9 Apr (NucNet): Uzbekistan has begun the process to select a site for a nuclear power plant and aims to grant a site licence in September 2020, local officials have confirmed, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 09 April 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/uzbekistan-has-begun-site-selection-for-first-nuclear-plant-says-iaea
The first stage of commissioning has started at Ostrovets 1, a VVER-1200 under construction in Belarus, AtomStroyExport (the engineering division of Rosatom) has announced.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 09 April 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscommissioning-underway-in-belarus-7144988
Nuclear Engineering International has been named as an official media partner for PATRAM 2019, the international symposium on packaging and transportation of radioactive materials.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 09 April 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newspatram-partnership-announced-7144871
Unit 1 of the first nuclear power plant to be built in Belarus has started the commissioning phase, AtomStroyExport (ASE), the engineering subsidiary of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Monday, 08 April 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Commissioning-starts-at-first-Belarus-unit
Japan's leading business group has called for accelerated restarts of reactors, with the years spent offline to be added back onto their lifespans. The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) called for clarity in energy policy beyond 2030 to support development of the power sector to reflect significant social change.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Monday, 08 April 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Japanese-energy-policy-needs-clarity,-says-busines
Finnish power companies are looking for ways to streamline licensing and qualification processes through a new project started last year called KELPO. The first part of the project has been completed and it is moving ahead to the pilot phase, writes Tuomo Huttunen, senior advisor on nuclear power at Finnish Energy, which represents about 260 companies that produce, acquire, transmit and sell electricity, gas, district heat and district cooling and offer related services.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Monday, 08 April 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/VIEWPOINT-Finland-seeks-to-streamline-licensing
8 Apr (NucNet): The world is running out of options for generating sustainable, safe, CO2-free, baseload electricity, but the one option that “ticks all the boxes” for the future is nuclear fusion, a paper published in the UK says.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Monday, 08 April 2019
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-fusion-ticks-all-the-boxes-for-a-future-energy-source-says-paper
The first accident tolerant fuel assemblies containing both modified cladding and pellets have been loaded into until 2 of the Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia, Southern Nuclear and Framatome announced 5 April.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 08 April 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsaccident-tolerant-fuel-in-operation-at-vogtle-2-7142564
UK technology and network service company telent Technology Services Ltd announced it has won a six-year contract to supply the communications and IT infrastructure for EDF Energy's Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in Somerset.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 08 April 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsit-and-communications-contract-for-hinkely-point-c-7142119
Brazil's national energy plan to 2050 will consider new nuclear power plants including generation IV technology and small modular reactors to meet growing national electricity demand, Minister for Mines and Energy Bento Albuquerque said yesterday.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 05 April 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Brazilian-government-committed-to-nuclear-minister
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