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Slovak power utility Slovenské Elektrárne (SE) hosted a two-day forum, the 5th annual VVER Fuel Forum in Bratislava. The forum on nuclear fuel for VVER 440 and VVER 1000 reactors, which was sponsored by Westinghouse, was attended by representatives of utilities that are potential customers for Westinghouse VVER fuel. These included Ukraine’s Energoatom, Finland’s Fortum, the Czech Republic’s CEZ, Bulgaria’s JE Kozloduy, and Hungary’s nuclear plant operator MVM Paks. The participants exchanged experiences on the procedure for implementing fuel from Westinghouse for operating VVER-440 and VVER-1000 reactors.

Date: Thursday, 29 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsslovakia-hosts-westinghouse-sponsored-vver-nuclear-fuel-forum-11554179

The transfer trolley for moving used fuel transport casks has been installed at Finnish waste management company Posiva's encapsulation plant under construction at Olkiluoto. The 30-tonne trolley, manufactured by the French company CSI and delivered to the encapsulation plant earlier in February measures about five metres by four metres. After being transferred from the fuel reception hall one floor below, it was placed on the rails it will use during operation.

Date: Saturday, 17 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfuel-transfer-trolley-installed-at-finnish-encapsulation-plant-11520226

Finnish power companies Fortum and TVO, which own and operate NPPs in Finland and Sweden have signed framework agreement with Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) to provide technical support in the design, engineering and preparation for operation of Poland's planned NPP in Pomerania.

Date: Friday, 16 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfortum-and-tvo-to-advise-on-polands-first-npp-11519643

Fortum and TVO - owners and operators of nuclear power plants in Finland and Sweden - have signed a two-year framework agreement with Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) to provide technical support in the design, engineering and preparation for operation of Poland's first nuclear power plant.

Date: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Finnish-firms-to-be-technical-advisors-for-Polish

The transfer trolley for moving used fuel transport casks has been installed at Finnish waste management company Posiva's encapsulation plant under construction at Olkiluoto.

Date: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-transfer-trolley-in-place-at-Finnish-encapsul

The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest report, Electricity 2024, dedicates a significant amount of space to nuclear power – a departure from its previous studies which treated it as peripheral. In its press release on the new report, IEA says the increase in electricity generation from renewables and nuclear "appears to be pushing the power sector's emissions into structural decline". Over the next three years, low-emissions generation is set to rise at twice the annual growth rate between 2018 and 2023. Global emissions from electricity generation are expected to decrease by 2.4% in 2024, followed by smaller declines in 2025 and 2026.

Date: Friday, 26 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiea-acknowledges-significance-of-nuclear-energy-in-new-report-11463539

Belgium has a robust national infrastructure for the management of radioactive waste and used fuel, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission has said, and recommended the development of consolidated policies for specific waste streams and for decision-making on a geological repository.

Date: Tuesday, 09 January 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-sees-Belgian-commitment-to-waste-management

The environmental impact assessment (EIA) programme for a possible operating licence extension and power uprating of units 1 and 2 at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant has been submitted by Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) to Finland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (TEM).

Date: Tuesday, 09 January 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/EIA-programme-submitted-for-Olkiluoto-1-and-2