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Framatome and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) are to assess the feasibility of producing medical isotope lutetium-177 in the Candu pressurised heavy water reactors at the Wolsong nuclear power plant in South Korea.

Date: Friday, 19 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome,-KHNP-to-cooperate-on-medical-isotope-pr

France’s Framatome and Romanian nuclear utility SN Nuclearelectrica (SNN) have agreed to explore the possibility of producing the medical isotope lutetium-177 (Lu-177) at the Cernavoda NPP. The agreement includes a technical feasibility study, based on Framatome’s isotopes production technology tested in Canada in 2022. Framatome and Nuclearelectrica will consider how to maximise the existing infrastructure at Cernavoda to convert targets into medical isotopes while maintaining power production.

Date: Thursday, 07 December 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsframatome-and-nuclearelectrica-to-co-operate-on-production-of-lutetium-177-at-cernavoda-11352001

Romania's Nuclearelectrica and France's Framatome have signed a cooperation agreement on exploring the production of the medical isotope lutetium-177 at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant.

Date: Friday, 01 December 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclearelectrica-and-Framatome-in-Lutetium-177-agr

Unit 6 of the Bruce nuclear power plant in Ontario has resumed operation following its Major Component Replacement (MCR) project, Bruce Power announced. The Candu reactor, which was taken offline for the work in January 2020, is scheduled to resume commercial operation later this year.

Date: Thursday, 10 August 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Bruce-6-restarted-following-refurbishment

Canada’s Bruce Power has awarded a CAD1.3bn ($1bn) contract to Shoreline Power Group for Fuel Channel and Feeder Replacement (FCFR) for its remaining Major Component Replacement (MCR) projects. These will involve Bruce Power NPP units 4, 5, 7 & 8.

Date: Thursday, 18 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbruce-power-contracts-shoreline-power-group-for-remaining-mcr-projects-10858503

Bruce Power says it has achieved a major milestone of "substantial completion" of the construction phase of Major Component Replacement (MCR) portion of refurbishment of unit 6 at the Bruce nuclear plant. Refuelling will now begin with the aim of returning the plant to service later this year.

Date: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmajor-milestone-for-bruce-powers-mcr-project-10831695

Bruce Power has reached the major milestone of "substantial completion" of the construction phase of Major Component Replacement portion of refurbishment of Bruce unit 6 and will now begin refuelling work as the focus moves on to returning the plant to service later this year.

Date: Tuesday, 09 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuelling-to-begin-as-first-refurbished-Bruce-unit

The production of cobalt-60 is critical to healthcare and, with demand soaring, the challenge is to expand supply, writes Martin Comben from the International Irradiation Association.

Date: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-critical-production-of-cobalt-60-in-nuclear-re

Minister of Energy Virgil Popescu says Canada and the USA are both offering to help with the financing of the construction of Cernavoda 3 and 4 and said the US firms Fluor Corporation and Sargent & Lundy, Canada's SNC Lavalin and France's Framatome had agreed to "explore opportunities for cooperation in the civil nuclear field" with Nuclearelectrica.

Date: Friday, 28 October 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Romania-s-Popescu-outlines-fresh-nuclear-partnersh

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Framatome and Exelon Generation will see the two companies work towards the production of cobalt-60 (Co-60) in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) for medical and industrial uses.

Date: Thursday, 06 January 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-and-Exelon-to-explore-Co-60-production