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The Governments of the Philippines and the USA signed an “Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy” also known as a Section 123 Agreement, on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in San Francisco, California. The US insists that countries seeking to trade nuclear power goods and services must sign formal cooperation agreements. Such Section 123 Agreements relate to the relevant paragraph of the US 1954 Atomic Energy Act which requires them.

Date: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsphilippines-and-us-sign-nuclear-co-operation-agreement-11315263

ČEZ subsidiary Elektrárna Dukovany II (EDU II) has received final bids from the three potential suppliers for a new nuclear unit at Dukovany, as well as non-binding offers for three more future reactors.

Date: Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Westinghouse,-EDF-and-KHNP-submit-final-Czech-bids

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team has conducted a Safety Aspects of Long Term Operation (SALTO) follow-up review mission to Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant and concluded "the operator has completed all major actions to safely operate the reactors in the LTO period".

Date: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-praise-for-Kozloduy-LTO-safety-actions

Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami has said Iran is building a 2,000 MWe NPP of indigenous design in Khuzestan province. The Karun NPP in Darkhovin District in Khuzestan’s Shadegan County will generate 300 MWe in the preliminary phase. Other phases will follow.

Date: Thursday, 02 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-is-constructing-2000-mwe-npp-in-khuzestan-10638355

Minister of Energy Virgil Popescu says Canada and the USA are both offering to help with the financing of the construction of Cernavoda 3 and 4 and said the US firms Fluor Corporation and Sargent & Lundy, Canada's SNC Lavalin and France's Framatome had agreed to "explore opportunities for cooperation in the civil nuclear field" with Nuclearelectrica.

Date: Friday, 28 October 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Romania-s-Popescu-outlines-fresh-nuclear-partnersh

EDF has announced that its Small Modular Reactor NUWARD will be the case study for a European early joint regulatory review led by the French Safety Authority (ASN) with the participation of the Czech (SUJB) and Finnish (STUK) safety authorities. EDF said that, by this action, it was fostering European cooperation and supporting the acceleration of international SMR licensing, creating momentum towards harmonisation of SMR regulations.

Date: Wednesday, 08 June 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsedfs-nuward-smr-to-be-case-study-for-european-regulatory-review-9754892

Problems are close to welds that form part of safety injection system circuit The faults were first found on pipes in a safety system at the Civaux nuclear power station. French nuclear operator EDF has found faults on pipes in a safety system at its Civaux nuclear power station and has shut down the Chooz nuclear station because it uses the same kind of reactors.

EDF said that during preventive maintenance checks on the primary circuit of the Civaux-1 nuclear plant, in the Vienne department of western France, faults were detected close to the welds on the pipes of the safety injection system circuit. The French nuclear safety authority, ASN, has been told.

EDF said the checks were carried out as part of Civaux’s 10-yearly inspection.

Checks on the same equipment at Civaux-2 revealed similar defects.

EDF said it will replace the affected parts on the two Civaux reactors, resulting in an extended shutdown of the two units.

Date: Tuesday, 21 December 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/edf-shuts-down-chooz-reactors-following-discovery-of-pipe-faults-at-civaux-12-1-2021

China's Ministry of Ecology & Environment (MEE) said on 16 June that there had been no leak at the Taishan NPP in Guangdong Province and rejected allegations by CNN that the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) had raised the permitted radiation levels near the plant. NNSA had reviewed specifications for noble gases used in the reactor coolant at Taishan, but this had "nothing to do with the detection of any radiation outside the nuclear plant”, MEE said.

Date: Friday, 18 June 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschina-reports-minor-fuel-rod-damage-but-no-leak-at-taishan-npp-8827632

An increase in the concentration of noble gases in the primary circuit of the Taishan 1 EPR is related to a few damaged fuel rods, China's National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) confirmed today. It said the increase is "a common phenomenon" and is still in accordance with the requirements of the plant's operating technical specifications. Earlier this week, France's Framatome - which designed the EPR - said the unit was experiencing a "performance issue".

Date: Thursday, 17 June 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-damage-confirmed-at-Taishan-1