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Fuel company TVEL (part of Rosatom) has signed contract documents with the Egypt Atomic Energy Organisation (EAEA) for the supply of low enriched nuclear fuel components for Egypt’s ETRR-2 research reactor.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstvel-to-supply-of-fuel-for-egypts-research-reactor-egypt-10381409
Japan's last high-enriched uranium (HEU)-fuelled research reactor is to be converted to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel under a new agreement between the US Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 30 September 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Final-Japanese-research-reactor-to-convert-to-LEU
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has conducted its first Integrated Research Reactor Utilization Review (IRRUR) mission. An international team of experts carried out a thorough assessment of the way in which Chile's RECH-1 research reactor is currently being used and its potential capabilities.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 21 July 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-team-assesses-utilisation-of-Chilean-research
Like many other research reactors, IVG.1M originally used highly enriched uranium (HEU), which is considered a proliferation risk.
NNC said in a statement that in 2010 it began a project to convert the IVG.1M – which first operated in 1972 – to LEU. The goal was to reduce the enrichment level of the fuel to below 20% in accordance with International Atomic Energy Agency requirements, while “maintaining and improving” its characteristics.
Since 1978, international agreements supported by the IAEA have been signed by various countries operating research reactors to convert them to LEU fuel. In the early 2000s, Kazakhstan became one of these countries.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/ivg-1m-research-reactor-restarts-with-leu-fuel-5-3-2022
The work is part of broader programme of testing of components and systems for the IMSR plant, which uses Generation IV reactor technology for electric power generation and heat for industrial heat applications.
The testing programme at the HFR, one of the most powerful multi-purpose research and test reactors in the world, is designed to confirm the predicted performance of selected graphite grades throughout the seven-year cycle of the IMSR core-unit.
The testing will simulate IMSR core conditions, encompassing the full range of IMSR operating temperatures and of the neutron flux. NRG said the HFR has reached full power indicating the successful start of the test programme.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 14 November 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/terrestrial-energy-and-nrg-begin-graphite-irradiation-testing-at-petten-11-5-2020
Of the 220 research reactors in operation today, only seven are on the African continent. In other words, with 17.2% of the world population and the strongest expected growth in the coming years, Africans have access to only 3% of the world's nuclear research reactor capacity. Marguerite Leonardi, senior advisor at NPC Consulting & Engineering, and Professor Vincent Lukanda Mwamba, Commissaire Général of the Commissariat Général à l’Energie Atomique, explain why that is a concern and why the research reactor in Kinshasa should be restarted urgently.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Why-research-reactors-are-so-important-f
The installation of the pumps for the primary cooling circuit of Argentina's RA-10 multipurpose reactor has been completed, the country's National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) has announced. This marks completion of the assembly of the reactor's large components.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 10 October 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Large-components-in-place-for-Argentinean-research
Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has ordered the formation of a committee tasked to build a nuclear research reactor, the Iraqi Radioactive Sources Regulatory Authority (IRSRA) said on 24 September.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 29 September 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiraq-sets-up-committee-tasked-with-building-a-research-reactor-8153629
The Integrated Safety Assessment for Research Reactors (INSARR) team also found areas for safety improvements, such as in organisational aspects and in operational safety programmes.
The team called for strengthening the organisational structure for operation by clarifying staff roles and responsibilities to avoid potential conflicts of duties and authorities.
It said the reactor’s ageing management programme should be broadened to include experimental devices, irradiation facilities, radiation monitoring systems and the reactor’s civil structures.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 27 August 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/iaea-says-safety-has-continued-to-improve-at-research-reactor-8-3-2020
Řež (CVR), the operator of the LVR-15 research reactor in the Czech Republic, has continued to improve safety since a previous review in 2003, implementing significant refurbishments to modernise the reactor's systems and components, according to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts. The team also found areas for further safety enhancements, including in organisation and operational safety programmes.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 27 August 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-sees-safety-improvements-at-Czech-research-re