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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.

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

Utility ČEZ has applied to build two new reactors at the site The existing Dukovany nuclear power station in the Czech Republic. Photo courtesy ČEZ . Russian state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom retains interest in the Czech Republic’s project to build two new nuclear power units at the existing Dukovany site, according to Russian state news agency Tass.

A Rosatom official told Tass that in February company representatives took part in consultations with Czech utility ČEZ on the Dukovany new-build project along with officials from other nuclear equipment suppliers.

The Rosatom delegation presented to ČEZ information about Rosatom’s projects and business models, the unnamed source said.

In March 2020, ČEZ filed for permission with the State Office for Nuclear Safety to build two new nuclear power plants at the Dukovany site, in the southeast of the country.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/rosatom-retains-interest-in-dukovany-new-build-project-official-tells-tass-5-3-2020

Unit could be in commercial operation in 2036, officials say The Dukovany nuclear power station n the Czech Republic. Photo courtesy IAEA. The Czech government has approved agreements with majority state-owned electricity producer ČEZ setting out the framework for building a new nuclear power plant at Dukovany to come online in 2036, state and company officials said.

The Czech government, which owns 70% of ČEZ, had been in discussions with the utility about how to expand nuclear power and to replace aging commercial reactors that are scheduled to be permanently shut down in the decades ahead.

The government wants to propose a financing model by the end of May, before the state goes into talks with the European Commission over the project.

Under the approved framework contracts, which industry minister Karel Havlíček wants to finalise with ČEZ by the end of June, ČEZ could sell the project to the state at various points.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/gov-t-takes-step-towards-new-nuclear-plant-at-dukovany-4-2-2020

Japan has completed its first 360-tonne D-shaped toroidal field coil for the Iter international fusion project under construction in France.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 05 February 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapan-completes-its-first-superconducting-coil-for-iter-7755356

New-build projects are making progress, but governments are still struggling with finding the right financing package for large reactors The delayed Flamanville-3 is one of three EPR units under construction in Europe. The others are at Olkiluoto in Finland and Hinkley Point in the UK. Photo courtesy EDF. Western Europe

The UK is facing a major challenge to replace its aging fleet of Generation I nuclear power plants, many of which are scheduled to shut down in 2023.

The project by French state utility EDF to build two Generation III EPR units at Hinkley Point C in Somerset is on track for connection to the grid by 2025. Once in commercial operation the two units will provide up to 7% of the total electricity demand. Two similar units are planned for the Sizewell site in Suffolk.

However, press reports have suggested EDF is in “a race against time” to secure a funding deal for Sizewell C as delays risk making the project prohibitively expensive.

According to The Times newspaper EDF has hired Rothschild as financial adviser for the project and says it wants a “definitive way forward” from the government this year so it can start construction in 2022.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 17 January 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/what-lies-in-store-in-2020-1-4-2020

Framatome is carrying out further studies at its Saint-Marcel site in France after discovering temperature ranges in some stress-relieving heat treatments carried out on steam generator welds and pressuriser seals had deviated from technical standards, the company said today.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-investigates-reactor-component-pl

The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade on 8 July published a resolution giving preliminary approval for Elektrárna Dukovany II, a subsidiary of power utility CEZ, which is 70% state-owned, to build at least one new reactor, with up to three more at the Dukovany and Temelín nuclear plants.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Thursday, 11 July 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsczech-republic-commits-to-nuclear-new-build-7307498.1

A new agency has been established in Turkey to regulate the nuclear energy sector, the Official Gazette announced on 9 July.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 13 July 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsturkey-sets-up-new-nuclear-regulator-6244883

France’s Framatome on 18 January announced an asset purchase agreement with Schneider Electric to acquire Schneider’s nuclear automation business. The two companies recently signed an asset purchase agreement that outlines the terms of the sale, which is expected to close before the end of the first quarter of 2018.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Monday, 22 January 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsframatome-to-acquire-schneider-electrics-nuclear-automation-business-6033038

Several key agreements were signed during the first visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to China in the company of a business delegation.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Thursday, 11 January 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschina-and-france-sign-several-agreements-6025527

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