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China has manufactured its first domestically-designed 100-tonne used fuel transportation cask. China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said batch production of the Longzhou-CNSC cask - which can hold 21 used fuel assemblies - will further consolidate its used fuel transportation capabilities.

Date: Saturday, 03 July 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/China-produces-its-first-used-fuel-transport-cask

In its latest Energy Policy Review of Spain released on 26 May, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says Spain has made considerable progress towards its goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, but future gains need to be supported by stable policies, adequate public financing and incentives for private investment.

Date: Friday, 28 May 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiea-report-on-spain-says-nuclear-phase-out-bears-watching-8773076

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.

Date: Friday, 15 January 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-real-challenges-to-nuclear-are-external,-says

Spanish Energy Minister Alvaro Nadal said, 1 August, the government would not renew the licence for the Santa Maria de Garona NPP in northern Spain because there was too much uncertainty surrounding the plant's viability.

Date: Friday, 04 August 2017
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsspain-to-close-its-oldest-reactor-5891433


Spain's nuclear regulator, the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (Council for Nuclear Safety, CSN) has approved plans to build a centralised temporary storage facility (Almacén Temporal Centralizado - ATC) for used nuclear fuel at Villar de Cañas in the province of Cuenca.

Date: Friday, 31 July 2015
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsapproval-for-spains-used-fuel-storage-plans-4635820