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Pilot industrial operation of new nuclear fuel for VVER-1000 reactors with a second-generation anti-debris filter ADF-2 has been completed at unit 1 of Russia’s Rostov NPP. A pilot batch of 12 TVS-2M fuel cassettes with anti-debris filters of an improved design was loaded into the reactor core in 2018. It has now successfully completed the full operating cycle for VVER-1000 fuel assemblies.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-completes-tests-of-tvs-2m-nuclear-fuel-11159931
Rosatom is expected to decide on the construction of a second low-power NPP (ASMM – Atomnoi Stantsii Maloi Moshnosti) with a RITM-200N reactor plant in Yakutia, Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev told the 8th Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. Rosatom is building a ASMM in the village of Ust-Kuiga in Yakutia with a RITM-200N reactor unit with a capacity of 55 MWe. It will provide electricity for the development of the Kyuchus gold deposit, the deposits of the Kular gold-bearing region, the Tirekhtyakh Stream tin deposit and the Deputatsky tin deposit deposits, as well as the development of other deposits of the mining cluster in Northern Yakutia.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-considers-second-small-reactor-for-yakutia-11159999
Remediation work at legacy uranium mining sites in Uzbekistan is under way, supported by a €9m ($11m) grant from the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA) – set up on the initiative of the European Union (EU) and managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsremediation-begins-at-former-uranium-mining-sites-in-uzbekistan-11160714
The lower tier of the outer dome of the second unit of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh has been lifted into place. Meanwhile Rosatom says it expects to deliver the first fuel to the plant in October.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rooppur-progress-update,-nuclear-fuel-set-for-Octo
In the building of the unit 2 turbine hall at the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Turkiye, concreting of the foundation of the turbine unit has been completed. This is a key event enabling installation of components of the turbine unit.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsconcreting-of-turbine-unit-foundation-completed-at-akkuyu-2-11157132
Rosatom is studying the possibility of building a 1,200 MWe NPP in the far east. According to preliminary estimates, the plant will comprise two VVER-type power units with a capacity of 600 MWe, which do not yet have reference plants. Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev told the 8th Eastern Economic Forum 2023 in Vladivostok that construction of the plant will also enable the export of electricity. Regulators plan to decide on the site next year. Investments in the construction of the two-unit plant using new technology, according to analysts, will amount to $5-7bn.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-considering-npp-construction-in-russias-far-east-11158002
Framatome has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hungary’s Ministry of Energy for the development of a strategic relationship in the nuclear field. The MOU seeks to facilitate the extension of the cooperation between Framatome and Hungary in various domains of interest in nuclear such as education and competencies, R&D, the implementation of new technologies, fuel supply and related nuclear materials, as well as long-term operation.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 16 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsframatome-expands-nuclear-co-operation-with-hungary-11150465
Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said the country is in talks with Russia about a second nuclear plant, and with China for a third one - and has also held out the ambition of adding 5 GW of small modular reactor (SMR) capacity to the country's energy system by 2050.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 16 September 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Turkey-at-important-point-in-China-nuclear-plant-t
Rosatom's mining division Atomredmetzoloto JSC and RAOS JSC have signed an agreement to cooperate on plans for a Shelf-M small nuclear power plant project at the Sovinoye gold deposit in Chukotka in Russia's far east.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 15 September 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Shelf-M-project-being-developed-for-Sovinoye-gold
The deflector (dome part) of the passive heat removal system (PHRS) has been installed at unit 1 of Russia’s Kursk-II NPP, according to Rosatom’s engineering division. This is an aerodynamic device designed to increase draft in the ventilation duct and boost the efficiency of the ventilation system.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscomponent-of-passive-heat-removal-system-installed-at-kursk-ii-unit-1-11143394