US-based Shine Medical Technologies announced on 4 Novemberthat its Therapeutics division has made its first commercial sales of lutetium-177 (Lu-177) to multiple customers. There are dozens of clinical trials studying Lu-177’s potential to treat a range of cancers.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsshine-begins-commercial-sales-of-lutetium-177-8362451
Russia’s ZiO-Podolsk plant has signed an agreement with the TMK Group for the manufacture of pipes for the steam generator of the BREST-OD-300 reactor. ZiO-Podolsk is part of Atomenergomash, the engineering division of Rosatom.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscontract-signed-to-develop-specialised-piping-for-brest-reactor-8362465
China's third-generation nuclear power technology, Hualong One (HPR 1000), with independent intellectual property rights successfully passed the European Utility Requirements (EUR) compliance assessment and obtained the EUR certification, China General Nuclear (CGN) announced.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschinas-hulaong-one-passes-eur-compliance-assessment-8362485
The Petrozavodsk branch of AEM-Technologies said on 13 November that it had completed a shipment of equipment for unit 1 of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant under construction in Turkey.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscasings-for-the-main-circulation-pumps-shipped-to-akkuyu-8362500
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsansto-develops-new-radiation-detection-device-8362518
Canada’s Province of Ontario on 13 November announced its ongoing commitment to nuclear power, including development of new nuclear technologies. It said it continues to expand the range of future opportunities for the Bruce Power site and aligns with the company’s strategy to contribute to a Net Zero Canada by 2050.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsontario-confirms-its-commitment-to-nuclear-technology-development-8362673
US-based Terrestrial Energy has started a graphite irradiation testing programme with the Netherlands’ Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) using NRG’s Petten Research Centre’s High Flux Reactor (HFR).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsterrestrial-energy-and-nrg-begin-tests-on-imsr-graphite-8362798
The restart of the Triso line means BWXT as the only company in the US that is executing production contracts for Triso fuel.
BWXT is the only US company to manufacture irradiation-tested uranium oxycarbide TRISO fuel using production-scale equipment.
In June 2020, BWXT announced a contract with the US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory to expand BWXT’s Triso manufacturing capacity and produce a demonstration quantity of the fuel.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/bwxt-announces-start-of-production-at-virginia-facility-11-1-2020
The VVER-1200 reactor pressure vessel (RPV) and steam generator for unit 1 of the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh arrived on site on 10 November, Russia's Rosatom has announced.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rooppur-1-RPV-arrives-at-construction-site
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has announced it is resuming planning activities for building new nuclear generating capacity at its Darlington site in Ontario. However, it is now considering the construction of a small modular reactor (SMR) rather than a large conventional reactor, as previously envisaged.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/OPG-plans-SMR-construction-at-Darlington
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