Rosatom says that its fifth generation nuclear fuel assemblies have been loaded into the VVER-1200 reactor core of Novovoronezh unit 6 as part of developments to involve VVER reactors in closing the nuclear fuel cycle.

Lightbridge's advanced nuclear fuel technology has completed the final design review for its upcoming irradiation experiment at Idaho National Laboratory - and expects to benefit from a groundbreaking testing method developed by the lab.

France's Framatome is to supply ATRIUM 11 fuel assemblies to the Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland following the signing of a long-term contract with operator Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG.

The Czech Republic has taken delivery of the first 30 fuel assemblies for the Temelin nuclear power plant from Westinghouse as it replaces its previous supplier from Russia.

Orano has begun serial production of ten 30B-10 cylinders designed for the transport of LEU+ - uranium hexafluoride enriched up to 10% uranium-235.

Infrastructure company Costain has been selected by Urenco to carry out the front-end engineering design for the UK's first high-assay low-enriched uranium advanced fuels facility.

The European Commission has published a roadmap for the European Union to end its dependency on Russian energy by stopping the import of Russian gas and oil and phasing out Russian nuclear energy. The commission said it will make legislative proposals next month.

In the second of a two-part special report from the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2025 conference held in Canada, Claire Maden reports on the opportunities and challenges facing players across the entire fuel sector.

Spain's nuclear regulator has approved an expansion of the on-site interim dry storage facility for used fuel at the Garoña nuclear power plant, which shut down in 2012. The expansion is required to accommodate all the fuel storage needs of the plant during its decommissioning.