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All remaining highly enriched uranium (HEU) from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency's (JAEA's) Japan Materials Testing Reactor Critical Assembly has now been returned to the USA. Japan and the USA have been cooperating for many years to repatriate HEU from Japanese research reactors to the USA.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Saturday, 13 April 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Further-Japanese-research-reactor-free-of-HEU

Company begins formal process of seeking federal approval for repowering of reactor

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/holtec-sets-august-2025-target-date-for-restarting-michigan-nuclear-plant-10-1-2023

Asian nation recently reversed policy on post-Fukushima reactor phaseout US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm and Japan’s industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura during talks in Washington. Courtesy Twitter/@SecGranholm. The US and Japan have agreed to strengthen cooperation on developing and constructing next-generation advanced reactors, including small modular reactors, “within each country and third countries”.

Japan’s industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura and US energy secretary Jennifer Granholm met in Washington to discuss the situation surrounding global energy security, strengthening clean energy cooperation, and the importance of clean energy transitions, including renewable energies and nuclear energy.

They said in a joint statement that in response to the energy impacts of Russia’s war against Ukraine, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan and the US Department of Energy discussed the need for diverse and secure supplies of energy, noting support for investment in the US to improve energy security.

The two governments already announced plans in October to work together on helping Ghana introduce SMR technology. They want to make the African nation a regional SMR hub and deploy a Voygr SMR nuclear power plant developed by US-based NuScale.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Thursday, 12 January 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/countries-to-strengthen-nuclear-cooperations-including-small-modular-reactors-1-3-2023

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

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer pledged the state's support for Holtec International's application for a federal grant to save the Palisades nuclear power plant which closed in May.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Michigan-governor-calls-for-nuclear-plant-to-reope

Centrus and GLE have welcomed the USD700 million support package to develop high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) included in the US Inflation Reduction Act to develop the infrastructure needed to fuel next generation of nuclear reactors.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Inflation-Reduction-Act-makes-down-payment-on-HALE

A second campaign to repatriate high-enriched uranium (HEU) from a research reactor in Japan to the USA has been completed, bringing to an end a three-year joint effort to transfer 45 kg of the material as part of shared non-proliferation goals.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Friday, 12 August 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Cooperative-effort-sees-Japanese-HEU-transfer-comp

Move follows appeal by owner of California’s Diablo Canyon Two reactors at Diablo Canyon are scheduled to shut down in 2024 and 2025. The US Department of Energy is extending the application deadline for a second time for a $6bn programme aimed at keeping power plants open by two months, it announced, days after California's biggest power utility asked for more time.

Power utility PG&E Corp asked the DOE for a 75-day extension to the civil nuclear credit (CNC) programme deadline to apply for federal funds that could keep its Diablo Canyon nuclear power station in California open. Two reactors at Diablo Canyon are scheduled to shut down in 2024 and 2025.

The DOE also amended the CNC programme’s guidance, revising the eligibility criteria that nuclear reactors “not recover more than 50 percent of its costs from cost-of-service regulation or regulated contracts”, which could affect the eligibility of reactors applying in the first round of funds awarded, a press release said, without elaborating.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/doe-announces-second-extension-for-usd6-billion-nuclear-credit-programme-7-1-2022

Kathryn Huff also addressed impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine Ms Huff addressed a number of topics including the existing nuclear fleet and new reactor technologies. Courtesy US Senate/DOE. Kathryn Huff told a Senate energy and natural resources committee hearing that if she is confirmed to head the Department of Energy’s office of nuclear energy she will prioritise activities to preserve the existing fleet of nuclear power plants, deploy advanced reactor technologies, manage spent nuclear fuel and work with international partners to support technological transfer and American innovation.

During the hearing’s question-and-answer portion, Ms Huff addressed a number of topics, including investment in domestic uranium conversion and enrichment infrastructure to eliminate US dependence on Russia for nuclear fuel.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, she said, “puts into stark contrast the importance of our energy security. I completely agree that we need to build out the capacity for a Western alternative to the Russian component of the uranium market, including conversion and enrichment capacity.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-nominee-plans-to-preserve-existing-fleet-deploy-advanced-reactor-technologies-3-2-2022

Days after it launched a USD6 billion programme to support the continued operation of existing nuclear power plants, the Department of Energy (DOE) has set in motion its programme to invest USD9.5 billion in clean hydrogen technologies which may include the use of nuclear power. Both initiatives are part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Thursday, 17 February 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-DOE-launches-nuclear,-hydrogen-infrastructure-p

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