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US-based Oklo and the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI) have signed an agreement for land to host two more of Oklo’s Aurora design fast neutron microreactors. Oklo received a site permit in December 2019 from the US Department of Energy to build its first Aurora facility at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

Date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstwo-more-sites-agreed-for-oklo-mmr-10878676

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Terrestrial Energy USA a regulatory assistance grant to support the company’s US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing programme for its Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) plant. This comes after the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) in April concluded that there were no fundamental barriers to licensing the IMSR plant for Canadian commercial use. The decision followed a systematic and multi-year review against Canadian regulatory requirements. It was the first regulatory review of a nuclear plant using molten salt reactor technology and the first advanced, high-temperature fission technology to complete a review of this type.

Date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-grant-supports-terrestrial-energys-licensing-of-molten-salt-reactor-10878703

The IVG.1M research reactor at Kazakhstan’s National Nuclear Centre (NNC) in Kurchatov, has resumed formal operation using low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel, following completion its conversion and subsequent licensing.

Date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskazakhstan-research-reactor-switches-to-leu-fuel-10881376

An electric-powered prototype of one of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Marvel microreactors has been installed at a manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania and is gearing up for testing. The non-nuclear prototype, which is a full-scale replica of microreactor, stands 12 feet tall and weighs 2,000 pounds. The installation was completed by Creative Engineers Inc (CEI).

Date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-does-marvel-microreactor-prototype-prepares-for-testing-10881408

A grant of €23m ($25m) has been allocated from the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA), managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for remediation of Mailuu-Suu in Kyrgyzstan. This is one of the largest and most heavily contaminated uranium legacy sites in Central Asia. The grant – the largest since the establishment of the ERA – will help to stabilise and cover more than 2m cubic metres of radioactive tailings. Approximately 350,000 cubic metres tailings need to be relocated from the Mailuu-Suu River to a safe disposal site. This will prevent toxic material spreading into the Fergana Valley, which has a population of more than 15m.

Date: Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsebrd-allocates-grant-for-uranium-legacy-clean-up-in-kyrgyzstan-10878641

The IVG.1M research reactor in Kurchatov, Kazakhstan, is ready to resume experiments following the completion of a project to convert it from using highly-enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel, the country's National Nuclear Centre (NNC) announced.

Date: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kazakh-research-reactor-recommissioned-after-fuel

All the uranium produced in the USA during the first quarter of this year was from in-situ leach (ISL) operations, according to the latest US government update. But production from conventional mills as well as ISL looks set to ramp up over the coming months.

Date: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Quiet-quarter-for-US-uranium-production-as-momentu

Remediation works at Mailuu-Suu - the largest uranium legacy site in Kyrgyzstan - are set to begin following the allocation of a grant of EUR23 million (USD25 million) from the Environmental Remediation Account for Central Asia (ERA), managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Date: Saturday, 20 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Remediation-of-Kyrgyz-uranium-legacy-site-to-start

Oklo and the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative (SODI) have signed an agreement for land to host two of its advanced reactor plants in Southern Ohio.

Date: Friday, 19 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Oklo-plans-two-plants-in-Southern-Ohio