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Laurentis joins Tractebel-Hatch SMR partnership

Laurentis joins Tractebel-Hatch SMR partnership

Ontario Power Generation subsidiary Laurentis Energy Partners is joining forces with Tractebel and Hatch to develop a one-stop shop to support industrial small modular reactor clients worldwide.

Corporate 07 December 2023


Nuclearelectrica and Framatome in lutetium-177 agreement

Nuclearelectrica and Framatome in lutetium-177 agreement

Romania's Nuclearelectrica and France's Framatome have signed a cooperation agreement on exploring the production of the medical isotope lutetium-177 at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant.

Corporate 30 November 2023


Bruce completes largest-to-date radioisotope delivery

Bruce completes largest-to-date radioisotope delivery

October's harvest of cobalt-60, used worldwide to sterilise medical equipment, was the largest since the company began producing the isotope in the 1980s and included two shipments of medical-grade material for therapeutic use.

Corporate 24 November 2023


Corporate agreement furthers Canadian SMR collaboration

Corporate agreement furthers Canadian SMR collaboration

Ontario Power Generation subsidiary Laurentis Energy Partners and Saskatchewan utility SaskPower have announced details of a Master Services Agreement that will see them collaborate to advance the deployment of small modular reactors in Saskatchewan.

Corporate 21 November 2023


Koeberg 1 back online after milestone outage

Koeberg 1 back online after milestone outage

The pressurised water reactor was synchronised to the South African energy grid on 18 November after nearly a year offline for the replacement of the plant's three original steam generators, a prerequisite for the long-term operation of the plant.

Corporate 20 November 2023


Framatome piping rehabilitation system an industry 'first'

Framatome piping rehabilitation system an industry 'first'

A two-year test programme has validated the first spray-in-place structural liner system for use within nuclear plant safety-related applications for long-term plant operations and licence renewals.

Corporate 20 November 2023


NuScale CEO remains upbeat after CFPP cancellation

NuScale CEO remains upbeat after CFPP cancellation

The termination of the project that had been expected to be the first operational NuScale SMR reactor was "very disappointing" but the company remains bullish about the future, according to the company's CEO.

Corporate 16 November 2023


Agreement to spur US production of iridium isotope

Agreement to spur US production of iridium isotope

A joint product agreement between the US Department of Energy Isotope Program and QSA Global Inc is intended to lead to the re-establishment of domestic production of iridium-192. The USA has been dependent on imports of the isotope for the last 20 years.

Corporate 15 November 2023


Westinghouse acquisition completed

Westinghouse acquisition completed

Cameco Corporation and Brookfield Asset Management, alongside its affiliate Brookfield Renewable Partners and institutional partners, now own the company which built the world's first commercial pressurised water reactor more than 60 years ago.

Corporate 08 November 2023


Kazatomprom updates on shipments and plans

Kazatomprom updates on shipments and plans

Sanctions on the transport of products through Russian territory have not restricted Kazatomprom's activities, the company said in its quarterly update, and production remains in line with plans. Separately, Kazatomprom's shareholders have approved a major sale of natural uranium concentrates to China's State Nuclear Uranium Resource Development Company.

Corporate 06 November 2023