The European Union's energy commissioner, Kadri Simson, representing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), and Kazuo Kodama, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Japan to the EU, yesterday signed a joint declaration on the Broader Approach activities in fusion energy. These agreements relate to the Iter project in southern France as it approaches first plasma and the start of its operation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Euratom-signs-fusion-energy-declaration-with-Japan
The United Arab Emirates has declared itself the first country in the Arab world to become an operator of a nuclear power plant following Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation's (ENEC) completion of fuel loading this week at Barakah unit 1 in Abu Dhabi. The UAE said it has thus joined a "limited group of countries worldwide", now 33 in total, that have "successfully developed the intellectual and infrastructural capacity to use nuclear energy to generate safe, clean, and reliable baseload electricity".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UAE-completes-fuel-loading-at-Barakah-1
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking public comment on a proposal to construct and demonstrate a prototype advanced mobile nuclear microreactor to support its domestic and operational energy demands. This is expected to be a small advanced gas reactor using high-assay low enriched uranium tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel and air cooling.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-Defense-Department-seeks-comment-on-microreacto
Hot testing at the world's first Hualong One reactor has been completed, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced yesterday. The tests at Fuqing unit 5 laid a "solid foundation" for the unit's operation, the company said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Hot-tests-completed-at-Fuqing-5
The new strategy for energy in Armenia to 2040 will require the extension of the Armenian nuclear power plant's operating life beyond 2026, a panel heard last week.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 03 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsarmenia-considers-further-life-extension-for-metsamor-7802500
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has finalised a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with New Brunswick Power.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 03 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscnl-to-collaborate-with-nb-power-and-unsc-on-smrs-7802820
French power utility EDF has extended outages at three of its nuclear reactors by several weeks, according to data from electricity grid operator RTE on 27 February.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 03 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsextended-outages-at-french-nuclear-power-plants-7803148
Pevek, the most northern port in Russia, has hosted a meeting to discuss the commissioning of the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear heat and power plant (FNPP), moored at the town.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 03 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-fnpp-spurs-local-development-7803159
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has visited the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on his first official trip to Japan since taking office in late 2019.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 03 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-head-visits-fukushima-7803236
The Board of Directors of France’s Orano has approved the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 03 March 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsorano-reports-growth-in-2019-7803201
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