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Russia and Egypt review El Dabaa progress
WEBSep 3, 2024 · Titan-2 Director Grigory Naginsky, during a working visit to the construction site, assessed the progress of the project and held a number of meetings with the management of the Egyptian branch of the company. “Construction of the El Dabaa NPP is a significant project in the history of Russian-Egyptian cooperation,” said Naginsky.
Uranium price trends sending market signals - Nuclear …
WEBMay 30, 2024 · Global uranium prices, which almost doubled in 2023, have continued the trend with further price rises this year. The spot price of uranium oxide has already exceeded US$106 per pound, returning to a level last seen in 2007 and prior to the tsunami-prompted accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which curtailed much of the optimism nuclear had enjoyed at that time and when ...
Goodbye to BNFL - Nuclear Engineering International
WEBAug 9, 2016 · The UK government, as part of a major reduction of public bodies, has decided to finally abolish British Nuclear Fuels Ltd (BNFL). The company, which was launched in 1971, grew to manage the UK's nuclear fuel cycle centres and all 26 Magnox nuclear power reactors. It established a US-based decommissioning division in 1990, bought the reactor vendor Westinghouse in 1999, and in 2000 bought the ...
Belgian regulator sets safety requirements for Electrabel's …
WEBJul 28, 2023 · Belgium’s Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC - Federaal Agentschap voor Nucleaire Controle) has submitted its expectations regarding nuclear safety to ENGIE Electrabel for extension of the operating period of the reactors at unit 4 of the Doel NPP and unit 3 at the Tihange NPP. In June the federal government and owner/operator ENGIE Electrabel had concluded an agreement on the extension.
More delays for Japanese reprocessing plant - Nuclear …
WEBSep 4, 2024 · Once operational, the maximum reprocessing capacity of the Rokkasho plant will be 800 tonnes a year, according to JNFL. A two-year delay was previously announced in 2020. JNFL had aimed to complete construction in the first half of fiscal year 2022, but the company notified Aomori Prefecture that the schedule had been extended to …
Funding secured for underground microreactor
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Positioned at the forefront of advanced energy technology, Deep Fission is developing a project using standardised pressurised water reactor (PWR) technology for a modular nuclear microreactor (15 MWe) that can be installed at a depth of one mile in a 30-inch borehole. Deep Fission was founded in 2023 by father-daughter team Elizabeth and ...
Kazakhstan sets date for nuclear referendum
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Kazakhstan sets date for nuclear referendum. Kazakstan’s president Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev announced the date of the referendum at a recent joint meeting of the Kazakhstan Chambers of Parliament (Image courtesy of President of Kazakhstan) Kazakhstan President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev has signed a decree naming 6 October as the date for a ...