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2018-09-21
Restarted US reactor completes first fuel test
The Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) Facility at the US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has completed its first fuelled experiment since resuming operations after a 23-year hiatus.
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2018-09-18
Nuclear industry leads call for decisive action on climate
The World Nuclear Association has appealed to the United Nations and the nuclear industry to take decisive action for clean energy. "I am running out of patience," said the organisation's head, Agneta Rising, "I want more action and I want nuclear energy to be part of the solution because we know there is no sustainable energy future without nuclear."
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2018-09-18
IAEA and Russia agree on transit for LEU Bank
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Russian nuclear fuel manufacturer Tenex have signed a contract for the transport of low-enriched uranium and equipment through Russian territory to and from the IAEA LEU Bank in Kazakhstan.
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2018-09-12
Investment needed to maintain nuclear's growth, says IAEA
New power reactors must be brought online over the coming decades to maintain nuclear's "key role" in combating climate change, according to newly published International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) projections.
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2018-09-11
UN chief calls for more action on climate change
Without greater leadership and ambition, the world risks crossing the point of no return on climate change, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned.
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2018-09-03
Nuclear vital to decarbonisation, finds MIT study
The challenge of climate change will be more difficult and costly to solve unless nuclear energy is included in the energy mix, according to a newly released study from the Massachussetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI).
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2018-09-03
Completion of fuel loading at Tianwan 4
The process of loading of all 163 fuel assemblies into the core of unit 4 at China's Tianwan nuclear power plant has been completed. The Russian-supplied VVER-1000 is scheduled to begin operating by the end of this year.
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2018-08-29
Fuel loading under way at fourth Tianwan unit
The loading of fuel into the core of unit 4 at the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province has begun ahead of its start-up, Russian state nuclear company Rosatom has announced. The Russian-supplied VVER-1000 is scheduled to begin operating by the end of this year.
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2018-08-24
Second Sanmen AP1000 connected to grid
Unit 2 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zhejiang province has been connected to the electricity grid and has begun supplying power. In late-June, Sanmen 1 became the world's first AP1000 to achieve grid connection and power generation.
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2018-08-22
Viewpoint: Clean energy policies key to meeting Harmony goals
Changes in energy policy, including in the USA, are needed in order to achieve the aims of the Harmony Programme, writes Josh Freed, who spoke on this topic at World Nuclear Association Symposium 2018 in September.