National Atomic Company Kazatomprom on 13 January provided an update on the status of its business and operations following the recent period of unrest in Kazakhstan.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskazatomprom-provides-update-on-situation-in-kazakhstan--9408580
The core catcher has been installed for Unit 3 of the Xudabu nuclear power station, also known as Xudabao, under construction in Liaoning Province, northeast China, Russian state-nuclear corporation Rosatom said.
The core catcher – also known as a core melt localisation device or core trap – is designed to catch the molten core material, or corium, from a nuclear reactor in the event of a nuclear meltdown and to prevent it from escaping the containment.
Rostom said the installation of the 156-tonne component is a milestone activity which allows further works on the reactor building pit.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/core-catcher-installed-at-xudabu-3-says-russia-s-rosatom-1-2-2022
Madrid-based Foro Nuclear said data shows that nuclear has been the primary source of production for 10 consecutive years. Nuclear plants have operated the most hours, with an operating factor of 86.72%, and avoided the most emissions.
The country’s reactors have been producing more than a fifth of its electricity for 10 consecutive years.
“This is a fundamental guarantee for the stable and continuous operation of the electricity system in Spain,” Foro Nuclear said.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-continues-to-be-primary-source-of-electricity-production-data-shows-1-2-2022
The core catcher casing has been installed for two Russian-supplied VVER-1200 reactors being constructed in China. The 156-tonne casing is part of the core catcher, which is intended to prevent release of radioactive substances in the event of a severe accident.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Core-catcher-casing-in-place-at-Xudabao-3-and-Tian
Further development of the Khokhlovskoye uranium deposit in the Kurgan region of Russia can proceed after the Russian government classified sites within JSC Dalur's existing licence as "industrial land". The government decree was issued after a public inquiry where local residents approved amendments to municipal land use rules.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Decree-allows-further-development-at-Russian-ISL-p
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has amended the uranium mine and mill licence held by Orano Canada Inc allowing it to expand the JEB tailings management facility (TMF) at McClean Lake.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Regulator-authorises-expansion-of-Canadian-mill-ta
Belgium's Doel 4 and Tihange 3 could continue operating beyond 2025 provided certain safety upgrades are carried out, Belgium's Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) has said. However, it said the government must make a prompt decision on their long-term operation and develop a global approach with all the actors involved.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Belgian-regulator-says-reactors-could-operate-beyo
Russia plans to complete the construction of the fifth power unit with a BN-1200M fast reactor at the Beloyarsk NPP by 2035, according to the press service of the Beloyarsk NPP.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 18 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussia-to-build-bn1200-by-2035-9406431
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) Canada 2022: Energy Policy Review has found that, since the last IEA review in 2015, Canada has made a series of enterprising international and domestic commitments and has made progress towards transforming its energy system.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 18 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiea-report-on-canada-welcomes-smr-developments-9406494
Westinghouse Electric Company said that it had signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with seven companies in the Czech Republic. The MOUs, signed at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, cover cooperation on the potential deployment of an AP1000 plant for the Dukovany 5 project as well as other potential AP1000 projects in Central Europe.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 18 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newswestinghouse-signs-partnerships-to-build-ap1000-reactors-at-dukovany-9406521
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