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Urenco has signed a new contract for the long-term supply of enrichment services with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP). Urenco, which has been supplying enriched uranium to KHNP since 1993, said the new contract "will further improve long-term fuel supply stability".

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Saturday, 30 March 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsurenco-signs-new-long-term-fuel-supply-deal-with-khnp-11642795

Following a "rigorous procurement process", US engineering firm Bechtel has been selected by uranium enrichment services provider Urenco to support the expansion of the Tails Management Facility (TMF) at its site in Capenhurst, UK.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Friday, 03 November 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Urenco-to-expand-UK-tails-plant

EU supply agency also warns of continued dependence on Moscow for VVER nuclear fuel

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 20 October 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/97-of-europe-s-natural-uranium-comes-from-overseas-but-russia-deliveries-fall-10-4-2023

The Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference, organised by the French Ministry for Energy Transition and the OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Paris, resulted in two communiques signed by energy ministers and industry representatives emphasising the need for nuclear energy.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-and-nea-host-conference-to-promote-nuclear-energy-11186484

Representatives of the nuclear industry in OECD nations, and representatives of the governments of 20 countries, have issued communiqués committing to work together to expand nuclear energy capacity, after the inaugural Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the French government.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Saturday, 30 September 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-groups-and-ministers-pledge-to-back-new-nu

Even oil-rich companies of Middle East are eying reactors, as more nations announce plans for SMRs Russian troops occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station, which was damaged by shelling. File photo courtesy IAEA. 2022 was a year of mega milestones for nuclear energy.

Countries around the world turned to nuclear as a reliable low-carbon energy source as they looked for ways to wean themselves off Russian imports and lower carbon emissions.

New plants began operating, deals for small modular reactors were signed and countries announced ambitious plans for new-build.

On the political front, US president Joe Biden signed into law new legislation that will help to finance struggling nuclear reactors and could save dozens from being shut down early. In Europe, the nuclear industry celebrated when members of the European parliament decided to “follow the science” and support legislation which includes nuclear in the bloc’s sustainable finance taxonomy for green investment.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/five-major-developments-that-are-setting-the-stage-for-2023-and-beyond-1-1-2023

The World Nuclear Association (WNA) on 8 September launched the 2021 edition of The Nuclear Fuel Report, concluding that the positive trend in nuclear generating capacity projections that began in the previous (2019) report continues.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 10 September 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswna-nuclear-fuel-report-urges-uranium-development-9067794

Terrestrial Energy and Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) have started a graphite irradiation testing programme at the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in the Netherlands. This work is part of broader programme underway for confirmatory testing of components and systems in the Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR).

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Saturday, 14 November 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Irradiation-testing-of-IMSR-moderator-graphite-beg

The Petten HFR in North Holland. Photo courtesy NRG. Netherlands-based nuclear services provider NRG has completed an irradiation test on molten nuclear fuel salts inside the High Flux Reactor (HFR) at Petten.

NRG said this is the first irradiation of its kind since research carried out in the US in the 1960s.

Irradiation tests are a crucial step in the development of molten salt reactor technology, which NRG said is promising in terms of both safety and economy, while having the potential to avoid the release of long-living radioactive waste in severe accident scenarios.

NRG said completing the test means it can now examine the irradiated salt more closely in its labs. “This means we’ll really be able to see how the salt responds to irradiation in the reactor,” a statement said.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Thursday, 19 September 2019
Original article: nucnet.org/news/nrg-completes-key-irradiation-test-at-petten-9-3-2019

Shine Medical Isotopes yesterday broke ground on its first medical isotope production facility in Janesville, Wisconsin. Commercial production of isotopes, including molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), is scheduled to begin in 2021.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Friday, 10 May 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ground-broken-for-US-medical-isotope-facility

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