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The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) Canada 2022: Energy Policy Review has found that, since the last IEA review in 2015, Canada has made a series of enterprising international and domestic commitments and has made progress towards transforming its energy system.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 18 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiea-report-on-canada-welcomes-smr-developments-9406494
“We have a huge amount of uranium resource, which we would like to exploit and put in the most transparent way,” he was quoted as telling the International Mining Conference in Riyadh.
“We will bring partners and we will be exporting and manufacturing and developing it and we will be commercially monetising that resource.”
The minister said the world needed more flexibility because the transition to clean energy is complicated. “We should not forfeit energy security for the sake of a publicity stunt”, he said. “The transition needs to be a well-thought of transition.”
Press reports have said Saudi Arabia, the world’s top il exporter, could produce over 90,000 tonnes of uranium from three major deposits in the country, enough to provide fuel for nuclear plants the country seeks to build and to export uranium.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 15 January 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/kingdom-aims-to-take-advantage-of-uranium-resources-as-it-looks-to-nuclear-energy-1-5-2022
Canada's electricity system is amongst the cleanest in the world, thanks to hydro and nuclear power, a policy review by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has found. Launching the report on 13 January, IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol praised Canada's leadership in the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) and expressed the agency's support for the Canadian government's "ambitious" clean energy transition.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 15 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IEA-praises-Canada-clean-energy-transition-efforts
Lessons learned through the COVID-19 pandemic have enabled Kazatomprom's assets to operate throughout recent events in Kazakhstan. The overall impact of the recent period of unrest on the company's business has been minor, but pandemic-related supply chain challenges remain a concern, it said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 15 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Supply-chain-challenges-remain-as-Kazakh-emergency
Scientists of Russia’s Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) are investigating the behaviour of welded joints made of E110 zirconium alloy, obtained by means of laser welding with the aim of developing accident tolerant fuel.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 14 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussian-scientists-develop-chrome-coatings-to-protect-fuel-assemblies-9401086
The US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) has set out its key priorities for 2022 as it pursues its mission to achieve the safe cleanup of the environmental legacy brought about from decades of US nuclear weapons development and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 14 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-agency-sets-out-2022-cleanup-priorities
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 6 January issued a determination denying US-based Oklo Power's application to build and operate its Aurora compact fast reactor in Idaho. NRC said gaps in the information supplied by the company presented its review of the combined licence application from moving forward. Oklo can submit a "complete application" in the future and can request a hearing on the NRC decision.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnrc-denies-oklo-licence-application--9388399
Enough cobalt-60 to sterilise 10 billion items of medical equipment was recently shipped from unit 7 at Canada's Bruce nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, a new production base for medical radioisotopes is being set up at the Qinshan Phase III nuclear power plant in China.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Bruce-Power-harvests-cobalt-60-for-medical-sterili
Disruptions in Kazakhstan, where ongoing unrest may add to pre-existing operating risks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, could be a "significant catalyst" for the uranium market, Canadian uranium company Cameco has said. Kazakh uranium producer Kazatomprom has said it will meet all delivery deadlines.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 08 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Uranium-sector-monitors-evolving-Kazakh-situation
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published its first "guide level" publication to support national efforts to engage with stakeholders throughout the life cycle of all nuclear facilities. To succeed, nuclear projects need to engage with all relevant stakeholders, including the public, and explaining nuclear energy, strengthening relationships and building trust with stakeholders is key to this, the Agency said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 07 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-releases-guide-to-stakeholder-engagement