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Netherlands-based AMG Critical Materials has established a new company, NewMOX SAS in Grenoble, France, to service the nuclear fuel market. NewMOX is a subsidiary of ALD Vacuum Technologies based in Hanau, Germany. ALD is AMG’s engineering subsidiary focused on vacuum furnace technology, which includes sintering furnace systems enabling the production of commercial nuclear fuel from plutonium and depleted uranium mixed oxides (mox). ALD’s MOX technology has been applied in Germany, the USA, France, Belgium, the UK and recently ALD has been delivering furnace systems to China. ALD inherited the mox technology from Degussa AG, ALD’s former owner (later renamed Evonik AG).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsamg-establishes-new-company-to-support-mox-production-11669474
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has witnessed the start of fuel loading at the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu. The PFBR is a 500 MWe sodium-cooled fast breeder nuclear reactor being constructed at Kokkilamedu, near Kalpakkam. The Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) designed the reactor based on the decades of experience gained from operating the lower power Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 06 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfuel-loading-begins-at-indias-pfbr-11572275
Delayed nuclear unit could be operational this year
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 06 March 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/fuel-loading-begins-at-india-s-first-prototype-fast-breeder-3-2-2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the start of fuel loading at the 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu. Fast breeder reactors form the second stage of India's three-stage nuclear programme.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 05 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-loading-begins-at-Indian-fast-breeder-reactor
ARC Clean Technology Supply Chain Manager, Anthony Jackman says the procurement process for long-lead items for the ARC-100 commercial demonstration unit at Canada’s Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station, such as the reactor vessel and intermediate heat exchangers, will begin in 2024. Contract awards are expected in the latter part of 2025 and the procurement schedule for other items will follow, he told “New Brunswick SMRs: A Collaborative Journey Towards Net Zero”. The meeting was a supply chain event for New Brunswick small modular reactor (SMR) industry leaders, government officials and experts hosted by Opportunities New Brunswick.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 11 October 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsprocurement-of-long-lead-components-to-begin-for-arc-100-smr-11206721
Pilot industrial operation of new nuclear fuel for VVER-1000 reactors with a second-generation anti-debris filter ADF-2 has been completed at unit 1 of Russia’s Rostov NPP. A pilot batch of 12 TVS-2M fuel cassettes with anti-debris filters of an improved design was loaded into the reactor core in 2018. It has now successfully completed the full operating cycle for VVER-1000 fuel assemblies.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-completes-tests-of-tvs-2m-nuclear-fuel-11159931
WNA says interest in nuclear has risen since Russia invaded Ukraine
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 09 September 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/uranium-demand-expected-to-surge-by-28-by-2030-9-5-2023
According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Saudi Arabia is considering a Chinese proposal to build a NPP. Citing Saudi sources acquainted with the situation, WSJ said China National Nuclear Corp (SNNS) had submitted a bid to construct a nuclear plant in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, close to the border with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 30 August 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssaudi-arabia-reportedly-considers-chinese-bid-for-npp-11105735
The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and Russia's TVEL have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the manufacture of nuclear fuel and its components.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 03 August 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russia-and-South-Africa-sign-MoU-on-nuclear-fuel
Iran has resolved two outstanding inquiries from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) related to the presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) particles at several sites. The confidential quarterly report by the IAEA, which is routinely leaked to the press, said inspectors no longer had questions on uranium particles found to be enriched to 83.7% at its underground Fordow facility. This had resulted in tension for the past several months although some resolution was achieved in March following a visit to Tehran by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. Iran had insisted at that time that those particles were a by-product of its current enrichment as particles can reach higher enrichment levels in fluctuations. “The agency informed Iran that, following its evaluation of the data, the agency had assessed that the information provided was not inconsistent with Iran’s explanation ... and that the agency had no further questions on this matter at this stage,” the report said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-resolves-some-outstanding-issues-with-iran-10918237