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As the world's largest producer of uranium gears up for a referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant, national policymakers and stakeholders have shared Kazakhstan's vision for a civilian nuclear programme at the World Nuclear Spotlight Kazakhstan event in Almaty.

Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kazakhstan-shines-spotlight-on-nuclear-powered-fut

Russian nuclear regulator Rostechnadzor has issued a licence which will allow the production of mock-ups of fuel assemblies with depleted uranium for the BREST-OD-300 fast neutron reactor.

Date: Saturday, 13 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Licence-issued-to-test-BREST-OD-300-nuclear-fuel-m

South Africa’s Koya Capital has signed a partnership agreement with Stratek Global to assist in securing finance for construction of a high temperature modular reactor. The ZAR9bn ($480m) HTMR-100 is based on South Africa’s Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR).

Date: Friday, 12 April 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssupport-grows-for-south-africas-htmr-100-smr-11676146

Days after announcing the start of accelerated irradiation testing and qualification of its patented ANEEL thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel at Idaho National Laboratory, Clean Core Thorium Energy announced it has completed the first phase of the Canadian nuclear regulator's pre-licensing review process.

Date: Thursday, 11 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Licensing-and-testing-progress-for-innovative-thor

Dutch specialty metals company AMG Critical Materials NV has created a new company - named NewMOX SAS - to develop commercial facilities for the production of mixed plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) fuel using AMG's sintering furnace systems.

Date: Saturday, 06 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/AMG-forms-new-company-to-promote-MOX-technology

The company says its application to build the Natrium reactor demonstration project is the first construction permit application for a commercial advanced reactor to be submitted to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Non-nuclear construction will begin this summer.

Date: Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TerraPower-submits-application-to-build-Natrium-re

US-based Global Laser Enrichment (GLE), jointly owned by Australia’s Silex Systems (51%) and Canada’s Cameco (49%), has decided against responding to a US Department of Energy (DOE) request for the acquisition of high-assay low-enriched uranium enrichment (HALEU), which is not currently commercially available from US-based suppliers.

Date: Saturday, 30 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgle-decides-against-haleu-development-11644720

Two nuclear start-ups, Stellaria and Thorizon, each in consortium with Orano, have been selected by the French government to receive funding through the France 2030 national investment plan to develop molten salt reactors. Each consortium has been awarded a €10m ($10,8m) grant. The two projects are the result of a collaboration of several months bringing together these three companies with the aim of developing a European molten salt reactor (MSR) sector.

Date: Thursday, 28 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-awards-grants-for-research-and-development-of-molten-salt-reactors-11635418

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has announced a target of achieving carbon-neutral operations at the Chalk River Laboratories site in Ontario by 2040. It said connecting to the small modular reactor proposed for the site could contribute to meeting this target.

Date: Thursday, 28 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/CNL-aims-for-carbon-neutrality-of-Chalk-River-site

Global Laser Enrichment has decided not to submit a proposal in response to a US Department of Energy request for the acquisition of high-assay low-enriched uranium enrichment, its 51%-owner Silex Systems has announced. The company has also received regulatory approval to load uranium hexafluoride for the start of testing to demonstrate the technology it plans to use in its enrichment facility at Paducah in Kentucky.

Date: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Laser-enrichment-company-declines-HALEU-opportunit