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New transport casks delivered to KHNP

New transport casks delivered to KHNP

Corporate

25 August 2021

Orano USA has delivered its first TN-LC used fuel cask to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power. It will be used to move used fuel between KHNP's nuclear power plant sites as well as internationally.

Perspectives

Viewpoint: Why is Sweden's government sacrificing its democratic tradition on nuclear waste?

Viewpoint: Why is Sweden's government sacrificing its democratic tradition on nuclear waste?

The Swedish government must make a decision on the application to construct a final high-level waste repository and not consider it separately from that for an expansion of the existing Clab interim repository used fuel, write World Nuclear Association's Director General Sama Bilbao y León and Public Affairs Manager John Lindberg. Dividing the applications, they say, is a political game of 'Fox and Geese' that is extremely unworthy of an established democracy like Sweden.

25 August 2021

Optimus-H transport package certified in Canada

Optimus-H transport package certified in Canada

NAC International has announced that its Optimus-H system for packaging radioactive waste has been certified for use in Canada. Optimus-H is more heavily shielded than the Optimus-L version which was certified last year, and is suitable for a broader range of higher activity wastes.

Regulation & Safety 25 August 2021

Biden urged to take 'emergency' measures to save nuclear plants

Biden urged to take 'emergency' measures to save nuclear plants

Illinois congressman Adam Kinzinger has called on President Joe Biden to consider the use of emergency powers to keep the Byron and Dresden nuclear power plants in operation, at least until the enactment of new state or federal laws to ensure a "level playing field" for such plants. Separately, Exelon said its Illinois nuclear fleet, including Byron and Dresden, operated at full power levels during the hottest July on record.

Corporate 25 August 2021

New technique quickens Zhangzhou polar crane installation

New technique quickens Zhangzhou polar crane installation

The bridge of the polar crane for unit 1 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province has been raised into position near the top of the Hualong One reactor building. For the first time in China, the components of the bridge were lifted as a whole rather than individually. Sitting on a circular rail, the crane can rotate 360 degrees and will be used to lift reactor components and main pump components.

New Nuclear 25 August 2021

Perspectives

Viewpoint: Why is Sweden's government sacrificing its democratic tradition on nuclear waste?

Viewpoint: Why is Sweden's government sacrificing its democratic tradition on nuclear waste?

The Swedish government must make a decision on the application to construct a final high-level waste repository and not consider it separately from that for an expansion of the existing Clab interim repository used fuel, write World Nuclear Association's Director General Sama Bilbao y León and Public Affairs Manager John Lindberg. Dividing the applications, they say, is a political game of 'Fox and Geese' that is extremely unworthy of an established democracy like Sweden.

25 August 2021

Argentina reveals its nuclear new build plans

Argentina reveals its nuclear new build plans

Argentina is looking to double the size of its nuclear sector with new power reactors in deals with China and the "national" construction of a new Candu unit with Canadian support, José Luis Antúnez, the head of national utility Nucleoeléctrica Argentina SA, said in an interview with Perfil newspaper. Construction of a Hualong One unit could begin at Atucha as soon as next year.

Nuclear Policies 24 August 2021

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Reactor vessel annealed in Armenia

First concrete poured for Xudabao 3

Licence issued for Chernobyl decommissioning

Japanese gas-cooled reactor restarts

USA-Romania cooperation gets to work

Arctic SMR plans make progress

CGN takes Taishan 1 offline following fuel failure

Turbine work delays Olkiluoto 3 start up

New nuclear reactor will make Slovakia a power exporter

Foundation set in place for BREST reactor

Foundation set in place for BREST reactor

Russia has finished pouring concrete for the foundation slab of its new BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor at the Siberian Chemical Combine's Seversk site. It is part of an overall programme to close the nuclear fuel cycle.

New Nuclear 24 August 2021

Sandia extends computer modelling code to advanced reactors

Sandia extends computer modelling code to advanced reactors

In order to help the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission evaluate the safety of the next generation of nuclear power reactors, fuel cycle facilities and fuel technologies, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have been expanding their severe accident modelling computer code, called Melcor, to work with different reactor geometries, fuel types and coolant systems.

Regulation & Safety 24 August 2021

Most Read

Reactor vessel annealed in Armenia

First concrete poured for Xudabao 3

Licence issued for Chernobyl decommissioning

Japanese gas-cooled reactor restarts

USA-Romania cooperation gets to work

Arctic SMR plans make progress

CGN takes Taishan 1 offline following fuel failure

Turbine work delays Olkiluoto 3 start up

New nuclear reactor will make Slovakia a power exporter

US scientists working to solve Heseinberg cube mystery

US scientists working to solve Heseinberg cube mystery

An experimental method developed by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to determine the age and origin of uranium samples is being used to investigate the provenance of historic material allegedly recovered from Nazi Germany's nuclear programme during World War II. As well as potentially solving the mystery of the 'Heisenberg cubes', these techniques could also be applied to investigations into illicit trafficking of nuclear material.

Waste & Recycling 24 August 2021

Fuel loading under way at China's HTR-PM

Fuel loading under way at China's HTR-PM

The loading of spherical fuel elements has begun at the demonstration high-temperature gas-cooled reactor plant (HTR-PM) at Shidaowan, in China's Shandong province. The milestone came one day after the issuance of an operating licence for the twin-unit plant, which is scheduled to start operations later this year.

New Nuclear 23 August 2021

Belgian nuclear phase out an 'irreversible loss', PM told

Belgian nuclear phase out an 'irreversible loss', PM told

An open letter to the prime minister of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, has called for the country's anti-nuclear policies to be re-evaluated and for Belgium's nuclear facilities and skills to be positively applied in an effort to avert climate change. Writing in the major newspaper La Libre, a group of young engineers called Horizon 238 appealed to De Croo: "Our country is about to make a decision that will irreversibly shape its energy landscape for decades to come, and which will undoubtedly become one of the most significant chapters of your government's legacy."

Nuclear Policies 23 August 2021

Ongoing turbine works further delay Olkiluoto 3 start-up

Ongoing turbine works further delay Olkiluoto 3 start-up

Regular electricity production at the Olkiluoto 3 EPR is now expected to begin in June 2022 due to extended turbine overhaul and inspection works, Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj announced. The extension of those works has already led to a one-month delay in the plant's start-up.

New Nuclear 23 August 2021