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Urenco has signed a new contract for the long-term supply of enrichment services with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP). Urenco, which has been supplying enriched uranium to KHNP since 1993, said the new contract "will further improve long-term fuel supply stability".
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 30 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsurenco-signs-new-long-term-fuel-supply-deal-with-khnp-11642795
Following a "rigorous procurement process", US engineering firm Bechtel has been selected by uranium enrichment services provider Urenco to support the expansion of the Tails Management Facility (TMF) at its site in Capenhurst, UK.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 03 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Urenco-to-expand-UK-tails-plant
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
The Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference, organised by the French Ministry for Energy Transition and the OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Paris, resulted in two communiques signed by energy ministers and industry representatives emphasising the need for nuclear energy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-and-nea-host-conference-to-promote-nuclear-energy-11186484
The challenges the nuclear industry faces are largely external and must be overcome if it is to help tackle the existential threat of climate change, panellists in the Nuclear Energy and its Future session of the Reuters Next conference on 11 January said. These challenges include: the notion nuclear is an out-dated technology; the cost of finance; market design; political changes; perceived competition with renewable energy; and the public's misconceptions about radioactive waste.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 15 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-real-challenges-to-nuclear-are-external,-says
Terrestrial Energy and Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) have started a graphite irradiation testing programme at the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in the Netherlands. This work is part of broader programme underway for confirmatory testing of components and systems in the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 November 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Irradiation-testing-of-IMSR-moderator-graphite-beg
The first containers of used nuclear fuel assemblies removed from the Lepse floating technical base at the Nerpa shipyard have been transported to Murmansk, Russia. The fuel is being removed under a programme managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and will be sent to Mayak for reprocessing.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 26 September 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-fuel-from-Lepse-leaves-Nerpa-shipyard
The second and final shipment of high-level waste (HLW) from the UK to Switzerland has been completed. The waste resulted from the reprocessing and recycling of used nuclear fuel from Swiss nuclear power plants at Sellafield.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Monday, 17 October 2016
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-completes-return-of-Swiss-reprocessing-waste
Nuclear vendor AREVA's full-year 2013 free cash flow broke even for the first time since 2005, but three big nuclear power projects -- including most prominently Olkiluoto 3 -- continued to drag down the company's financial results, it said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 27 February 2014
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsol3-continues-to-punish-areva-full-year-results-4186458