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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
The Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has closed its Open Pool Australian Lightwater (OPAL) reactor at the Lucas Heights nuclear medicine precinct to undergo necessary upgrades and maintenance. OPAL is a state-of-the-art 20 MWt multi-purpose reactor that uses low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. The $300m OPAL reactor, supplied by Argentina’s INVAP, was opened in 2007 with an estimated design life of 60 years.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 18 April 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsanstos-opal-reactor-closed-for-upgrades-11688878
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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 29 April 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-innovation-means-research-reactor-can-transit
A new complex for nuclear doping of silicon has entered commercial operation at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) based on TPU’s IRT-T research reactor. It is the only production facility for large-diameter irradiated silicon for electronics in Russia. It makes nuclear doping of silicon with an extremely large diameter of more than 200 mm. The launch ceremony was attended by representatives of Rosatom, fuel company TVEL and the Siberian Chemical combine (SCC).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 10 September 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-launches-new-complex-to-produce-irradiate-silicon-9991442
Scientists from Russia’s National Research Technological University "MISiS" have developed a prototype of a nuclear battery, which is significantly cheaper than analogues, the corporate newspaper of the State Corporation Rosatom said on 14 October.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 16 October 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussian-scientists-develop-atomic-battery-8182084
Framatome said that advanced nuclear fuel designs which use silicon carbide in the fuel channel can enhance the safety and fuel performance of nuclear power plants.
Under the cooperation agreement, Framatome and General Atomics will also test materials for fuel applications to help the removal of approximately 40% of the zirconium metal in BWR fuel designs, a statement said.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 22 February 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/framatome-to-cooperate-with-general-atomics-on-silicon-carbide-bwr-fuels-2-5-2020
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of nuclear safety experts completed a mission on 14 November to review aspects of safety at Belgium’s Research Reactor 2 (BR2). The mission was requested by Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) and focused on ageing management and continued safe operation.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 20 November 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-reviews-safety-at-belgiums-br2-reactor-5981297
Belgium's BR2 research reactor, which accounts for around a quarter of world production of medical isotope Mo-99 (Tc-99m), is due to close between March 2015 and July 2016 for modernisation work, the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK-CEN, has confirmed.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 20 May 2014
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbr2-modernisation-set-for-march-2015-4272112