands for isotopes.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 18 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsoklo-to-collaborate-with-atomic-alchemy-on-isotope-production-11783372
President Biden has signed into law HR 1042, the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act, just two weeks after the bill was passed unanimously by the US Senate. The legislation, which bans the import of Russian-produced low enriched uranium (LEU), will come into effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of the bill, and will remain in effect until the end of 2040. Waivers may be granted to allow the import of limited amounts of LEU, under certain circumstances, until 1 January 2028.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-ban-on-russian-uranium-signed-into-law-11779066
Netherlands nuclear regulator, the Authority for Nuclear Safety & Radiation Protection (ANVS - Autoriteit Nucleaire Veiligheid en Stralingsbescherming) has granted the final permit to enrichment company Urenco for the construction and operation of a new radioactive waste storage facility at its Almelo site.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsurenco-receives-permit-for-new-waste-store-at-almelo-11779117
Ukraine’s nuclear utility Energoatom and South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) on the design, construction and commissioning of new nuclear power units in Ukraine. The MOC was signed by Energoatom President Petro Kotin and Hyundai E&C Executive Vice President and Operations Director Choi Young in the presence of Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko and South Korea's Ambassador to Ukraine Kim Hyun-Tae.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 May 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsenergoatom-and-hyundai-ec-reaffirm-co-operation-on-new-build-in-ukraine-11779160
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