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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

Even oil-rich companies of Middle East are eying reactors, as more nations announce plans for SMRs Russian troops occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station, which was damaged by shelling. File photo courtesy IAEA. 2022 was a year of mega milestones for nuclear energy.

Countries around the world turned to nuclear as a reliable low-carbon energy source as they looked for ways to wean themselves off Russian imports and lower carbon emissions.

New plants began operating, deals for small modular reactors were signed and countries announced ambitious plans for new-build.

On the political front, US president Joe Biden signed into law new legislation that will help to finance struggling nuclear reactors and could save dozens from being shut down early. In Europe, the nuclear industry celebrated when members of the European parliament decided to “follow the science” and support legislation which includes nuclear in the bloc’s sustainable finance taxonomy for green investment.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/five-major-developments-that-are-setting-the-stage-for-2023-and-beyond-1-1-2023

Global optimism ‘rising’ about potential of reactors to help achieve net zero emissions Fatih Birol (left) and Rafael Grossi at the International Atomic Energy Agency discussion on nuclear power at Cop27 in Egypt. Courtesy IAEA. Nuclear power is making “a strong comeback”, but the international financial community has so far “failed” to provide the level playing field needed for nuclear to help the world tackle its most pressing challenges, from climate change to sustainable development, International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Fatih Birol told the Cop27 United Nations climate conference in in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Birol told an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) discussion on nuclear power: “I don’t give them a passing grade.”

“Countries that were saying goodbye to nuclear power, they are rethinking their plans,” Birol said, adding that the IEA had been engaged in talks with both Belgium and Germany.

“We are very happy that both governments are now in the process of postponing their nuclear phaseout plans, understanding the role that nuclear plays in addressing this energy security challenge,” he said.

In addition, another group of countries is now considering extending the lifetime of their existing nuclear power reactors to respond to this challenge, which is one of the cheapest forms of low carbon power, Birol said. Still another group of countries are rolling out plans to build new reactors, including seemingly “surprising” ones such as the Netherlands and Poland as well as Japan and South Korea.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 11 November 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-making-strong-comeback-but-financial-community-has-failed-to-provide-level-playing-field-11-4-2022

Westinghouse Electric Co has filed a lawsuit against Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) in federal court to block them from selling reactors to Poland.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 28 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-tries-to-exclude-south-korea-from-polands-npp-project-10122581

The USA has delivered its “Concept and Execution Report for Civil Nuclear Cooperation” to Polish Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa in Warsaw. This was done through the US Department of Energy (DOE) and US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski joined by Westinghouse Poland President Miroslaw Kowalik and Bechtel’s General Manager for Nuclear Power Ahmet Tokpinar. 

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 16 September 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-poland-nuclear-cooperation-progress-reflected-in-new-roadmap-report-10007184

The USA and Poland have set out a detailed bilateral roadmap for the construction of six large nuclear reactors using US technology and a framework for strategic cooperation in civil nuclear energy.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Roadmap-report-reflects-US-Poland-nuclear-cooperat

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is awarding the Science and Technology Centre in Ukraine (STCU) a grant for US-based NuScale Power to conduct a SMR Licensing Gap Analysis.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuscale-wins-work-in-ukraine-and-signs-mou-with-kazakhstan-9336957

Second major deal for Washington following reactor agreement with Romania Andrjez Duda and Donald Trump paved the way for the agreement when they met in Washington in June. Courtesy Office of the Polish President. Poland and the US concluded on Monday an “historic” cooperation agreement on the development of Warsaw’s nuclear energy programme, which could pave the way for using US technology and financing for the country’s first commercial nuclear power project.

In a virtual ceremony held in Warsaw and Washington, US energy secretary Dan Brouillette and Polish secretary of state for strategic energy infrastructure Piotr Naimski finalised the agreement, which had been in the making for a number of years.

It is the second major nuclear agreement the US has signed this month. Last week, Washington signed a draft cooperation agreement with Romania for the refurbishment of one nuclear power reactor and the construction of two more at the Cernavodă nuclear power station. The two countries also signed a memorandum of understanding for the financing of the Cernavodă project.

According to the US Department of Energy, the agreement with Poland stipulates that over the next 18 months, the US and Poland will work together on a report delivering “a design for implementing” Poland’s nuclear energy programme and “potential financing arrangements”.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Thursday, 22 October 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/country-concludes-historic-agreement-with-us-for-developing-nuclear-energy-10-2-2020

Poland will soon start the tender process for developers interested in participating in its first nuclear power plant project, Piotr Naimski, government commissioner for strategic energy infrastructure, said following the third US-Poland Strategic Dialogue on Energy held in Washington DC last week. Poland's Climate Minister Michał Kurtyka, who was also at the meeting, has commented on the country's pro-nuclear policy as a way to reduce carbon emissions and other pollutants.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Tuesday, 03 March 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Poland,-USA-underscore-commitment-to-new-nuclear-p

Poland expects to conclude talks on the financing of its first nuclear power plant "in a matter of months", a senior government official said during the Polish-US Nuclear Industry Forum in Warsaw yesterday.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Poland-sets-financing-target-for-nuclear-plant

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