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The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for uranium enrichment services to help establish a reliable domestic supply of fuels using high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). Currently, HALEU is not commercially available from US-based suppliers, and boosting domestic supply is seen as vital for the development and deployment of advanced reactors in the US.

Date: Friday, 12 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-presses-ahead-with-haleu-development-11429515

The AA Bochvar Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM), a subsidiary of Russian nuclear fuel manufacturer TVEL, has successfully developed the technology and manufactured experimental fuel pellets from uranium disilicide for light water reactors. The move is part of a programme for the development of so-called accident-tolerant fuel (ATF).

Date: Friday, 04 February 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TVEL-develops-accident-tolerant-fuel-pellets

France and Russia on 24 May agreed to strengthen technical and commercial cooperation in energy efficiency and alternative energy sources, including the development of fast neutron reactor systems, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom said.

Date: Monday, 04 June 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-increases-fast-reactor-cooperation-6172615

Russia's Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC) projects a doubling of its net profit by the end of 2016, although proceeds will remain approximately at the level as the previous year. SCC director general Sergey Tochilin told journalists at a public dialogue forum held in Seversk on 24 June that in 2016, SCC's proceeds will increase to RUB14.4bn ($221m) against RUB14.3bn the previous year. Revenues from nuclear product sales will be about RUB9.77bn (RUB9.75bn in 2015) and revenues from general industry operations will amount to RUB4.63bn (RUB4.52bn in 2015).

Date: Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-scc-doubles-its-profits-4936380

Kazakhstan's national atomic company Kazatomprom is negotiating ways to strengthen its partnership with Russia's nuclear fuel manufacturer Tvel and its parent-company, the state nuclear corporation Rosatom, Baurzhan Ibraev, director of Kazatomprom's fuel branch said on 12 April. He added that Kazatomprom is planning to set up a nuclear fuel manufacturing enterprise in 2016 and Tvel's experience will be "valuable" in this.

Date: Thursday, 14 April 2016
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskazatomprom-increases-co-operation-with-russia-and-the-us-4864572

The first shipment of highly enriched uranium (HEU) liquid used nuclear fuel from the IIN-3M research reactor in Tashkent for reprocessing in Russia has been completed.

Date: Monday, 28 September 2015
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Uzbek-research-reactor-fuel-shipped-to-Russia

Work has been completed on feasibility studies for the conversion of several Russian research reactors to use low-enriched uranium fuel, the United States and the Russian Federation announced on 26 June.

Date: Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsconversion-of-four-russian-research-reactors-to-leu-is-technically-possible