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The Brokdorf, Grohnde and Gundremmingen C nuclear power plants were permanently shut down on 31 December in compliance with Germany's nuclear phase-out policy. The move leaves three reactors in operation, which are scheduled to be taken offline by the end of this year.

: Source: World Nuclear News

: Date: Wednesday, 05 January 2022; Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Three-German-reactors-cease-operation

Kiev to invest $334m over next five years in mining and processing Ukraine has 15 commercial nuclear power plants including four at the Rovno nuclear station (pictured). Ukraine is aiming to increase its uranium production to cover fully the needs of its nuclear power units after 2026, the government said.

Under a national programme, Ukraine will invest 9.1 billion hryvnia ($334m) over the next five years to increase uranium mining and processing facilities.

The government said production at four Ukrainian uranium deposits would total 995 tonnes in 2022 and should rise to 1,265 tonnes in 2026.

It gave no uranium output figure for 2021 but said current production meets around 40% of Ukraine’s needs for nuclear fuel. The rest comes from imports from Russia and the US.

Ukraine’s 15 commercial nuclear power plants, which according to the International Atomic Energy Agency provided about 51% of the country’s electricity production in 2020, need 2,200 to 2,400 tonnes of uranium per year, the government said.

: Source: Nucnet

: Date: Tuesday, 04 January 2022; Original article: nucnet.org/news/gov-t-aims-to-increase-uranium-production-to-fully-cover-nuclear-needs-1-1-2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the establishment of the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, a new DOE office that aims to help deliver the administration’s climate agenda, create new, well-paid jobs and reduce pollution while benefitting disadvantaged communities.

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: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Friday, 31 December 2021; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-establishes-office-of-clean-energy-demonstrations-9354287

Rosatom has upgraded the world's largest critical nuclear test facility, the BFS-2 at the AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics & Power Engineering (IPPE).

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Friday, 31 December 2021; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-upgrades-worlds-largest-critical-facility-bfs-2-9354308

EnergySolutions Canada on 22 December announced a contract with Laurentis Energy Partners, a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation, to provide licence support for a new nuclear-materials sorting facility in Kincardine, Ontario.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Friday, 31 December 2021; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsenergysolutions-and-laurentis-energy-partners-support-new-canadian-waste-facility-9354318

Rosatom’s engineering division, ASE, said on 27 December that concreting of the fifth tier of the inner containment (VZO) of the reactor building had been completed on 24 December at unit 2 of the Rooppur nuclear power plant under construction in Bangladesh.

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: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Friday, 31 December 2021; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfinal-tier-of-inner-containment-shell-completed-at-rooppur-2-9354345

Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ – Polish Nuclear Power Plants), the government company responsible for plans to deploy up to six reactors at multiple sites by 2040, announced that it had selected the coastal location of Lubiatowo-Kopalino in the Choczewo commune in Pomerania near Wejherowo for the first reactor.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Friday, 31 December 2021; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newspoland-selects-site-for-first-nuclear-power-plant-9354373

Russia’s Mashinostroitelny Zavod in Elektrostal (MSZ - part of Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL) manufactured 32 layouts of control and protection system assemblies for China’s CFR-600 high-power fast reactor.

: Source: NEI Magazine

: Date: Friday, 31 December 2021; Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstvel-ships-testing-equipment-for-chinas-fast-reactor-9354390

The Swedish government on 22 December approved SKB’s application to extend the final repository for short-lived radioactive waste (SFR) in Forsmark. The facility needs to be extended to accommodate decommissioning waste from Swedish nuclear power plants.