Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) says it remains on track to select a single, preferred site by 2023 for a deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. The organisation has released its latest Triennial Report, including for the first time a strategic plan beyond site selection.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 28 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian-organisation-sets-out-long-term-repositor
Reconstruction of unit 2 at the Darlington nuclear power plant in Canada has been completed and the process to restart the reactor can now begin, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has announced. The company will delay the planned start of the refurbishment of Darlington 3, scheduled to begin in May, as part of its measures to ensure stable electricity supplies during the COVID-19 crisis.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 28 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/OPG-completes-first-Darlington-rebuild
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $16 million in new funding to advance research and development (R&D) for isotope production.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-funding-for-isotope-production-rd-7838986
The reactor pressure vessel, steam generator and hot gas duct at unit 2 of China's demonstration high-temperature gas-cooled reactor plant (HTR-PM) have been paired and connected, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced on 25 March.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsprogress-at-chinas-htr-pm-7839012
Finland’s Fennovoima has issued a progress report on the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant project, detailing developments in 2019.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfennovoima-issues-progress-report-on-hanhikivi-7839412
Rusatom Service, the electric power division of Russia's state atomic energy corporation Rosatom, has been selected to modernise neutron-flux monitoring equipment at 5 and 6 of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-to-modernise-neutron-flux-monitoring-equipment-at-kozloduy-56-7840104
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has called on governments to put clean energy technologies at the heart of economic stimulus packages drawn up in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The agency is concerned that policy makers could lose sight of long-term climate change goals as they develop responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. It says that clean energy-focused stimulus packages would have benefits of boosting economic growth and accelerating the clean energy transition.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiea-calls-for-clean-energy-response-to-covid-19-crisis-7839855
Spain’s Council of Ministers on 23 March authorised the National Radioactive Waste Company (Enresa) to enter into two contracts to manufacture and supply containers for the dry storage of used fuel from the Almaraz, Trillo and Santa María de Garoña nuclear power plants.
These two contracts, worth €212.7 million ($231m), will be awarded to the Spanish company Equipos Nucleares (ENSA).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsused-fuel-containers-ordered-for-spanish-nuclear-power-plants-7839019
Honeywell submitted its licence renewal application in February 2017. In its review, the NRC staff focused on Honeywell’s decommissioning funding, the environmental effects of the facility for the duration of the licence, facility changes and safety basis, and the controls to monitor material degradation and aging for the duration of a licence term.
The staff concluded that renewing the licence would not pose an undue risk to public health and safety and would not significantly affect the quality of the environment.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/nrc-renews-licence-for-honeywell-s-illinois-uranium-conversion-plant-3-4-2020
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is launching a three-year Coordinated Research Project focused on the economics of small modular reactors (SMRs). The project will provide Member States with an economic appraisal framework for the development and deployment of such reactors.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 27 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-launches-project-to-examine-economics-of-SMRs
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