At the request of the French Government, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN - Nuclear Safety Authority) has issued an opinion on the safety of EDF’s EPR 1200 pressurised water reactor project. EDF is developing the EPR1200, mainly for export, in respond to calls for tenders for medium-power reactors, in particular one issued in March 2022 by the Czech power company CEZ. ASN's opinion on these safety options for this reactor is broadly similar to its opinion given in July 2019 on the EPR2 reactor, from which it is derived.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrench-regulator-says-safety-of-epr1200-is-acceptable-10574282
Iran has criticised the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after the agency raised concerns over changes made to equipment at its Fordow uranium enrichment plant. The IAEA said in a confidential report, leaked to the press, that Iran had substantially modified an interconnection between two centrifuge clusters enriching uranium to up to 60% at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), without first informing the agency.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiran-criticises-iaea-for-inaccurate-report-10574293
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is supporting three companies developing a range of new advanced reactor and fuel cycle concepts. The work is funded through a voucher programme provided by the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) programme established by DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsargonne-national-lab-supports-advanced-nuclear-concepts-10574308
The first trial connection to the grid of unit 2 at the Belarusian NPP is planned for March-April, according to Deputy Minister of Energy Mikhail Mikhadyuk. The installation of process equipment and pipelines is almost completed and start-up work is underway. This includes preparations for heating and hydraulic testing of the primary and secondary circuits of the reactor for strength and density. This will be followed by bringing the unit to minimum controlled power.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbelarus-npp-unit-2-preparing-for-trial-grid-connection-10574318
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is to collaborate with US-based Jubilant Radiopharma to develop alpha radiopharmaceuticals. The joint project comes under CNL’s Canadian Nuclear Research Initiative -Health (CNRI-H) programme. It is part of a broader CNL effort to develop radiopharmaceutical therapies using Actinium-225, a medical isotope produced by CNL.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscnl-and-jubilant-radiopharma-collaborate-on-actinium-225-10574940
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Integrated Safety Assessment of Research Reactor (INSARR) team says the Czech Republic has enhanced safety at its main research reactor. However, the team also found the need to continue to improve training and radiation monitoring practices.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-reports-enhanced-safety-at-czech-research-reactor-10574968
Tokamak Energy said the Demo4 magnet has a magnetic field strength that is nearly a million times stronger than the Earth’s magnetic field, making it capable of confining and controlling the extremely hot plasma created during the fusion process.
Tokamak Energy is aiming to be the first private company to produce commercial fusion energy, with the goal of demonstrating grid-ready fusion in the early 2030s.
Fusion is the phenomenon which powers the sun. The challenge is to control the complexities involved in replicating this process to produce a clean, abundant but also commercially viable source of power.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/uk-company-builds-world-first-set-of-super-magnets-2-2-2023
France, Germany, the UK and the USA have called on Iran to comply with all its legally-binding international obligations under its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported changes to the configuration of centrifuges at Iran's Fordow plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Four-nations-call-on-Iran-to-comply-with-its-oblig
The Intergovernmental Agreement on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes will see the two countries working together on the use of nuclear technology in a number of areas, including training of a workforce for building and running a small modular reactor.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Myanmar-signs-nuclear-energy-cooperation-agreement
Work has begun at the Narigan Mining and Industrial Complex in Yazd province, the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) has announced. AEOI describes it as the country's largest uranium-molybdenum mine.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Iran-announces-start-up-of-uranium-mine
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