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Tunnelling industry expands cooperation on waste repositories

World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 39m

The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, in cooperation with IAEA has launched a special interest group to help member states better understand the technical & safety requirements of the development of geological disposal facilities.
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The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, has launched a special interest group to help member states better understan...

Radiant to locate microreactor factory in Tennessee

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 7h

California-based nuclear microreactor developer Radiant has announced that it will build its first factory on a Manhattan Project site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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California-based nuclear microreactor developer Radiant has announced that it will build its first factory on a Manhattan Project site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  ;

First container ship arrives in UK from China using Northern Sea Route

World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 7h

The first container ship has arrived in the UK from China via the Northern Sea Route in a journey which took 20 days, half the time other sea routes take.
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The landmark journey from Ningbo to Felixstowe took half the time of traditional routes and came as China and Russia agreed an action plan to further develop transport through Arctic waters, where nuc...

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 13h

Romania’s Feldioara to deliver uranium dioxide to Argentina

Feldioara Uranium Concentrate Processing Plant, part of Nuclearelectrica, has won an international tender it says will see it supply the uranium dioxide to cover the needs of Argentina’s nuclear...

Contracts awarded for Sellafield infrastructure work

World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 13h

Sellafield Ltd has awarded contracts worth a total of £2.9 billion to a partnership comprising Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Costain Limited, and HOCHTIEF (UK) Construction Ltd for non-nuclear infrastructure works at the Sellafield site in England.
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Sellafield Ltd has awarded contracts worth a total of GBP2.9 billion (USD3.8 billion) to a partnership comprising Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Costain Limited, and HOCHTIEF (UK) Construction Ltd for...

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 13h

Nuclear energy included in JPMorganChase USD1.5 trillion initiative

JPMorganChase has announced it will make direct investments of up to USD10 billion as part of a USD1.5 trillion initiative to address pressing needs in key sectors from critical minerals to frontier t...

OPG opens outreach hub at proposed plant site

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 13h

The new Port Hope Nuclear Discovery Centre will give visitors the opportunity to learn about nuclear power and energy demand, as well as Ontario Power Generation's proposed Wesleyville nuclear power project.
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The new Port Hope Nuclear Discovery Centre will give visitors the opportunity to learn about nuclear power and energy demand, as well as Ontario Power Generation's proposed Wesleyville nuclear pow...

Ukraine developing roadmap for new SMR capacity

World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 13h

A draft new law has been presented and a working group has met as part of the production of a draft action plan for the implementation of small modular reactors in Ukraine.
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A draft new law has been presented and a working group has met as part of the production of a draft action plan for the implementation of small modular reactors in Ukraine.  ;

Consider waste in advanced nuclear initiative, says Deep Isolation

World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 2d

US radioactive waste disposal technology developer Deep Isolation has called for nuclear waste disposal to be included in the National Association of State Energy Officials' Advanced Nuclear First Movers Orderbook Strategy.
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US radioactive waste disposal technology developer Deep Isolation has called for nuclear waste disposal to be included in the National Association of State Energy Officials' Advanced Nuclear First...

Regulator approves OPG to operate new waste facility

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 2d

Canada's nuclear regulator has authorised Ontario Power Generation to begin operating a new building, which will store used steam generators, at its Western Waste Management Facility.
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Canada's nuclear regulator has authorised Ontario Power Generation to begin operating a new building, which will store used steam generators, at its Western Waste Management Facility.  ...

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 2d

El Dabaa reactor support ring arrives, reactor vessel shipped

The 20-tonne reactor support ring will be installed at a height of 11 metres in the reactor shaft and will support the weight of the reactor vessel which could reach 1000 tonnes when combined with equ...

IsoEnergy to acquire Toro, creating diversified uranium company

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 2d

Canada-based IsoEnergy Ltd has announced it is to acquire Australian company Toro Energy to create a development-ready platform with a diversified uranium resource base with resources in Australia and North America.
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Canada-based IsoEnergy Ltd has announced it is to acquire Australian company Toro Energy to create a development-ready platform with a diversified uranium resource base with resources in Australia and...

Fuel loading under way at second Zhangzhou unit

World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 2d

The process of loading 177 fuel assemblies into the core of unit 2 at Zhangzhou nuclear power plant has begun, China National Nuclear Corporation announced. The unit is the second of four Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors under construction at the site.
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The process of loading 177 fuel assemblies into the core of unit 2 at China's Zhangzhou nuclear power plant has begun, China National Nuclear Corporation announced. The unit is the second of four ...

Fuel supply contracts signed for Sizewell C

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 2d

Sizewell C has signed a six-year uranium enrichment services supply contract with Urenco and a long-term fuel fabrication contract with Framatome for fuel for the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plant in the UK.
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Sizewell C has signed a six-year uranium enrichment services supply contract with Urenco and a long-term fuel fabrication contract with Framatome for fuel for the planned Sizewell C nuclear power plan...

Dismantling of Hamaoka 1 reactor under way

World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 5d

Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Company has removed the upper lid of the pressure vessel of unit 1 at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant as it begins to dismantle the reactor. Dismantling of the reactor of unit 2 at the plant began earlier this year.
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Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Company announced it has removed the upper lid of the pressure vessel of unit 1 at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant as it begins to dismantle the reactor. Dismantl...

Long-term safety at Armenian plant assessed

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 5d

The operator of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant at Metsamor has made progress in taking measures to ensure safe long-term operation, an International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has concluded.
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The operator of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant at Metsamor has made progress in taking measures to ensure safe long-term operation, an International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has conclude...

Excavation works begin for Uzbekistan small modular reactor

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 5d

Excavation works begin for Uzbekistan small modular reactor -
about 1.5 million cubic metres of soil will be excavated during the digging of a pit 13 metres deep for the RITM-200N SMR.
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About 1.5 million cubic metres of soil will be excavated during the digging of a pit 13 metres deep for the RITM-200N small modular reactor being built in Uzbekistan.  ;

Holtec cancels plans for New Mexico interim storage facility

World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 5d

Holtec International has announced that plans to build a consolidated interim storage facility for used nuclear fuel in New Mexico have been cancelled.
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Holtec International has announced that plans to build a consolidated interim storage facility for used nuclear fuel in New Mexico have been cancelled.   ;

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 5d

Advanced fuel material samples ready for irradiation testing

Capsules containing Lightbridge Fuel material samples of enriched uranium‑zirconium alloy have been loaded into an experimental assembly ready for irradiation testing, Lightbridge Corporation has anno...

Largest load transported along ITER itinerary

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 6d

The cryostat for ITER's magnet cold test facility has arrived at the construction site in Cadarache, southern France, following a 104-kilometre-long journey by road from the port of Berre-l'Étang, near Marseille.
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The cryostat for ITER's magnet cold test facility has arrived at the construction site in Cadarache, southern France, following a 104-kilometre-long journey by road from the port of Berre-l'&E...

IAEA completes modernisation of its laboratories

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 6d

The International Atomic Energy Agency has inaugurated the new Curie-Meitner Nuclear Applications Centre at its laboratory site in Seibersdorf, near Vienna, Austria, marking the successful completion of the Renual2 laboratory modernisation project.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency has inaugurated the new Curie-Meitner Nuclear Applications Centre at its laboratory site in Seibersdorf, near Vienna, Austria, marking the successful completion ...

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 6d

2024 US figures show increase in domestic U purchases

Owners and operators of US nuclear power reactors continued to purchase most of their uranium from foreign suppliers in 2024 - although the amount of material purchased from US producers was almost do...

Microreactor to be tested in Space Ocean satellite

World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 6d

Space Ocean Corporation, a leader in orbital logistics and in-space resource delivery, has entered into a Letter of Intent with Space Nuclear Power Corporation to explore integrating space nuclear reactor technology into future deep-space missions.
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Space Ocean Corporation, a leader in orbital logistics and in-space resource delivery, has entered into a Letter of Intent with Space Nuclear Power Corporation, a pioneer in advanced space nuclear pow...

Technology licensing is landmark for US uranium remediation

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World Nuclear News @worldnuclearnews.bsky.social · 6d

Regulatory approval means Disa Technologies Inc's High-Pressure Slurry Ablation technology can be used to remediate abandoned uranium mine waste at inactive mine sites while opening the possibility of recycling uranium recovered from the waste.
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Regulatory approval means Disa Technologies Inc's High-Pressure Slurry Ablation technology can be used to remediate abandoned uranium mine waste at inactive mine sites while opening the possibilit...