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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

‘Hazardous’ facility at UK nuclear site dates back to 1950s

Source: Nucnet
Date: Thursday, 17 August 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/work-begins-to-remove-historic-radioactive-waste-from-ageing-silo-8-3-2023

Denmark's Copenhagen Atomics has applied for its containerised small modular thorium molten salt reactor design to undergo Generic Design Assessment (GDA) in the UK.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscopenhagen-atomics-submits-molten-salt-smr-design-10500286

Five major companies have made key announcements on their plans to advance small modular reactor (SMR) deployment in the UK. While Rolls-Royce SMR shortlisted three sites for a factory to produce component for its planned SMR; Balfour Beatty and Holtec with Hyundai agreed to support plans for the construction of Holtec’s SMR-160; and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) application for its BWRX-300 SMR to the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 23 December 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmr-competition-heats-up-in-the-uk-10456556

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has submitted a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) entry application for its BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) to the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Meanwhile, Holtec International said it intends to soon submit an application for its SMR-160 design.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Two-vendors-submit-SMR-designs-for-UK-assessment

The Hunterston nuclear power station in Scotland. Courtesy EDF Energy. The UK’s nuclear regulator said on Tuesday it had approved a restart of the B-1 and B2- nuclear power units at the Hunterston nuclear station in Scotland.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said on its website that the restart safety case is for up to 16.7 terawatt days for Hunterston B-1 and 16.52 terawatt days for Hunterston B-2 – approximately six month’s operation for each reactor.

This will be the facility’s final period of operation before moving into the defueling phase.

The ONR’s assessment for restart focussed on whether cracking observed in the graphite bricks that form the reactor core could compromise the key nuclear safety requirements.

The UK has a long history of using graphite as a moderator, from the early Magnox reactors to advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGRs) such as Hunterston.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/regulator-approves-hunterston-restarts-after-graphite-core-checks-4-2-2021

A pre-construction design review of the Hitachi-GE ABWR in the UK has proceeded to the next phase. Following a preliminary phase that ended in January 2014, the reactor design completed an initial technical assessment in August. But there remains lots more work to do before final approval, tentatively scheduled for December 2017.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 03 September 2014
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsabwr-passes-uk-gda-step-2-but-full-psa-needed-4360853