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The second stage of the containment for Russia’s lead-cooled Brest-OD-300 fast reactor has been completed at the construction site on the territory of the Siberian Chemical Combine (part of Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL). The Brest-OD-300 reactor is part of the pilot demonstration power complex (ODEK - Opitno Demonstratsionovo Energo-Kompleksa), which is being developed under the Breakthrough (Proryv) project intended to demonstrate closed fuel cycle technology.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssecond-stage-of-containment-installed-for-brest-od-300-reactor-11705902
The operator of the Hoger Onderwijs research reactor in the Netherlands has enhanced safety since a previous review mission in September 2021, a follow-up International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission has concluded.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-finds-improved-safety-at-Dutch-research-react
Boss Energy Limited's Honeymoon in-situ leach project in South Australia has produced its first drum of uranium in more than a decade, a major milestone in a commissioning process that will see production ramp up to 2.45 million pounds U3O8 (942 tU) per year. The company also expects first production soon at its Alta Mesa joint venture project in Texas, USA.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-drum-of-uranium-from-Honeymoon
Meeting pledges to triple nuclear capacity by 2050 will mean opportunities for all stages of the nuclear supply chain. These opportunities - and associated challenges - were widely discussed at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2024 conference which took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-cycle-players-explore-opportunities-and-chall
Swedish company Blykalla, formerly called Leadcold, has announced the closure of its latest funding round to support its lead-cooled SMRs, raising a total of SEK80m ($7.3m). The round was led by Norrsken Launcher together with Nucleation Capital, with participation from Earth Venture Capital, Farvatn, and several private investors.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 20 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsblykalla-closes-latest-funding-round-to-support-its-lead-cooled-smrs-11696302
‘Innovative’ fuel will be key to continued operation
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 20 April 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/company-signs-nuclear-fuel-agreement-for-germany-s-frm-ii-research-reactor-4-5-2024
UN agency calls for ‘extreme restraint’ from both sides
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 20 April 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/no-damage-at-nuclear-facilities-following-israel-attack-says-iaea-4-5-2024
The 184-tonnes tier - the second of three - has been lifted into place for the lead-cooled fast neutron reactor under construction at the Siberian Chemical Combine site in Russia.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 20 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Middle-tier-of-containment-installed-for-Brest-OD
France's Framatome and Germany's Technical University of Munich (TUM) have agreed to establish the industrialisation process for the manufacture of monolithic molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo) fuel for the university's FRM II research reactor. Framatome noted this low-enriched fuel will benefit from the highest uranium fuel density ever realised in Europe for research reactor operations.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 20 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Production-to-begin-of-innovative-fuel-for-German
Brazilian nuclear utility Eletronuclear (part of state-owned power company Eletrobras) has taken issue with a report from the Court of Auditors of the Union (TCU - Tribunal de Contas da União) which indicated an increase in the energy tariff would follow the eventual entry into operation of unit 3 of the Angra NPP. Eletronuclear said that the data cited in the report were preliminary.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 18 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscompletion-of-brazils-angra-3-still-under-discussion-11688877