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The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved GE Vernova's nuclear fuel business to manufacture, ship and analyse the performance of nuclear fuel with uranium-235 enrichments of up to 8%.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 16 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GNF-gets-approval-to-manufacture-higher-enrichment
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Savannah River Site (SRS) says the H Canyon facility recently initiated actions to recycle a small amount of used highly enriched uranium (HEU) stored in the Site’s H Area in order to down-blend it into high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU). “The projected demand for HALEU far exceeds the current supply,” said HALEU Programme Manager Jeff Hasty for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the site’s managing and operating contractor.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshaleu-production-planned-for-savannah-river-site-as-clean-up-continues-10731144
US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Advanced Reactor Concepts (ARC Nuclear) on 12 March signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the development and licensing of an advanced small modular reactor (SMR) based on Generation IV sodium-cooled fast reactor technology.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 15 March 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-companies-collaborate-on-small-fast-reactor-technology-5763171
Russia's Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) projects a doubling of its net profit by the end of 2016, although proceeds will remain approximately at the level as the previous year. SCC director general Sergey Tochilin told journalists at a public dialogue forum held in Seversk on 24 June that in 2016, SCC's proceeds will increase to RUB14.4bn ($221m) against RUB14.3bn the previous year. Revenues from nuclear product sales will be about RUB9.77bn (RUB9.75bn in 2015) and revenues from general industry operations will amount to RUB4.63bn (RUB4.52bn in 2015).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 29 June 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-scc-doubles-its-profits-4936380
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to explore the potential of deploying a prototype of GEH’s Generation IV PRISM reactor
GE-Hitachi PRISM sodium-cooled fast reactor
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- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 29 October 2010
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssavannah-river-takes-on-prism