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Westinghouse and EDF have already submitted proposals KHNP is building four reactors at Barakah in the United Arab Emirates, with one already in commercial operation. Courtesy Enec. South Korean energy company Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) has set up an expert group tasked with the preparation of an integrated offer for Poland’s nuclear new-build programme, the company said in a statement.

The group, run by the Team Korea consortium, will aim to submit an initial proposal in the first quarter of 2022. Talks with the Polish government are yet to determine the deadline for a final offer.

KHNP said it will offer its 1,345 MW APR-1400 pressurised water reactor design to Poland in a bid which will be competitive in terms of price, construction schedule, and technology.

Four APR-1400 PWR units have been deployed overseas at the Barakah nuclear power station in the United Arab Emirates, with one already in commercial operation.

Date: Friday, 29 October 2021
Original article: nucnet.org/news/south-korea-sets-up-expert-group-to-prepare-nuclear-new-build-offer-10-4-2021

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said he will bring a simple message to the COP26 climate change conference: Nuclear is and will be part of the solution to our climate crisis. The conference, which begins next week in Glasgow, could be one of our last best opportunities to agree on concrete steps to ensure prosperity for all, and nuclear power needs a place at the table, Grossi said. A transcript of his video message follows.

Date: Friday, 29 October 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Speech-Let-s-ditch-ideology

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Profits from Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant are being redirected to provide subsidies of BGN110 (USD65) per MWh to industry. Some 630,000 industrial consumers will receive the benefit to protect them from power prices driven by gas.

Date: Friday, 29 October 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-profits-sustain-Bulgaria-in-gas-crisis

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The inner safety dome was yesterday installed on the containment building of unit 1 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has announced. Zhangzhou unit 1, the first of two Hualong One units at the site, is scheduled to enter commercial operation in 2024.

Date: Friday, 29 October 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Inner-dome-installed-at-first-Zhangzhou-Hualong-On

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The UK government has announced up to GBP1.7 billion (USD2.3 billion) in funding for a large-scale nuclear power plant in its autumn budget and spending review. It said it is in "active negotiations" with EDF over the Sizewell C project in Suffolk. The announcement comes days after the government introduced legislation for funding future nuclear power stations in the UK.

Date: Friday, 29 October 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-government-earmarks-funds-for-progressing-nucle

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France can achieve its net-zero emissions target by 2050 through energy efficiency and electrification that would lead to a 35% increase in electricity demand, the French grid operator has said in a new report. Of the scenarios considered by Réseau de Transport d'Electricité (RTE), the cheapest implies constructing 14 large new nuclear power reactors, plus a fleet of small modular reactors, as well as significantly investing in renewables.

Date: Friday, 29 October 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Net-zero-will-be-easier-with-nuclear,-says-French

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Kazakhstan’s National Atomic Company Kazatomprom announced that its Board of Directors had passed a resolution to participate in a physical uranium fund, ANU Energy OEIC Ltd.

Date: Thursday, 28 October 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskazakhstan-sets-up-physical-uranium-fund-9189636

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ARTMS, a Canadian producer of medical isotopes has registered the cyclotron production of gallium-68 with the government of Canada, filing a Type 1 Master File with the Health Products & Food Branch of Health Canada.

Date: Thursday, 28 October 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanadas-artms-registers-cyclotron-production-of-gallium-68-9189609

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Rosatom announced that Mashinostroitelny Zavod, part of TVEL Fuel Company, has manufactured an experimental nuclear fuel assembly for the RITM-200N reactor, which will be installed at the world's first land-based small modular reactor (SMR) in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

Date: Thursday, 28 October 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrosatom-manufactures-nuclear-fuel-assembly-for-the-first-land-based-smr-9189650

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