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US-based NuScale Power Corporation says it has placed the first upper reactor pressure vessel (RPV) long lead material (LLM) production order with Doosan Enerbility. The materials are needed to begin manufacturing the first NuScale Power Modules. These are scheduled to start commercial operation at the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) by 2029. NuScale and Doosan will also manufacture additional modules for future NuScale VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) power plant projects with similar delivery dates.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 18 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuscale-power-orders-long-lead-materials-from-doosan-enerbility-10684520
TRIGA International, a joint venture between France’s Framatome and US General Atomics, has manufactured its first fuel element in more than 10 years. The fuel was fabricated at Framatome’s recently restored manufacturing facility at Romans-sur-Isère in France. The company completed a three-year $80m renovation project in 2021 funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and TRIGA International to restart its fuel production. During the renovation, DOE provided 76 lightly used TRIGA fuel elements to US research reactors to help meet immediate needs.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 16 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsframatome-fabricates-fuel-element-for-us-triga-research-reactors-10677166
Small modular reactor (SMR) developer NuScale Power has placed its first upper reactor pressure vessel (RPV) long-lead material production order with Doosan Enerbility. The order is for materials essential to commence manufacturing of the first NuScale Power Modules that are scheduled to be in commercial operation at the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems' (UAMPS) Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 14 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NuScale-places-first-order-for-SMR-long-lead-mater
Framatome has announced the completion of the first fabricated metallic fuel element for TRIGA research reactors in more than a decade. TRIGA International - a joint venture between Framatome and General Atomics - will now ramp up fuel manufacturing to power US TRIGA reactors with support from the US Department of Energy (DOE).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 09 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/DOE-receives-new-TRIGA-fuel-as-production-resumes
US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has completed manufacture of a 3.7-metre-long heat pipe that will be used to support the Nuclear Test Reactor (NTR) Westinghouse aims to operate by 2026.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 04 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-manufactures-heat-pipe-for-evinci-microreactor-10648065
Participants in the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) being developed by Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) have agreed to continue the development and deployment of a small modular reactor project despite rising costs. UAMPS is a consortium of cities in Utah, Idaho, New Mexico and Nevada. CFPP Partners include NuScale Power (developer of the nuclear power modules), Fluor Corporation (construction and licensing contractor), and the US Department of Energy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 04 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-smr-project-to-continue-despite-increased-costs-10648782
US nuclear fuel developer Lightbridge Corporation has completed work in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to support the development of Lightbridge Fuel. The work was carried out under the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) voucher programme.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 03 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-pacific-northwest-national-laboratory-supports-development-of-lightbridge-fuel-10644641
Advanced nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have completed a collaborative project to demonstrate Lightbridge's nuclear fuel casting process using depleted uranium under the US Department of Energy's (DoE) Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) voucher programme.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Lightbridge-and-PNNL-demonstrate-fuel-casting-proc
Chicago-based Clean Core Thorium Energy and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) are planning a pre-licensing review of the Clean Core’s advanced nuclear fuel. The ANEEL fuel design uses thorium and High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU). Clean Core says the pre-licensing review process will provide it with clear and early feedback on use of the ANEEL fuel design in a Candu reactor.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsclean-cores-aneel-fuel-to-begin-pre-licensing-review-by-canadian-regulator-10602596
Clean Core Thorium Energy and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) have begun the planning phase of a pre-licensing review of Clean Core's ANEEL thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, the company has announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 16 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Preparations-begin-for-thorium-HALEU-fuel-regulato