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Uranium production from Olympic Dam could increase in future as BHP considers expanding copper production at the mine in South Australia. Meanwhile, Energy Resources of Australia said it will need to raise more funds in 2024 to cover expenditure on the rehabilitation of the former Ranger uranium mine.

Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Australian-miners-provide-updates-on-past-and-futu

Agreement could lead to deployment of Voygr technology in both countries KGHM says small modular reactors can power industrial processes such as copper smelting. Courtesy KGHM. Romanian state-owned nuclear operator Nuclearelectrica and Polish copper producer and industrial group KGHM Polska Miedź have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the development of small modular reactor technology for potential deployment in both countries.

The 36-month agreement, signed during an economic forum in Karpacz, southwest Poland, will include the exchange of technical, economic, legal, financial and organisational experience and know-how.

It includes “a comprehensive approach to all SMR project development activities, from site selection to decommissioning, in order to develop robust, safe and cost-effective SMR projects in Romania and Poland”, Nuclearelectrica said.

The planned SMR plant, which both Romania and Poland will develop in collaboration with US reactor developer NuScale, will have six modules, each with an installed capacity of 77 MW, for a total of 462 MW.

The project will provide 193 permanent jobs at the plant, 1,500 construction jobs, 2,300 production jobs and will help Romania avoid releasing four million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere annually, Nuclearelectrica said.

Date: Friday, 09 September 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclearelectrica-and-polish-copper-giant-kghm-to-collaborate-on-nuscale-smr-development-9-4-2022

Port town is home to Russia’s first floating nuclear plant Akademik Lomonosov docked at Pevek, Chukotka, April 2021. Image courtesy Rosatom. The Russian government has earmarked about $36m for the construction of a power transmission line to connect the towns of Bilibino and Pevek, where Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, is deployed in commercial operation.

State news agency Tass said the funding will reimburse the cost of loans taken for the first stages of construction and will be made available in 2022.

The agency said construction of the 490-km-long power line from Bilibino northeast to the port town of Pevek began in December 2020, with the first circuit planned to be completed by the end of 2023.

Date: Friday, 11 June 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/government-earmarks-usd36-million-for-pevek-power-line-6-4-2021

A planned expansion of the Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium mine in South Australia has been scrapped by BHP Billiton after studies of the ore body questioned the viability of the project. It has decided instead to invest in the existing infrastructure at the open cut mine.

Date: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Planned-expansion-of-Olympic-Dam-shelved

Russia’s Glavgosexpertiza, the Ministry of Construction’s expert organisation for the appraisal of design documentation and engineering survey results, has examined documents relating to the construction of coastal and hydraulic structures and infrastructure facilities necessary to support the floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) Akademik Lomonosov based at Pevek in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.

Date: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsinfrastructure-approved-for-russias-floating-nuclear-plant-7880059

Facility has already produced first electricity for grid The Akademik Lomonosov floating nucler power plant. Photo courtesy Rosatom. Russia’s Glavgosexpertiza, the Ministry of Construction’s expert organisation for the appraisal of design documentation and engineering survey results, has approved documents relating to the construction of coastal and hydraulic structures and infrastructure facilities to support the country’s first Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant at Pevek in the autonomous far east region of Chukotka.

The documents detail plans for the construction of buildings and structures on the banks of the Pevek Strait for storage of specialised equipment need for the physical protection of Akademik Lomonosov facilities.

The plans include shelter for boats, booms and equipment including cars, all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. A stationary pier will be built for the secure mooring of the ship.

Plans also include the construction of a pipeline trestle, a lighting mast and a slipway. There will be platforms for vehicles, and external water, heat and electricity networks and communication networks.

Date: Tuesday, 21 April 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/russia-approves-plans-for-floating-plant-infrastructure-4-1-2020

Russian State Expert Examination Board (Glavgosexpertiza) has approved plans to build the infrastructure needed to support the floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) Akademik Lomonosov in the city of Pevek, which is in Russia's Chukotka region. The plant, which comprises two 35-megawatt KLT-40C reactors, started commercial operation in December last year.

Date: Saturday, 18 April 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russian-regulator-approves-infrastructure-work-for

Canada-based Anfield Energy announced on 1 March that it has completed a $1.8m deal with US Cotter Corporation Cotter, a General Atomics (GA) affiliate, to acquire both the Charlie in-situ recovery uranium project in Wyoming and nine uranium/vanadium properties in Colorado, collectively known as the West Slope Project. Cotter received more than 11 million common shares in Anfield and now holds a 19.9% ownership interest in the company. According to Anfield CEO Corey Dias, the company plans to establish an ISR uranium mine-and-mill complex in Wyoming and a conventional uranium and vanadium mine-and-mill complex within Colorado and Utah, where the company also owns the Shootaring Canyon Mill property.

Date: Sunday, 03 March 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanadas-anfield-energy-acquires-us-properties-7017998

Japanese electrical utility TEPCO has continued to act to reduce the spread of radiation from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Reactor-by-reactor, system-by-system summary from JAIF on 7 April. Yellow indicates abnormal/unstable; red means damaged/nonfunctional/unsafe

Date: Thursday, 07 April 2011
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstepco-continues-work-to-contain-radioactivity

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