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Romanian nuclear utility Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a loan agreement worth €145m ($159m) to support completion of Europe’s first Tritium Removal Facility (CTRF) at the Cernavoda NPP. The CTRF will remove the tritium from reactor’s coolant and moderator (heavy water), leading to increased protection of the environment, public and employees’ occupational health and safety.

Date: Thursday, 11 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newseib-to-fund-tritium-removal-facility-in-romania-11426539

Romanian nuclear utility Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica (SNN), and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) have signed an Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract for construction of the Cernavoda Tritium Removal Facility (CTRF).

Date: Friday, 30 June 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclearelectrica-and-khnp-to-construct-tritium-removal-facility-at-cernavoda-npp-10974947

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has signed a contract worth KRW260 billion (USD200 million) to construct a tritium removal facility at Romania's Cernavoda nuclear power plant site. The facility will use technology developed by Romania.

Date: Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Contract-for-Cernavoda-tritium-removal-facility

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese company Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd (KF) to partner on the delivery of technical services to support the growing international fusion reactor market, with a key focus on testing related to tritium.

Date: Saturday, 01 April 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/CNL,-Kyoto-Fusioneering-join-forces-for-fusion-tec

The UK's First Light Fusion plans to build a 60 MW pilot power plant based on its unique projectile fusion technology to prove the integrated engineering for electricity generation and the production of tritium. It has partnered with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) to design a system for extracting tritium from the reactor.

Date: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-Light-teams-up-with-CNL-on-tritium-productio

Canada-based SNC-Lavalin said on 18 January it had been awarded three new contracts by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to continue work on the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme to design and build a commercial-scale fusion energy plant.

Date: Friday, 21 January 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsukaea-awards-snc-lavalin-new-contracts-for-step-fusion-project-9416326

Canada’s Laurentis Energy Partners, a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation (OPG), has announced a new programme to produce Helium-3 (He-3), a rare isotope used in quantum computing, neutron research, border security and medical imaging.

Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslaurentis-launches-helium-3-production-at-darlington-npp-9095554

After leaving the Iter project in 2003, Canada has now signed a cooperation agreement with the ITER Organisation for the transfer of Canadian-supplied tritium, and tritium-related equipment and technology. The agreement follows the signing in April 2018 of a Memorandum of Understanding to explore how Canada could participate in the project to construct the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.

Date: Thursday, 22 October 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canada-agrees-to-participate-in-ITER-fusion-projec

Canada’s Minister of International Trade, François-Philippe Champagne, on 17 April signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) on possible Canadian participation in construct the fusion reactor now being built at Cadarache in France. 

Date: Monday, 30 April 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanada-considers-rejoining-iter-6133160

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