Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has licensed a novel method to 3D print components for nuclear reactors, developed by the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), which the Seattle-based company says is ideal for manufacturing components for its advanced nuclear reactor designs.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/USNC-licenses-3D-printing-for-reactor-component-ma
Kazatomprom's offices, production facilities and mines have not been impacted by civil unrest that began in the country on 2 January and are operating normally, the company has said. The company added that it was working to prevent destabilisation of its production sites, but a high risk of supply chain disruptions could result in limited access to key operating materials.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kazatomprom-confirms-operations-normal-despite-unr
The Unit B2 (Reactor 4) of the Hunterston NPP in North Ayrshire, Scotland, was permanently shut down on 7 January after generating electricity for 46 years.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfinal-shutdown-for-uks-hunterston-b-9388015
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) in early January released two planning documents that, it said, “address the wide range of priorities, questions and concerns heard to date from Canadians and Indigenous peoples about the transportation of used nuclear fuel”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanadas-nwmo-releases-transportation-plans-9388048
The French government expects plans for new nuclear reactors should be submitted around 2023 with a target date of 2035-37 for the reactors to go online, Berangere Abba, Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological Transition, said during a parliamentary debate in the Senate on 6 January.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-expects-new-nuclear-reactors-to-begin-operation-in-2035-37-9388128
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 6 January issued a determination denying US-based Oklo Power's application to build and operate its Aurora compact fast reactor in Idaho. NRC said gaps in the information supplied by the company presented its review of the combined licence application from moving forward. Oklo can submit a "complete application" in the future and can request a hearing on the NRC decision.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnrc-denies-oklo-licence-application--9388399
The 225-tonne steel component is part of the reactor building’s hermetic protection system, designed to withstand high external and internal pressures and protect against radiation release.
According to CGN, there will be six domestic Hualong One pressurised water reactor units at the Taipingling site
Construction so far began for the first two units, Taipingling-1 and -2, in December 2019 and October 2020.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/inner-containment-dome-installed-at-taipingling-1-hualong-unit-1-1-2022
According to the statement, the 2021 load factors for Loviisa-1 and -2 were 93.9% and 92.2%, which placed the station’s operating record among “the best in the world for pressurised water reactors”.
Both units underwent refuelling outages in 2021, lasting 18 days for Loviisa-1 and 24 days for Loviisa-2. For Loviisa-2 the outage involved the replacement of equipment, Fortum said.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/fortum-announces-record-2021-generation-figures-for-loviisa-nuclear-station-1-1-2022
The company said the 1,400-MW boiling water reactor generated 13,400 MWh more in 2021 to beat a previous production record set in 2019. It did not specify whether the figures were gross or net.
OKG said outages amounted to 26 days in 2021, which gave an annual availability factor of 92% in 2021.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/oskarshamn-3-beat-generation-record-in-2021-says-okg-1-1-2022
Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organisation (NWMO) has released two planning documents that address the wide range of priorities, questions and concerns heard to date from Canadians and Indigenous peoples about the transportation of used nuclear fuel.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NWMO-publishes-transportation-planning-documents
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