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A campaign to move used highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel from Canada to the USA, which began in 2015, has been completed a year ahead of schedule, the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 14 February 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canada,-USA-complete-used-fuel-return
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced on 2 April that isotope production reactor the National Research Universal (NRU) at the Chalk River site had been permanently shut down. It will now be placed into a "state of storage" prior to decommissioning. The reactor, which produced about 40% of world supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), ceased production in October 2016, since when it has remained on standby "in case of a significant shortage which could not be mitigated by other means". Research reactors in Australia, Europe, Russia and South Africa have since met demand.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 06 April 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanada-permanently-closes-nru-research-reactor-6107149
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited has taken a step towards repairing its NRU reactor, by simulating the repair at a mock-up facility. The reactor has been shut down since May when a heavy water leak was detected.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 13 November 2009
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsaecl-simulates-nru-repair-