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Framatome and Germany’s Technical University of Munich (TUM) have signed a cooperation agreement to establish an industrial manufacturing process for molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo) monolithic fuel for TUM’s Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) research reactor in Germany. This low-enriched fuel will benefit from the highest uranium fuel density ever realised in Europe for research reactor operations.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Thursday, 25 April 2024; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsframatome-to-start-production-of-innovative-fuel-for-german-research-reactor-11707679

The UK's National Nuclear Laboratory and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have signed a collaboration agreement on coated particle fuel, for use in high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs).

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Thursday, 25 April 2024; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-s-NNL-and-Japan-s-JAEA-sign-HTGR-fuel-agreement

A USD148.5 million federal tax credit has been awarded to X-energy for the construction of the first-of-a-kind facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The TX-1 fuel fabrication plant will be constructed by the company's TRISO-X subsidiary and is designed to produce up to 714,000 TRISO fuel pebbles per year.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Thursday, 25 April 2024; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/X-energy-awarded-federal-tax-credit-for-TRISO-fuel

The second stage of the containment for Russia’s lead-cooled Brest-OD-300 fast reactor has been completed at the construction site on the territory of the Siberian Chemical Combine (part of Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL). The Brest-OD-300 reactor is part of the pilot demonstration power complex (ODEK - Opitno Demonstratsionovo Energo-Kompleksa), which is being developed under the Breakthrough (Proryv) project intended to demonstrate closed fuel cycle technology.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssecond-stage-of-containment-installed-for-brest-od-300-reactor-11705902

The operator of the Hoger Onderwijs research reactor in the Netherlands has enhanced safety since a previous review mission in September 2021, a follow-up International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission has concluded.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-finds-improved-safety-at-Dutch-research-react

Boss Energy Limited's Honeymoon in-situ leach project in South Australia has produced its first drum of uranium in more than a decade, a major milestone in a commissioning process that will see production ramp up to 2.45 million pounds U3O8 (942 tU) per year. The company also expects first production soon at its Alta Mesa joint venture project in Texas, USA.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-drum-of-uranium-from-Honeymoon

Meeting pledges to triple nuclear capacity by 2050 will mean opportunities for all stages of the nuclear supply chain. These opportunities - and associated challenges - were widely discussed at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024 conference which took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-cycle-players-explore-opportunities-and-chall

Swedish company Blykalla, formerly called Leadcold, has announced the closure of its latest funding round to support its lead-cooled SMRs, raising a total of SEK80m ($7.3m). The round was led by Norrsken Launcher together with Nucleation Capital, with participation from Earth Venture Capital, Farvatn, and several private investors.