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European country aiming to phase out coal by 2032

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 22 September 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/canada-announces-cad-3-billion-financing-for-two-new-candu-reactors-at-cernavoda-9-4-2023

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) of the USA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering and SK E&C to conduct joint research and development for the commercialisation of Hydrogen Micro Hubs over the next five years.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Saturday, 22 April 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-Korean-partners-to-build-SMR-powered-hydrogen-p

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Finland's Lappeenranta University of Technology to explore the deployment of a Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) in Lappeenranta. Meanwhile, USNC has signed an MoU with Canadian privately held investment firm Portland Holdings Investco Limited to promote the MMR in the Middle East, North Africa and the Caribbean regions.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Saturday, 17 December 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Agreements-for-microreactor-deployment-in-Finland

Canada's Candu Energy said it is conducting pre-project design and engineering work to facilitate a 30-year life extension of the two Candu reactors at the Qinshan Phase III nuclear power plant near Shanghai in China's Zhejiang province.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Friday, 29 July 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Preparations-under-way-for-refurb-of-Chinese-Candu

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Thursday, 14 July 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrom-candu-vision-to-smr-mission-9847712

Nucleoeléctrica Argentina has signed a contract with China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to provide technical assistance to support retubing work as part of the refurbishment of China's Qinshan nuclear power plant. The Argentinean company said it is drawing on experience gained during work to extend the operating life of the Embalse nuclear power plant.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Thursday, 24 March 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nucleoelectrica-to-support-Chinese-Candu-refurbish

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has informed the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that it intends to construct an Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) Micro Modular Reactor on its campus. The university said the submission of the Letter of Intent is the first step in the NRC's two-step process to license the new research and test reactor facility.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-university-announces-plans-to-build-microreacto

USNC has said it hopes to build and operate its first micro modular reactor unit by 2026. Courtesy USNC/NRG. Netherlands-based NRG is to carry out a programme of irradiation tests on Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation’s (USNC) proprietary fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuel at the high flux reactor in Petten.

NRG said the aim of the tests is to demonstrate the safety of the fuel for the 20-year lifespan of Seattle-based USNC’s micro modular reactor. NRG said extensive pre- and post-irradiation tests at its hot cell laboratories will be part of the programme.

FCM fuel is a next-generation tristructural-Isotropic (Triso) particle fuel design, replacing the 50-year-old graphite matrix of traditional Triso fuel with silicon carbide, a material that is extremely resistant to radiation and thermal damage.

The SiC matrix in FCM fuel provides a dense, gas-tight barrier, preventing the escape of fission products even if a Triso particle should rupture during operation. The result is a safer nuclear fuel that can withstand higher temperatures and more radiation.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 25 June 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/nrg-to-begin-irradiation-programme-for-usnc-s-micro-reactor-6-4-2021

Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group (NRG) of the Netherlands will conduct a programme of irradiation tests on Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation's (USNC's) proprietary Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated (FCM) fuel at the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten. The aim of the tests is to demonstrate the safety of the fuel for the 20-year lifespan of the USNC's Micro Modular Reactor.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Thursday, 24 June 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/USNC-fuel-to-be-qualified-in-Dutch-reactor

CEO says project to add two new units at the site will cost €7bn The Cernavodă nuclear power station in Romania has two Candu reactor units. The construction of two new units at the Cernavodă nuclear power station in Romania will cost €7b with an investment decision and mobilisation at the construction site estimated for 2024, Cosmin Ghita, chief executive officer of state nuclear company Nuclearelectrica, told a press conference.

“We expect the commissioning of Unit 3 to happen around 2030- 2031, which means that the actual construction works would start around 2024,” Mr Ghita said during an online seminar organised by local economic newspaper Ziarul Financiar.

He said the company is close to completing a feasibility study for the project and will submit it for approval to shareholders shortly.

In October 2020, Romania and the US signed a draft cooperation agreement for the construction of Cernavodă-3 and -4 and the refurbishment of Cernavodă-1.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 26 February 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclearelectrica-aiming-to-start-construction-of-new-cernavoda-unit-in-2024-2-4-2021

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