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Westinghouse, SNPTC join forces for SMR

Corporate

17 May 2013

Westinghouse SMR cutaway 48Westinghouse and China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) will work together to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) design licensable in both the USA and China.

ESBWR back as proposed North Anna unit

New Nuclear

26 April 2013

ESBWR 48Dominion has reverted to GE-Hitachi's Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) as the favoured technology for the proposed third unit at its North Anna plant in Virginia.

UK decides on Urenco sale

Corporate

22 April 2013

The British government will go ahead with a process to sell its stake in Urenco, subject to security concerns and the company's complex ownership structure.

UAE, Japan sign up for nuclear cooperation

Nuclear Policies

02 May 2013

UAE-Japan business forum (WAM)_48A cooperation agreement on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy signed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Japan clears the way for the transfer of nuclear materials, technology and related items between the two countries.

Try again on US-South Korea cooperation deal

Nuclear Policies

25 April 2013

Decisions on the future of South Korea's fuel cycle have been put off for another two years. The country wants to recycle and reprocess used reactor fuel but requires American consent.

Search for German repository site starts again

Waste and Recycling

10 April 2013

Germany will launch a new site selection process for a repository to hold the country's radioactive waste under a compromise agreement between the federal and state governments and opposition parties.