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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has transferred all of the used nuclear fuel from the closed Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) from wet to dry storage. The target was achieved almost nine months ahead of schedule.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 01 April 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsused-fuel-from-us-ebr-ii-reactor-transferred-to-dry-storage-10722440
One law would create the Virginia Power Innovation Fund. Money from the fund would be used solely for research and development of innovative energy technologies, including nuclear, hydrogen, carbon capture and utilisation, and energy storage.
The law would also create the Virginia Power Innovation Program, using funds to establish a Virginia nuclear innovation hub and award competitive grants to support energy innovation.
Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, unveiled an energy plan in October that proposed $10m in the upcoming state budget to create the innovation fund, with $5m of this funding aimed at growing Virginia’s nuclear energy industry by establishing the innovation hub.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 01 April 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/virginia-governor-signs-into-law-multiple-bills-on-smr-development-3-5-2023
The University of Missouri has launched an initiative to build a new, larger research reactor, NextGen MURR. The university's existing MU Research Reactor (MURR) - in operation for more than half a century - is the highest-powered university research reactor in the USA and is currently the country's only producer of certain medical radioisotopes.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 01 April 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-isotope-producing-research-reactor-for-Missour
During US President Joe Biden’s visit to Canada, a wide-ranging joint statement was issued with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which among other things, pledged to coordinate efforts to develop nuclear fuel supply chains in North America. They also undertook to build partnerships to help ensure access to low-enriched uranium and agreed to launch a task force to accelerate cooperation on clean energy opportunities and supply chains. Canada further agreed to join the US-led programme Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) programme and to provide funding and in-kind support.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanada-and-usa-to-strengthen-nuclear-energy-co-operation-10714416
BR2 is one of the most powerful research reactors in the world contributing significantly to the global supply of medical radioisotopes and testing nuclear innovations. Since it began operating in 1962, it has been fuelled by highly enriched uranium (HEU), considered a nuclear proliferation risk. Belgium’s nuclear research centre, SCK-CEN, plans to replace this with low-enriched uranium (LEU).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelgiums-br2-research-reactor-to-use-low-enriched-uranium-fuel-10714503
Belgium’s Institute for Radioelements (IRE), a key producer of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) and iodine-131 (I-131) widely used in nuclear medicine, has complete conversion of its production process to low-enriched uranium (LEU). This has ended the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU), which is seen as a proliferation risk.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelgiums-ire-moves-to-100-low-enriched-uranium-10719323
Workers at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have completed the transfer of all the used fuel from the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) from wet to dry storage, a major milestone under a 1995 agreement with the state of Idaho. The fuel was the last to be retrieved from the water-filled storage basin at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Final-fuel-transfer-from-storage-basin-at-INL
All major global molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production facilities are now using low-enriched uranium (LEU) targets instead of proliferation-sensitive highly-enriched uranium (HEU) following the completion of work to convert Belgium's National Institute of Radioelements (IRE) medical isotope production facility.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Mo-99-production-reaches-non-proliferation-milesto
ARC Clean Technology Canada (ARC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) for co-operation in the commercialisation in Alberta of ARC’s advanced Small Modular Reactor (aSMR) technology. The province of Alberta, along with New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan, has agreed to a joint strategic plan to support SMR development.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsarc-clean-technology-signs-agreement-on-deployment-of-smrs-in-alberta-10708319
US-based GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) are teaming up with Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Poland’s Synthos Green Energy (SGE) to advance global deployment of the GEH BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-canadian-and-polish-companies-to-support-bwrx-300-deployment-10708358