The facility, at the Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant in southwest Siberia, will enable Tvel to supply TVS-K fuel to nuclear power plants powered by Western-design PWR reactors. Tvel said in a statement that TVS-K fuel is based on Russian technical solutions which are not subject to export control restrictions of other countries.
TVS-K was originally developed by Tvel for use in Westinghouse-designed 3- and 4-loop PWRs. It draws on the Tvel’s experience in the development, manufacture and operation of nuclear fuel for Russian-designed VVER-1000 reactors.
In 2018 Tvel, a subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said it was planning to start testing the fuel in the US. The company did not say at which nuclear plant in the US the test loading would take place.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 29 December 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/tvel-begins-operation-of-manufacturing-facility-for-tvs-k-pwr-fuel-12-2-2021
NAC International Inc. announced it has received US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) certification for the OPTIMUS®-L version of its versatile OPTImal Modular Universal Shipping transport packaging system.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-certification-for-nac-internationals-optimus-l-transport-packaging-9343355
The first criticality of the EPR reactor installed at unit 3 of the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in Finland was achieved on 21 December, power utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) announced.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsolkiluoto-3-epr-plant-unit-starts-up-9343313
The first batch of innovative uranium-plutonium Remix fuel was loaded into the VVER-1000 reactor at unit 1 of Russia’s Balakovo NPP, Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL said on 21 December.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-remix-fuel-assemblies-loaded-at-russias-balakovo-nuclear-plant-9343328
Rosatom on 20 December began construction of the sixth VVER-1000 reactor at India’s Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu as first concrete was laid in the foundation slab of the reactor building.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfirst-concrete-for-kudankulam-6-9343338
Manchester-based R&B Switchgear Group, has been appointed to deliver a project with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), one of the world’s leading fusion research organisations.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrb-switchgear-wins-work-at-culham-9343614
The 925-MW RBMK-1000 light water graphite reactor was taken offline at 00:24 Moscow time on 19 December, Rosenergoatom said.
Alexander Uvakin, Kursk NPP’s acting director, said that during its operation, the the unit has generated more than 251TWh of electricity – enough to provide for the energy consumption of the Kursk region for about 30 years.
An identical plant, Kursk-2, which began commercial operation in August 1979, is also scheduled to retire.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/kursk-1-nuclear-plant-permanently-shut-down-after-45-years-of-operation-12-4-2021
Belgium's coalition government today said it has agreed to close its existing nuclear power plants by 2025, although it has left open the possibility to keep two units in operation beyond that if energy supplies cannot otherwise be assured. It will also continue to invest in nuclear technology research, including small modular reactors (SMRs).
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Belgian-government-confirms-closure-plans-looks-t
Worldwide supplies of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) made without using highly enriched uranium (HEU) are now sufficient for the USA to ban exports of HEU material for foreign medical isotope production.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Isotope-supplies-allow-USA-to-stop-HEU-exports
The first equipment has arrived at a deconversion plant being built by Russia's Rosatom and France's Orano in eastern Siberia. The plant is part of a long-term project to manage and make use of depleted uranium stocks in Russia.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Equipment-for-deconversion-arrives-at-Zheleznogors
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