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The Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrate Plant (NCCP or NZKhK – Novosibirskii Zavod KhimConsentratov), part of Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL, has signed a contract with the Egypt Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) for the supply of low-enriched nuclear fuel components for the ETRR-2 research reactor. The products include uranium components, as well as aluminium alloy products and aluminium powder. Delivery will be completed in 2024.

Date: Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-to-supply-of-fuel-components-for-the-egypts-etrr-2-research-reactor-11511973

Rosatom has completed testing equipment for the production of mixed uranium-plutonium nitride fuel (SNUP) intended for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor under construction at the Siberian Chemical Plant (SCC, part of Rosatom’s Fuel Company TVEL) in Seversk. The equipment is installed in the Fabrication/Refabrication Module (MFR) at the Experimental Demonstration Energy Complex (ODEK) being developed under at the Siberian Chemical Combine (SCC, part of Rosatom fuel company TVEL) in Seversk Tomsk Region).

Date: Thursday, 14 December 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-completes-equipment-tests-for-brest-fuel-production-facility-11369835

Rosatom and the Government of Russia’s Chukotka Autonomous Okrug signed an agreement at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to co-operate in deployment of a low-power NPP (ASMM) using a Shelf-M reactor plant. The agreement, signed by Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev and Chukotka Acting Governor Vladislav Kuznetsov, outlines the procedure for organising interaction for the construction of a ASMM to supply power the Sovinoye gold deposit and Chukotka settlements.

Date: Thursday, 22 June 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-to-build-shelf-m-microreactor-by-2030-10955643

The VR-2 research reactor, construction of which began last year, has entered operation at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering (FNSPE) at the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague. The reactor will mainly be used for teaching nuclear engineering students.

Date: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-Czech-research-reactor-commissioned

France’s Framatome has announced a key advance in development of monolithic molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo) fuel for Germany’s Forschungsreaktor München II (FRM II) research reactor, operated by the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

Date: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsframatome-develops-high-density-fuel-for-germanys-frm-ii-research-reactor-10806850

Framatome has completed the development of the main component of innovative monolithic molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo) fuel for the FRM II research reactor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Local politicians in Bavaria have approved plans to convert the reactor to use fuel with lower uranium enrichment.

Date: Saturday, 29 April 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-innovation-means-research-reactor-can-transit

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Savannah River Site (SRS) says the H Canyon facility recently initiated actions to recycle a small amount of used highly enriched uranium (HEU) stored in the Site’s H Area in order to down-blend it into high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU). “The projected demand for HALEU far exceeds the current supply,” said HALEU Programme Manager Jeff Hasty for Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, the site’s managing and operating contractor.

Date: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshaleu-production-planned-for-savannah-river-site-as-clean-up-continues-10731144

A consortium comprising EDF UK R&D, the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), the University of Bristol and Urenco has been awarded GBP7.7 million (USD9.3 million) in funding from the UK's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to develop a hydrogen storage solution.

Date: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Funding-for-UK-project-to-store-hydrogen-using-dep

Fuel company TVEL (part of Rosatom) has signed contract documents with the Egypt Atomic Energy Organisation (EAEA) for the supply of low enriched nuclear fuel components for Egypt’s ETRR-2 research reactor.

Date: Friday, 25 November 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstvel-to-supply-of-fuel-for-egypts-research-reactor-egypt-10381409

The agreement between Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant, part of Russia’s TVEL, and the Egyptian Atomic Energy Agency, is for supplies of low-enriched fuel components for the ETRR-2 research reactor.

Date: Thursday, 24 November 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TVEL-signs-contract-for-Egypt-research-reactor-fue