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The closure of Kuosheng-2 on 15 March leaves two units in operation at the Maanshan nuclear power station, but both are scheduled to be shut down in the next two years, fulfilling the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s promise of a “nuclear-free homeland” by 2025.
The four reactors that have been shut down had a total net capacity of 3,178 MW, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The two remaining reactors have a total net capacity of 1,874 MW.
Chinshan-1 was shut down in 2018, Chinshan-2 in 2019 and Kuosheng-1 in 2021.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 17 March 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/latest-reactor-shutdown-leaves-island-in-precarious-position-3-4-2023
Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has developed a new technology that could play a key role in safeguarding used nuclear fuels. The prototype Robotized Cherenkov Viewing Device (RCVD) is a small robot. In tests it navigated a used fuel pond and provided inspectors with real time data that could be used for safeguards verification. “The test demonstrates that autonomous robots could soon assist with field measurement and analysis of spent nuclear fuel, providing greater protection for human workers,” said Technical Programme Manager, Rosie Attwell.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 28 January 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsaustralian-technology-helping-safeguard-used-nuclear-fuel-10548131
A floating autonomous robot could soon play a key role in safeguarding used nuclear fuel around the world. The Robotised Cherenkov Viewing Device (RCVD) has been created through a collaboration between Australian national science agency CSIRO's data and digital specialist arm Data61, Hungarian robotics company Datastart and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Robot-developed-to-assist-verification-of-used-fue
Canada’s Terrestrial Energy has completed a regulatory evaluation of packaging and cross-border transportation of Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) nuclear fuel in collaboration with France’s Orano.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 05 November 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsterrestrial-energy-and-orano-evaluate-imsr-fuel-packaging-and-transportation-10260419
Iran has begun construction of a 10 MW pool-type light water reactor nuclear research reactor of its own design in Isfahan.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-starts-construction-of-research-reactor-in-isfahan-10137261
All the fuel assemblies at the Monju prototype fast breeder reactor (FBR), which is being decommissioned, have now been transferred to a water-filled storage facility, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 22 October 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Defuelling-completed-at-Japan-s-Monju-reactor
After more than three decades, the Philippines is again operating a nuclear facility, the Subcritical Assembly for Training, Education and Research (SATER), according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In 2014, a proposal was accepted to utilise fuel elements of a shutdown research reactor for training and education, which the IAEA has been supporting through a series of technical cooperation projects. In the first project, launched in 2016, IAEA assisted the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) to build capacity in reactor design, neutron dosimetry and regulatory matters related to research reactors.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 01 September 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssubcritical-assembly-for-training-education-and-research-begins-operation-in-philippines-9967059
The operation of the facility is a step forward as the Southeast Asian country prepares for a possible nuclear new-build programme that is supported by president Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The 1 MW open pool general-purpose PRR-1 research reactor reached criticality in August 1963. In 1984, PNRI decided to convert and upgrade the reactor into a 3 MW Triga Mark III reactor. It was shut down in 1988, leaving the country with no operating nuclear facility for the past 34 years.
In 2014, a proposal was accepted to use fuel rods from PRR-1 for training and education. The fuel is a uranium-zirconium hydride alloy manufactured by General Atomics of the US, which built the PRR-1. The International Atomic Energy Agency has been supporting the project through a series of technical cooperation projects.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 27 August 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/milestone-with-startup-of-first-nuclear-facility-in-more-than-30-years-8-5-2022
The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) has begun commissioning the Philippine Research Reactor-1 Subcritical Assembly for Training, Education and Research (PRR-1 SATER), which will become the country's sole nuclear reactor training facility.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 26 August 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Commissioning-of-Philippine-research-reactor-under
The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, has said that construction of a new research reactor in the central city of Isfahan will begin in the coming weeks. One of its tasks will be to test nuclear fuel for other reactors. nuclear fuel test for other reactors. He made the announcement during a visit to the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) at the Isfahan site.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-to-construct-research-reactor-in-isfahan-9891569