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EU supply agency also warns of continued dependence on Moscow for VVER nuclear fuel
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 20 October 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/97-of-europe-s-natural-uranium-comes-from-overseas-but-russia-deliveries-fall-10-4-2023
Kazak President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in a wide-ranging state-of-the nation has proposed holding a referendum on the issue of NPP construction or refusal to build a nuclear power plant to a national referendum. The Ministry of energy said that, together with interested state bodies, Deputies of Parliament, experts in this field, and public activists, it will consider all issues related to the implementation of the President's instructions, work out other aspects and inform the public about this work.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 06 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskazakhstan-to-hold-referendum-on-nuclear-power-11122035
US-based nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation has received a patent from the Eurasian Patent Office for its innovative nuclear fuel assemblies. This is a divisional patent and covers an all-metal fuel assembly design with a mixed grid fuel rod arrangement inside the fuel assembly.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 09 June 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-patents-lightbridge-7961460
India is engaging with various countries, including Uzbekistan, to procure uranium as part of its plan to create a strategic uranium reserve to ensure long-term security, PTi reported on 24 September. The plan is to have a stockpile of nuclear fuel for its strategic uranium reserve that can sustain India’s reactors for the next five years. Talks are currently being held with Uzbekistan, a senior government official said. An Uzbek delegation visited India in August to discuss the issue in detail. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier held bilateral talks with Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Astana in June, PTI reported citing a senior Ministry of External Affairs official, on condition of anonymity.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 26 September 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsindia-seeks-to-build-up-uranium-stockpile-5934908