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US-based Oklo and Centrus Energy Corp on 17 November signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to cooperate in the deployment of a High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) production facility.

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsoklo-and-centrus-cooperate-on-haleu-fuel-development-9261582

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US-based utility Dominion Energy has received permission from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to increase the generating capacity of the Millstone-3 nuclear power plant in Connecticut by 1.6%.

The NRC said that Dominion could safely increase the reactor’s output, primarily through more accurate means of measuring feedwater flow.

The power uprate for Millstone-3 will increase the unit’s generating capacity by approximately 20 MW, the NRC said. TVA intends to implement the uprate by the spring of 2022.

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/us-regulator-approves-1-6-generating-capacity-increase-for-unit-3-11-5-2021

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Russia is helping Turkey build four commercial nuclear power units at Akkuyu. Courtesy Rosatom. Russia’s Sberbank has released $800m of loan funding to Akkuyu Nuclear, the company in charge of Turkey’s first nuclear new-build project at Akkuyu, near Mersin at the country’s southern Mediterranean coast.

Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, which is building Akkuyu, said Sberbank has opened two credit lines, of $500m and $300m, for the project over a period of seven years.

Rosatom said the funds will be used for financing the continued construction of the four-unit nuclear station.

In August 2019, Sberbank opened its first credit line for Akkuyu of $400m over seven years.

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/sberbank-releases-usd800-million-for-turkey-s-akkuyu-nuclear-project-11-5-2021

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“The issue of energy transition is now at the heart of political, economic and societal debates to move towards carbon neutrality in 2050”, said Sylvie Bermann, president of the World Nuclear Exhibition. The fourth edition of the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE) starting on 30 November in Paris Nord Villepinte, Paris, will focus on the role of the nuclear industry as a key partner in the global energy transition, contributing to “a low-carbon society in a responsible future”, the event organisers said.

WNE 2021, organised by the French nuclear industry group Gifen, will be held between 30 November and 2 December and is expected to attract 18,000 participants from 65 countries. Among those more than 600 will be exhibitors – with about a third from overseas.

“The issue of energy transition is now at the heart of political, economic and societal debates to move towards carbon neutrality in 2050”, Sylvie Bermann, WNE’s president, told NucNet.

“By choosing ‘The nuclear industry, a key player for a low-carbon society and a responsible future’ as the theme for this year’s event, we wanted to highlight the major role that the nuclear industry is playing and must continue to play in the fight against climate change,” she said.

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/focus-is-on-nuclear-industry-as-key-partner-in-energy-transition-11-5-2021

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While pledges made during the COP26 climate change conference show that governments are committed to limiting the rise in global temperature, the nuclear industry is ready to play its part in achieving those objectives, says World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León.

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-COP26-pivotal-point-in-perception-of-nuc

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Ministers from Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland (the Visegrad 4) met in Paks and agreed: ""Without nuclear power it will not be possible to achieve the goals of climate neutrality." They called on the European Commission to approve its inclusion in the taxonomy of sustainable investments.

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/V4-countries-reiterate-support-for-nuclear

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Romania's competition commission has said it will clear Nuclearelectrica's takeover of the country's National Uranium Company (Compania Națională a Uraniului, CNU). CNU is a state company that manages Romania's uranium resources and reserves.

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclearelectrica-cleared-to-take-over-CNU

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GSE Solutions has been contracted by Talen Energy to support the development of the infrastructure needed to bring power from Talen's two-unit Susquehanna nuclear power station to the flagship Susquehanna Hyperscale Data Center Campus (SHC) which is being developed by Talen subsidiary Cumulus Data. The Pennsylvania campus will be home to a carbon-free cryptocurrency mining facility as well as a data centre.

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-powered-data-campus-makes-progress

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is funding an independent review by a technical advisory body to Ukraine's nuclear regulator of the NuScale Power Module Safety Analysis Report. This review will be made available to any utility in Ukraine interested in deploying NuScale Power's small modular reactor (SMR) technology.

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ukrainian-review-of-NuScale-SMR-safety-assessment

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Southern Company and the US Department of Energy (DOE) have signed an agreement to design, construct and operate the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) - a proof-of-concept critical fast-spectrum salt reactor. Southern will lead a collaborative effort to build the MCRE - which it says will be the world's first fast-spectrum salt reactor to achieve criticality - at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fast-spectrum-salt-reactor-to-be-built-at-INL

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