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US companies Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. (USNC) and Peregrine Turbine Technologies (PTT) are to collaborate with the aim of integrating USNC’s Pylon reactor with PTT’s patented supercritical CO2 (sCO2) energy conversion system and advanced heat exchanger technologies. This partnership “focuses on enhancing clean energy generation through advanced nuclear and turbine technologies”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 19 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsusnc-and-peregrine-collaborate-on-advanced-energy-systems-11696106
A repurposed parking lot at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s (AECL’s) Chalk River campus has been selected as the site for construction of a demonstration Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR), according to a joint statement by AECL, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and Global First Power (GFP).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 18 May 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanada-selects-site-for-first-mmr-10858795
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
Swedish company LeadCold has launched a feasibility study to investigate the conditions for building and operating a nuclear research reactor at Studsvik with associated fuel fabrication infrastructure. The project would be based on LeadCold’s SEALER (Swedish Advanced Lead Reactor) – a small modular lead cooled fast breeder reactor originally intended for deployment in remote arctic regions in Northern Canada.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 16 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsleadcold-investigates-construction-of-research-reactor-in-sweden-10677153
Ultra Safe said the agreement marks the first commercial supply of enriched uranium product (EUP) for use in an advanced nuclear reactor in the world.
Ultra Safe said it will buy enriched EUP from Urenco USA for use in the manufacture of tri-structural isotropic (Triso) particles and fully ceramic micro-encapsulated (FCM) fuel via Ultra Safe’s planned joint venture with Framatome in the US.
The EUP will be produced and supplied by the Urenco USA uranium enrichment facility in New Mexico.
Kurt Terrani, executive vice-president at Ultra Safe said the company has been working hard to manage and de-risk the front end of our fuel cycle.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 04 March 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/urenco-to-provide-enriched-uranium-for-ultra-safe-s-mmr-3-5-2023
The joint venture expects to begin manufacturing Triso particles and fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuel in late 2025.
The two companies said they had developed “concrete plans” to support rapid expansion to meet demand growth for advanced nuclear fuel in the US and global markets.
The partnership follows the opening of USNC’s pilot fuel manufacturing facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in August, the first and only privately funded facility in the US to manufacture Triso particles.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/framatome-usnc-joint-venture-aims-to-begin-manufacturing-in-2025-1-1-2023
A joint venture between Framatome and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) plans to manufacture commercial quantities of TRISO fuel particles and fuel for advanced reactor designs.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 28 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Companies-pool-resources-to-manufacture-TRISO-fuel
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has granted a 20-year renewal of its Fuel Facility Operating Licence to Cameco Fuel Manufacturing (CFM) at Port Hope in Ontario. This will allow CFM to operate until 28 February 2043 during which it will have to undergo a comprehensive mid-point (10-year) review of its operations as well as a yearly regulatory oversight report meeting and compliance verification activities.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslicence-renewal-for-cameco-fuel-manufacturing-10539215
Canada’s McMaster University, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), and Global First Power (GFP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further examine the feasibility of deploying a Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) at McMaster University, or an affiliated site.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 16 December 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanadian-partners-to-study-deployment-of-micro-modular-reactor-10439214
Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has opened its Pilot Fuel Manufacturing (PFM) facility in Oak Ridge, at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). UNSC said the facility is leveraging the region’s specialised workforce to produce the first fuel for testing and qualification for use in the company’s advanced Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) Energy System.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsultra-safe-nuclear-corporation-opens-pilot-fuel-manufacturing-facility-9943982