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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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- 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.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- 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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- 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.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- 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.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 31 July 2015
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsapproval-for-spains-used-fuel-storage-plans-4635820