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The company says its application to build the Natrium reactor demonstration project is the first construction permit application for a commercial advanced reactor to be submitted to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Non-nuclear construction will begin this summer.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 03 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TerraPower-submits-application-to-build-Natrium-re
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved GE Vernova's nuclear fuel business to manufacture, ship and analyse the performance of nuclear fuel with uranium-235 enrichments of up to 8%.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 16 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GNF-gets-approval-to-manufacture-higher-enrichment
US-based TerraPower has selected five suppliers to support its Natrium Reactor Demonstration Project in Kemmerer, Wyoming. TerraPower these award selections are integral to the development of the Natrium plant. “Upon completion, the Natrium plant will be a full commercial operating plant and will bring to market clean, reliable, stable baseload energy and flexible energy storage, as well as long-term jobs to energy producing communities.”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsterrapower-selects-five-suppliers-for-its-natrium-reactor-project-11512368
UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo has announced a strategic and industrial partnership with France's NAAREA designed "to support all players in their industrial, technological, scientific and regulatory development" of Generation IV fast neutron reactors.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 19 January 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnewcleo-and-naarea-partner-to-support-fast-reactor-development-11445892
French company Framatome is planning the construction of a nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the UK as part of its plans to scale-up its operations in the country. In a separate development it also announced it was setting up a joint venture with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 30 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-seeking-site-for-UK-nuclear-fuel-facilit
With nuclear technology set to underpin new developments in space travel, NASA has awarded Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation a contract to manufacture and test fuel and develop the design of a nuclear thermal propulsion engine for near-term missions. Separately, Space Nuclear Power Corporation has partnered with Lockheed Martin Corporation and BWX Technologies for the US Space Force/Air Force's JETSON nuclear electric propulsion demonstration project, while Framatome has announced the creation of a new brand, Framatome Space.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 21 October 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-companies-sign-up-for-space-technology-mis
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has been selected by the Japanese government to lead the conceptual design of a demonstration sodium-cooled fast reactor that is to enter operation in the 2040s.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 13 July 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/MHI-to-develop-Japanese-fast-reactor
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has delivered uranium nitride coated uranium oxycarbide tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel to NASA's Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion programme. The company says this demonstrates the "flexibility, precision and value" of its Pilot Fuel Manufacturing Facility (PFM).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/USNC-delivers-TRISO-particle-fuel-to-NASA
France’s Framatome has announced a key advance in development of monolithic molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo) fuel for Germany’s Forschungsreaktor München II (FRM II) research reactor, operated by the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsframatome-develops-high-density-fuel-for-germanys-frm-ii-research-reactor-10806850
Urenco USA (UUSA) has signed an enrichment services supply agreement with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) as part of the fuel supply programme for USNC’s Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR). UUSA is operated by Louisiana Energy Services, the only US commercial producer supplying uranium enrichment services.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 09 March 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsurenco-supplies-enriched-uranium-for-advanced-reactor-project-10657788