Industry News

2020-12-18

Further two-year delay to Japanese MOX plant

Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) had aimed to complete its construction in the first half of fiscal 2022 (ending March 2023), but now expects this in the first half of fiscal 2024.
2020-12-17

UK regulator to merge leadership roles

The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has announced plans to align its leadership structure to other nuclear regulators around the world with a new combined post of chief nuclear inspector and chief executive.
2020-12-16

Ukraine loads more RBMK fuel into Interim Storage Facility

Holtec International has announced that the second double-walled canister (DWC) had been loaded with RBMK reactor used nuclear fuel into the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP) site’s Interim Storage Facility (ISF-2) in Ukraine.
2020-12-15

TVEL loads new design of fuel into Paks unit 3

TVEL, the nuclear fuel manufacturer subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom, has loaded a batch of fresh fuel, including 18 fuel bundles of its new modification, into unit 3 of the Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary.
2020-12-14

Kairos Power to deploy test reactor at ETTP

Kairos Power has announced its plan to deploy a test reactor at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, pending completion of due diligence and the results of discussions with state and local officials.
2020-12-11

China commissions first used fuel transport ship

China's first ship for the transport of used nuclear fuel has been delivered to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). The independently produced double-hulled vessel meets the INF-3 (Irradiated Nuclear Fuel class 3) standards set by the International Maritime Organisation.
2020-12-10

TVEL to introduce new fuel, longer cycle at Kudankulam

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited and TVEL, the nuclear fuel manufacturer subsidiary of Russia's Rosatom, have signed a supplementary agreement to the fuel supply contract for the VVER-1000 reactors in operation at Kudankulam.
2020-12-09

Commercial-grade products help build nuclear supply chain

Commercial-grade products will become increasingly important in the nuclear supply chain over the coming years, according to speakers at an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) webinar last week.
2020-12-08

Japanese court rejects safety approval of Ohi units

A district court has struck down government approval of safety measures at the Ohi nuclear power plant in Japan's Fukui Prefecture.
2020-12-04

IAEA concludes virtual mission to assess safety in Lithuania

Lithuania has strengthened its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety in recent years, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded.

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