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Major module installed at Xudabao 1

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:49:10 +0100

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#^Major module installed at Xudabao 1

The largest and heaviest module - the CA20 - has been installed at unit 1 of the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning province, China National Nuclear Corporation subsidiary China Nuclear Industry 23 Construction Company Limited has announced.

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First new panel in a decade at US waste facility

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:40:36 +0100

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#^First new panel in a decade at US waste facility

Work has started on mining a new panel at the US Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Panel 11 is the first of two waste emplacement panels approved last year by the New Mexico Environment Department as part of a 10-year extension of WIPP's operating permit.

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Grossi to visit Zaporizhzhia, warns against complacency

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:23:13 +0100

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#^Grossi to visit Zaporizhzhia, warns against complacency

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says he will visit Ukraine, Russia and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the next two weeks, with one aim being to ascertain long-term plans for the plant, such as restarting units.

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Advanced nuclear fuel arrives at INL for testing

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:12:37 +0100

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#^Advanced nuclear fuel arrives at INL for testing

Westinghouse Electric Company has shipped 25 irradiated experimental nuclear fuel rods, including accident-tolerant fuel, to Idaho National Laboratory for testing and examination. The tests are part of the process to qualify the fuel for use in commercial reactors.

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In pictures: Rooppur 2 passive heat removal system installed

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:46:24 +0100

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#^In pictures: Rooppur 2 passive heat removal system installed

The installation of the inner and outer parts of the steel structures of the 215-tonne passive heat removal system was completed in two days on Rooppur 2 in Bangladesh, Rosatom says.

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Uranium production process restarts at Langer Heinrich

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:39:59 +0100

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#^Uranium production process restarts at Langer Heinrich

The first ore was fed to the Namibian mine's processing plant on 20 January, Paladin Energy has announced. The project to restart Langer Heinrich is now 93% complete, and commercial production is expected within the next few months.

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Funding to support UK deployment of BWRX-300

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:38:12 +0100

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#^Funding to support UK deployment of BWRX-300

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has been awarded a GBP33.6 million (USD42.7 million) grant to support it in developing its BWRX-300 small modular reactor in the UK. The design will now enter the Generic Design Assessment process.

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Slovenia's prime minister calls summit, seeks nuclear consensus

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:11:18 +0100

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#^Slovenia's prime minister calls summit, seeks nuclear consensus

Prime Minister Robert Golob says Slovenia's long-term use of nuclear energy "requires the broadest national and political consensus" as he announces a meeting with senior figures including opposition party leaders and members of parliament from Hungary and Italy.

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New location expresses interest in hosting UK repository

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:58:32 +0100

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#^New location expresses interest in hosting UK repository

A Geological Disposal Facility Working Group has been formed in South Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, to begin engagement about whether the area might be suitable for hosting an underground radioactive waste disposal facility. Three other communities are already involved in the siting process.

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Mining to resume at McClean Lake

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:54:52 +0100

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#^Mining to resume at McClean Lake

More than 15 years after mining was suspended at McClean Lake in Saskatchewan, joint venture partners Orano Canada Inc and Denison Mines Corp have announced that production is to restart using the patented Surface Access Borehole Resource Extraction mining method.

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