Nuclear
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2022, May, 31, 12:40:00
U.S. URANIUM LOWER
The 2021 total of 46.7 million pounds U3O8e was 4% lower than the 2020 total of 48.9 million pounds U3O8e.
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2022, May, 31, 12:35:00
JAPAN NUCLEAR GROWTH
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said Japan will take firm steps to restart idled NPPs to make maximum use of nuclear power to stabilise energy prices and supply,
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2022, May, 30, 11:15:00
GLOBAL NUCLEAR SMR
Harmonisation is an innovative approach which, if successful, can support both newcomer and mature nuclear nations. Global nuclear regulators, World Nuclear Association's CORDEL, IAEA and WENRA must work together to ensure that harmonised SMR deployment is conducted safely and efficiently.
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2022, May, 30, 11:10:00
UKRAINE AGAINST IAEA
The nuclear power plant - the largest in Europe - is still being operated by its Ukrainian staff, but has been under the control of Russian military forces since the start of March.
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2022, May, 30, 11:05:00
BRAZILIAN ELETROBRAS NEED $6.5 BLN
In July 2021, the Brazilian president signed into law the basic text of a bill allowing the privatisation of Eletrobras, following approvals of the text by the Chamber of Deputies in May 2021 and the Senate in June 2021.
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2022, May, 26, 12:10:00
NUCLEAR POWER OPPORTUNITY
Nuclear provides the opportunity for a faster transition to a low-carbon energy future and supports the shift to a hydrogen economy
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2022, May, 26, 12:05:00
S.KOREA, BANGLADESH NUCLEAR
Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant - comprising two VVER-1200 reactors - is currently under construction by Russia's AtomStroyExport at Rooppur, about 160 km northwest of Dhaka.
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2022, May, 25, 10:50:00
RUSSIAN SAFE NUCLEAR FUEL
Experimental accident tolerant fuel (ATF) elements are being tested in the MIR research reactor at the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) in Dimitrovgrad, Russian fuel company TVEL (part of Rosatom) said
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2022, May, 25, 10:45:00
U.S., ROMANIA NUCLEAR SMR
Romania’s energy minister Virgil Popescu said: "I thank our American partners for supporting Romania's nuclear programmes, a bilateral strategic partnership started in the 1980s.
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2022, May, 23, 13:10:00
EUROPEAN ENERGY PLAN
REPowerEU is about rapidly reducing our dependence on Russian fossil fuels by fast forwarding the clean transition and joining forces to achieve a more resilient energy system and a true Energy Union.
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2022, May, 20, 11:55:00
RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FOR CHINA
In June 2018, Russia and China signed four agreements, including for the construction of two VVER-1200 reactors as units 7 and 8 of the Tianwan plant in Jiangsu province.
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2022, May, 20, 11:50:00
HUNGARIAN NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT
Currently, the Paks NPP, built according to the Soviet design, operates four power units with VVER-440 reactors. The Hungarian Parliament in 2009 approved the construction of two new units.
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2022, May, 19, 13:30:00
U.S., S.KOREA NUCLEAR SMR
SK said the cooperation between TerraPower and group member companies SK Corporation and SK Innovation will "contribute to fostering the next-generation nuclear power plant industry in Korea through cooperation in securing and commercialising core SMR technology ...
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2022, May, 19, 13:25:00
U.S. SPACE NUCLEAR POWER
The companies are advancing two different approaches to accelerate ground and flight testing for nuclear-powered prototypes: compact fusion and next-gen radioisotope concepts.
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2022, May, 19, 13:20:00
U.S. FUSION COLLABORATION
SPARC is described by PSFC as a compact, high-field, net fusion energy device which would be the size of existing mid-sized fusion devices, but with a much stronger magnetic field. It is predicted to produce 50-100 MW of fusion power, achieving fusion gain greater than 10.