NuScale Power of the USA and Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant - New Build Plc (KNPP-NB) have agreed to evaluate the suitability of NuScale's small modular reactor technology for deployment at the existing Kozloduy nuclear power plant site in Bulgaria. KNPP-NB is a public limited company established to commission new nuclear power capacity at the site.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 18 February 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NuScale-SMR-to-be-evaluated-for-use-in-Bulgaria
Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it will stop implementing ‘voluntary transparency measures’ under the 2015 nuclear deal. Specifically, Tehran says it will halt snap nuclear inspections outside of its declared sites as of 23 February.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 18 February 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Iran-set-to-restrict-IAEA-access-to-nuclear-sites
The company said in a statement that it needs to apply to the government to begin the “designated spatial planning process”. This pricess will analyse the building of a SMR from an environmental, societal, economic and national security perspective, and determine the potential locations for the power plant.
Fermi said it has financed all preparatory activities to date with total funding worth €560,000 from Estonian private investors and US venture capital fund Last Energy VC.
The company is now looking to collect another €1M public funding through the crowdfunding platform Funderbeam to form a part of a total €2.5m.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/fermi-energia-announces-call-for-eur1m-funding-towards-official-start-of-smr-planning-project-2-2-2021
South African utility Eskom and the National Nuclear Regulator have refuted media reports that the reinforced concrete containment buildings at the Koeberg nuclear power plant have suffered extensive corrosion and would not be able to prevent the release of radiation in the event of a severe accident. They say tests have confirmed the performance of the structures, to which repairs have already been made.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Safety-concerns-over-Koeberg-containment-refuted
The Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) and Partnership for Global Security (PGS), two US think tanks, today released a joint report defining a comprehensive strategy for the USA to become the global leader in advanced nuclear power. They said the strategy outlines the domestic and international activities that will be required to ensure the USA can lead in the development and deployment of next generation nuclear technologies through collaboration between government, industry, civil society, and other nations.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/USA-urged-to-adopt-global-strategy-on-advanced-nuc
Russia’s Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research (Triniti) in Moscow plans to build a new thermonuclear reactor by 2030, Deputy Director General Kirill Ilyin told Strana Rosatom on 9 February.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 16 February 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrussias-troitsk-institute-pushes-ahead-with-thermonuclear-and-plasma-research-8519913
Rosatom has decided to merge two of Russia’s key nuclear institutes – the AI Leipunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE) in Obninsk and Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk Region, IPPE said on 10 February.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 16 February 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstwo-key-russian-nuclear-institutes-to-merge-8519769
A recent 251-page report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) - India Energy Outlook 2021- focuses on renewables, gas, coal and bioenergy, with barely a mention of nuclear power outside the figures and tables.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 16 February 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiea-report-on-india-sidelines-nuclear-8519849
New Nuclear Watch Institute (NNWI) said the ‘Yes to Nuclear Perspectives’ initiative is backed by Belgium-based nuclear consultancy Nuclear-21, the Nuclear Innovation Alliance and World Nuclear Transport Institute.
The sustainable development goals were set by the UN general assembly in 2015, the same year that COP21 led to the signing of the Paris climate agreement by almost 200 countries.
The Paris agreement’s goal is to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 16 February 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/think-tank-to-explore-how-nuclear-can-play-its-part-2-1-2021
The pools are at the Unit 5 and 6 reactor buildings at Fukushima-Daiichi, which are being decommissioned, and the Unit 1 reactor building at Fukushima-Daini, which is set to be decommissioned.
According to the Nuclear Regulation Authority, it has been confirmed that no water leaked outside the buildings and cooling of the nuclear fuel at the two Fukushima stations has not been affected.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it had been informed by the NRA that there was no damage to the two nuclear stations, or to a third at Onagawa, which is to the north of Fukushima in Miyagi prefecture.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 16 February 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/regulator-confirms-no-damage-at-nuclear-power-stations-2-1-2021
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