Russia’s Electrochemical Plant (ECP) in Zelenogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory (part of Rosatom’s TVEL Fuel Company) has launched the third line of new generation gas centrifuges on schedule, TVEL said on 9 September.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnew-generation-centrifuges-installed-at-russias-electrochemical-plant-9077917
Slovenské Elektrárne has strengthened operational safety at unit 3 of Slovakia's Mochovce nuclear power plant ahead of commercial operation, an expert team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has concluded. The team said the plant management had made significant progress in addressing the findings of a previous IAEA review in 2019.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-sees-improved-operational-safety-at-Mochovce
Nuclear is already set to become the largest source of energy in the Czech Republic, but accelerating new build and broadening its use to provide more heat would help hasten the phaseout of coal, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Phasing out coal is "a key challenge" for the Czech Republic, the IEA said in a policy review published today. Despite a 36% decrease since 2009, coal still accounts for half of total domestic energy production and it is not expected to be phased out completely until 2038, it said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Boost-nuclear-to-cut-coal-faster,-Czech-Republic-t
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said he yesterday had a "very short but very constructive" trip to Tehran. He said Iran had agreed to allow IAEA inspectors to service monitoring and surveillance equipment and replace the digital storage media in cameras at declared nuclear sites.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Iran-agrees-to-continued-surveillance-of-nuclear-s
The first of the two high-temperature gas-cooled reactors of the demonstration HTR-PM plant at Shidaowan, in China's Shandong province, attained a sustained chain reaction for the first time yesterday. The reactor is scheduled to be connected to the electricity grid before the end of this year.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Chinas-HTR-PM-reactor-achieves-first-criticality
Investors believe commercial nuclear power will be a key part of the move away from fossil fuels and that a lack of new uranium mines will mean the price has to move higher. The World Nuclear Association said earlier this week that world uranium production dropped considerably from 63,207 tonnes of uranium (tU) in 2016 to 47,731 tU in 2020 and “intense development” of new projects will be needed by the end of the decade to avoid potential supply disruptions.
The London-based Financial Times reported that a newly launched investment trust run by Canadian asset manager Sprott Physical Uranium Trust has snapped up around six million pounds of physical uranium, worth around $240m, since launching on 19 July, helping to push uranium prices to over $40 per pound, up from $30 at the start of the year. Global mine supply is expected to be around 125 million pounds in 2021.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 11 September 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/optimism-sees-yellowcake-price-at-highest-level-since-2014-9-5-2021
"There is an old phrase, 'No buying; no dying", Professor James Larkin of the University of Witwatersrand told the World Nuclear Association Annual Symposium in a presentation today. "We are aiming to use nuclear science techniques to devalue rhino horn and bring an end to poaching," he said, explaining the conservation goals of the Rhisotope Project.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 11 September 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-science-points-the-way-in-rhino-conservati
The private sector must be prepared to provide the funds needed to take new and innovative reactor technologies from the first deployment stage to wide-scale commercial operation, Jigar Shah, director of the Loans Program Office (LPO) at the US Department of Energy, said yesterday during World Nuclear Association's Annual Symposium. He said the LPO is developing the business models needed to deploy new nuclear.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 11 September 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/DOE-building-a-bridge-to-bankability-of-nuclear
Polish chemical producer Ciech will consider nuclear technologies to replace coal burnt for power and process heat in its plants. Ciech has signed a Letter of Intent to cooperate with Synthos Green Energy, which is already working with GE-Hitachi and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 11 September 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Chemical-giant-looks-to-nuclear-heat-to-decarbonis
Investment funds are shaping the uranium spot market leading to an unprecedented level of demand. How those funds will affect the availability of secondary supplies of uranium to consumers remains to be seen, and the spot market should not be seen as a reliable source for significant purchases of uranium ore in the long term, according to speakers and panellists at World Nuclear Association Annual Symposium 2021.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 11 September 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Investment-funds-change-the-shape-of-the-uranium-m
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