France's Framatome and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany have started commercial development of nuclear research reactor fuels based on uranium-molybdenum fuel (U-Mo) alloys. The fuel can be used instead of highly enriched uranium (HEU), which is seen as a potential nuclear proliferation risk.

• France
• United States
• Uranium
• Germany
• Idaho National Laboratory
• Argonne National Laboratory
• Research reactor
• Europe
• French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission

Source: World Nuclear News

Date: Wednesday, 06 May 2020

Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-TUM-to-develop-new-research-reactor-fuel

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The results of a four-year International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Coordinated Research Project (CRP) on improving system and safety analysis of sodium cooled fast reactors (SFRs) are now available. The recently published IAEA TECDOC, Benchmark Analysis of EBR-II Shutdown Heat Removal Tests, is a result of work done by experts from 19 organisations in 11 member states.

• China
• United Kingdom
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• France
• United States
• Germany
• Japan
• India
• Argonne National Laboratory

Source: NEI Magazine

Date: Tuesday, 12 September 2017

Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-concludes-research-project-on-fast-reactor-safety-5924019

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