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Molten salt nuclear plant could be deployed by 2032
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 05 September 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/dutch-and-french-regulators-to-collaborate-on-thorizon-preparatory-review-9-3-2024
BWX Technologies Inc (BWXT) has been awarded a contract by the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to develop a centrifuge pilot plant to ensure a domestic supply of enriched uranium for defence purposes.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/BWXT-to-evaluate-defence-focused-enrichment-pilot
State-owned INB says tripling of price means possible growth in sector
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 24 August 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/brazil-sees-avenue-of-opportunities-as-plans-announced-to-resume-exploration-8-5-2024
Westinghouse has produced the first of its nuclear fuel pellets that contain higher enrichment levels than what is currently used in commercial reactors. The Low Enriched Uranium Plus (LEU+) Advanced Doped Pellet Technology (ADOPT) fuel pellets are aimed at boosting both the performance and safety of nuclear power plants.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 10 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Westinghouse-starts-production-of-ADOPT-fuel-pelle
The third and final tier of the reactor containment structure has been installed at the construction site of the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in Seversk, in the Tomsk Region of Russia.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 09 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Final-tier-of-containment-installed-for-Russian-fa
JSC Atomenergoproekt and Rosenergoatom - Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom's engineering and power plant operating divisions, respectively - have signed a contract to develop design documentation for the construction of the BN-1200 fast sodium reactor.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 06 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Contract-for-BN-1200-design-work
India's Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has officially granted permission for the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam to move to the next stage of the commissioning process, the First Approach to Criticality. This will include the loading of fuel into the reactor core and the start of low power physics experiments.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 02 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Indian-regulator-approves-FBR-fuel-loading
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has received shipments of disused radium-226 sources from the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology, which will be recycled to produce actinium-225 to be used in targeted radiotherapy.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 25 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canada-to-turn-radioactive-sources-from-Thailand-i
Move is part of efforts to reduce amount of long-lived radwaste
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 17 July 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/world-s-first-mox-fuel-containing-minor-actinides-loaded-at-beloyarsk-4-7-2-2024
The project in Ordos in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is being developed by China National Nuclear Corporation, with work beginning on Friday, according to the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 16 July 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Construction-begins-on-China-s-largest-uranium-min