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France’s Framatome and the Technical University of Munich have begun the commercial development of uranium-molybdenum fuel (UMo) for research reactors.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 08 May 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-and-germany-begin-development-of-uranium-molybdenum-fuel-7911886
TUM said the contract, announced by Framatome earlier this week, includes the development of a pilot production line and the production of fuel plates for radiation tests. These tests are a central part of the qualification of the new fuel, especially for research reactors in Europe, TUM said.
The pilot production facility will be set up at Framatome’s new research and development laboratory, in Romans-sur-Isère in southeastern France.
TUM said the first prototype fuel elements are expected to be manufactured in early 2021. If the tests are successful, production could start as early as 2022.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 08 May 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/agreement-could-lead-to-production-in-2022-says-tum-5-4-2020
Framatome and TUM will design and install a fuel manufacturing production line, and develop, produce and irradiate new fuel prototypes.
The project will take place at the Cerca Research and Innovation Lab (CRIL), Framatome’s new research and development laboratory for the fabrication of nuclear fuels for medical, research and sterilisation applications.
UMo fuel has a higher level of uranium density than uranium-silicon fuel, so it can use LEU instead of HEU. The fuel can also improve the performance of research reactors, according to Framatome.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 06 May 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/framatome-and-tum-begin-commercial-development-5-2-2020
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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 06 May 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-TUM-to-develop-new-research-reactor-fuel
The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi, said on 8 April in a message marking National Nuclear Technology Day that Iran’s nuclear activities were continuing despite the novel coronavirus outbreak and continuing US sanctions.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 15 April 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-pushes-ahead-with-nuclear-development-despite-pandemic-restrictions-7871976
Russia’s Tvel nuclear fuel company, of which NCCP is a subsidiary, said the contract is a logical follow-up to a number of contracts for the shipment of fuel components to Egypt in recent years.
The Argentinian-designed multipurpose ETRR-2, Egypt’s only reactor, uses uranium fuel with an enrichment of 19.75%. The reactor is used for research in particle physics, materials engineering, and the production of stable isotopes.
Tvel, a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said it considers Egypt an important and promising market. The company already has a contract for nuclear fuel supplies to the future El Dabaa nuclear station in the north of the African country. The contract covers supplies to all four power units of El Dabaa during the facility’s entire operational lifetime.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 07 April 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/russia-to-supply-leu-for-etrr-2-research-reactor-4-1-2020
Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP) has signed a 10-year contract with the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority for the supply of low-enriched nuclear fuel components, such as uranium and aluminium items, for the ETRR-2 research reactor. NCCP is a subsidiary of Russian nuclear fuel manufacturer TVEL.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 07 April 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russian-facility-to-supply-fuel-components-for-Egy
According to the IAEA, today experiments and research can be carried out using low enriched uranium (LEU), despite the fact that most research reactors were built in the 1960s and 1970s with technology that required HEU
“The international community has successfully provided technological solutions for converting HEU fuel to LEU fuel in research reactors,” said Thomas Hanlon, nuclear engineer expert at the IAEA.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 26 February 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/agency-says-progress-made-globally-in-use-of-leu-for-research-2-2-2020
The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have completed of a multi-year campaign to move used highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Canada to the USA.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 21 February 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrepatriation-of-used-fuel-completed-from-canada-to-usa-7782374
A campaign to move used highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel from Canada to the USA, which began in 2015, has been completed a year ahead of schedule, the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 14 February 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canada,-USA-complete-used-fuel-return