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‘Innovative’ fuel will be key to continued operation
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 20 April 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/company-signs-nuclear-fuel-agreement-for-germany-s-frm-ii-research-reactor-4-5-2024
France's Framatome and Germany's Technical University of Munich (TUM) have agreed to establish the industrialisation process for the manufacture of monolithic molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo) fuel for the university's FRM II research reactor. Framatome noted this low-enriched fuel will benefit from the highest uranium fuel density ever realised in Europe for research reactor operations.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 20 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Production-to-begin-of-innovative-fuel-for-German
The company says its application to build the Natrium reactor demonstration project is the first construction permit application for a commercial advanced reactor to be submitted to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Non-nuclear construction will begin this summer.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 03 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TerraPower-submits-application-to-build-Natrium-re
Unit 2 of France’s Cruas-Meysse NPP is now operating its first full core of recycled uranium fuel. EDF Nuclear & Thermal Park Director Cedric Lewandowski said this was “a historic step for the relaunch of the uranium reprocessing sector”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 06 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscruas-meysse-2-restarts-using-recycled-uranium-fuel-11572476
Unit 2 of the Cruas-Meysse nuclear power plant in south-eastern France was recently restarted with its first full core of recycled uranium fuel. The move marks a major milestone in France's efforts to revive its domestic uranium reprocessing industry.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 02 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/French-reactor-using-full-core-of-recycled-uranium
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved GE Vernova's nuclear fuel business to manufacture, ship and analyse the performance of nuclear fuel with uranium-235 enrichments of up to 8%.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 16 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/GNF-gets-approval-to-manufacture-higher-enrichment
UK-based nuclear technology company newcleo has announced a strategic and industrial partnership with France's NAAREA designed "to support all players in their industrial, technological, scientific and regulatory development" of Generation IV fast neutron reactors.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 19 January 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnewcleo-and-naarea-partner-to-support-fast-reactor-development-11445892
France’s Framatome and US-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) signed an agreement at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris to establish a joint venture (JV) to provide nuclear fuel for USNC’s Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) and other advanced reactor designs. The fuel supply will include commercial quantities of Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) particles and USNC’s proprietary Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated (FCM) fuel.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 02 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsframatome-and-usnc-establish-joint-venture-to-manufacture-reactor-fuel-11338684
French company Framatome is planning the construction of a nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the UK as part of its plans to scale-up its operations in the country. In a separate development it also announced it was setting up a joint venture with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 30 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-seeking-site-for-UK-nuclear-fuel-facilit
The Governments of the Philippines and the USA signed an “Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy” also known as a Section 123 Agreement, on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in San Francisco, California. The US insists that countries seeking to trade nuclear power goods and services must sign formal cooperation agreements. Such Section 123 Agreements relate to the relevant paragraph of the US 1954 Atomic Energy Act which requires them.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsphilippines-and-us-sign-nuclear-co-operation-agreement-11315263