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US-based NuScale, which has developed a modular, light-water SMR, said the “teaming agreement” builds upon an intergovernmental agreement signed by the US Department of Energy and the Romanian energy ministry. In 2019, NuScale and Nuclearelectrica signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate the development, licensing and construction of a NuScale SMR in Romania.
The White House had said earlier in a fact sheet on president Joe Biden’s climate plans that the partnership will position US technology to lead in the global race for SMR deployment.
NuScale said the partnership comes at a pivotal time as senior government policymakers from around the world discuss the urgency of accelerating the clean energy transition. NuScale’s SMRs can support international climate goals to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change while strengthening global prosperity, the company said.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 04 November 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/us-and-romania-confirm-agreement-to-collaborate-on-nuscale-plant-11-3-2021
The White House said in a fact sheet on president Joe Biden’s climate plans, which he unveiled at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, that the partnership will position US technology to lead in the global race for SMR deployment.
The agreement will include a 12-module NuScale plant, initially creating over 6,000 US and Romanian jobs, with the potential to create 30,000 US and Romanian jobs as the project grows. Deployment of SMR technology will be an important contributor to a decarbonised power sector and net zero future.
The White House said the US is partnering with emerging economies to develop “deep decarbonisation strategies”, including strengthening the adoption of renewable and nuclear energy including SMRs.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 03 November 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/us-and-romania-will-announce-plans-to-collaborate-on-nuscale-plant-11-2-2021
Romanian nuclear utility Nuclearelectrica on 24 June announced the adoption by the Romanian Parliament of a draft law on the ratification of the Agreement between the Romanian Government and the United States Government on the cooperation regarding the Cernavoda nuclear project - the refurbishment of units 1,3 & 4. The Government adopted the draft law for the ratification of the agreement in March and the legislation was sent to the Parliament in an emergency procedure. The Chamber of Deputies adopted the bill on 12 May followed by a positive Senate vote in June.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsromania-ratifies-agreement-with-us-for-cooperation-on-cernavoda-8857516
The US Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to Romania’s nuclear energy authority, Societatea National Nuclearelectrica (SNN), for technical assistance to support the development of small modular reactor (SMR) solutions in Romania.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 19 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-awards-grant-to-romanias-nuclearelectrica-for-smrs-8458760
The document was signed by French prime minister Jean Castex and his Romanian counterpart Ludovic Orban, who led a delegation of his ministers to Paris.
In a statement following the signing Mr Orban said an agreement had also been signed between Romana’s state nuclear corporation Nuclearelectrica, which operates the Cernavodă station, and French nuclear engineering company Orano, but he gave no further details.
Earlier this month Romania and the US signed a draft cooperation agreement for the construction of Cernavodă-3 and -4 and the refurbishment of Cernavodă-1.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 29 October 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/romania-signs-declaration-of-intent-with-france-10-3-2020
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) now knows the full extent of repairs required to the NRU reactor tank and has the tool to carry out the job. Meanwhile, a decision in principle on a new reactor has been made in the Netherlands.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 09 October 2009
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Positive-signs-in-isotope-production
Medical isotopes could again be in short supply in Canada following an unscheduled shutdown of the NRU reactor facility which is expected to last at least a month.
A regional loss of electrical power on 14 May caused the reactor at the Chalk River facility to shut down. However, during routine monitoring prior to restarting the reactor, a small leak of heavy water was discovered. According to Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL), the water was discovered to be leaking at a rate of 5 kg per hour, and is being fully contained and stored. A small release of tritium has also resulted as a result of evaporation, below levels that would be a threat to the public or to workers but at a level requiring AECL to report it to the regulator, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).
The source of the leak is at the base of the reactor vessel, in a location where there is corrosion on its outside wall. Repair options are currently being considered and planned, said AECL, but the company anticipates the reactor being out of service for over a month.
AECL says it can meet production requirements for medical isotopes for the coming week, but based on current delivery schedules will not be able to meet demand from Saturday 23 May onwards.
Many radioisotopes used for medical purposes are extremely short-lived so an unexpected interruption to production can quickly affect supplies. An extended outage of the NRU at the end of 2007 prompted an isotope supply emergency when the reactor was shut down because required repairs had not been carried out. Within days isotope supplies began to run out and many thousands of medical procedures were cancelled.
World isotope supplies were rocked later in 2008 when key reactors in Belgium, Canada, France, South Africa and the Netherlands, which between them provide about 85% of the world's cobalt-60 supply and virtually all of the technetium-99m and molybdenum-99, were undergoing refuelling and maintenance within weeks of each other.
Researchers in several countries are working on ways to produce medical isotopes by novel routes that do not rely on nuclear reactors, but the techniques are not yet commercially available.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2009
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Isotope-production-hit-by-leak