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Canadian township signs potential repository hosting agreement

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:28:45 +0100

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#^Canadian township signs potential repository hosting agreement

The agreement between the Township of Ignace and Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization outlines the community's role and potential benefits, and is the next step in the ongoing process to select a site for a repository for the nation's used nuclear fuel.

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Industry ready to help deliver governmental nuclear ambitions

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:01:52 +0100

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#^Industry ready to help deliver governmental nuclear ambitions

Alongside the declaration adopted by governments at the inaugural Nuclear Energy Summit, held in Brussels on 21 March, global nuclear industry associations have set out the industry's commitment to supporting government objectives to expand nuclear energy capacity worldwide to achieve climate and energy security goals.

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KAERI completes irradiation tests for high-density research reactor fuel

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:36:01 +0100

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#^KAERI completes irradiation tests for high-density research reactor fuel

The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute's successful irradiation tests and positive inspection of high-density uranium silicide fuel signal potential for high-enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium conversion of high-performance research reactors, aiming to bolster international nuclear non-proliferation efforts upon commercialisation.

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Leaders commit to 'unlock potential' of nuclear energy at landmark summit

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:51:01 +0100

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#^Leaders commit to 'unlock potential' of nuclear energy at landmark summit

Leaders and representatives from 32 countries at the Nuclear Energy Summit backed measures in areas such as financing, technological innovation, regulatory cooperation and workforce training to enable the expansion of nuclear capacity to tackle climate change and boost energy security.

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Google, Microsoft and Nucor team up on clean energy development

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:04:28 +0100

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#^Google, Microsoft and Nucor team up on clean energy development

North American steel manufacturer Nucor Corporation and US tech giants Google and Microsoft Corporation are to work together across the electricity ecosystem to develop new business models and aggregate their demand for advanced clean electricity technologies, including advanced nuclear.

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Canadian partnership for microreactor deployment

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:58:18 +0100

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#^Canadian partnership for microreactor deployment

Prodigy Clean Energy and Des Nëdhé Group - an Indigenous Economic Development Corporation - have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop opportunities to power remote mines and communities in Canada using Prodigy microreactor Transportable Nuclear Power Plants.

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CERN's decision to end cooperation with Russian scientists criticised by Moscow

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:43:50 +0100

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#^CERN's decision to end cooperation with Russian scientists criticised by Moscow

CERN, the European Council for Nuclear Research, is to cut cooperation with Russian scientists later this year, a decision the country's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called "politically motivated and absolutely unacceptable".

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Upgraded Kalinin 1 to get new control room simulator building

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:08:09 +0100

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#^Upgraded Kalinin 1 to get new control room simulator building

First concrete has been poured for the new full-scale control room simulator building for Kalinin nuclear power plant's first unit - it used to share a simulator with the second unit, but a modernisation programme means it now needs it own training facility.

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Constellation issues first US nuclear green bond

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:53:12 +0100

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#^Constellation issues first US nuclear green bond

Constellation Energy has issued the first corporate green bond in the USA that can be used to finance nuclear energy projects. The company will use proceeds from the USD900 million, 30-year term, offering for investments such as maintenance, uprates and life extensions of its nuclear power plants.

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Iraq discusses nuclear energy plans with IAEA

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:27:04 +0100

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#^Iraq discusses nuclear energy plans with IAEA

Iraq's plans for small modular reactors and nuclear medicine, as well as its decommissioning progress, were among topics discussed during a visit by International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.

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