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In First, NRC Approves Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Enriched up to 8% for Commercial Power Generation

February 15, 2024 admin advanced reactors, ATF, Business, commercial power generation, Fuel, full coverage, gnf, haleu, leu+, nei, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear technology, Technology, u-235 enrichment

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:33:06 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Global Nuclear Fuel—Americas (GNF) its first-ever authorization to produce nuclear fuel with uranium-235 (U-235) enrichments up to 8% for commercial power generation. GNF, […]

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UK Eyes Domestic HALEU Nuclear Fuel Production as Global Interest Ramps Up

January 13, 2024 admin advanced nuclear, energy policy, energy security, Fuel, full coverage, global nuclear market, haleu, International, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear reactor, power, Russia, supply chains, Technology, tenex, trends, uk, uranium enrichment

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:17:02 +0000

The UK may be poised to become the first European country to launch domestic production of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU). New funding announced by the country’s government this week signifies […]

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INL Achieves Fabrication of Commercial-Grade Specialized Nuclear Fuel Pellets

November 22, 2023 admin accident tolerant fuel, centrus, DOE, Fuel, full coverage, haleu, inl, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, power, Research and Development, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:24:32 +0000

In early 2023, INL researchers fabricated roughly two dozen pellets of uranium dioxide (UO2) high-assay low-enriched uranium at the lab’s Experimental Fuels Facility at the Material and Fuels Complex. “These HALEU uranium dioxide fuel pellets are about the size of a gummy bear, seen here next to an INL business card,” the lab noted. Source: INL

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has fabricated roughly two dozen commercial-grade fuel pellets of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) uranium dioxide (UO2), the Department of Energy (DOE) revealed on Nov. 20. The […]

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HALEU Fuel, Grid, and WTE Cooling System Projects Featured in Power News and Notes (Aug. 30, 2023)

August 31, 2023 admin acc, air cooled condenser, avangrid, b&w, biomass, Business, BWXT, dlr, dynamic line ratings, Environmental, full coverage, haleu, International, linevision, news, news and notes, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, T&D, Technology, waste to energy

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 03:59:24 +0000

A number of companies with ties to the power industry revealed new projects and other interesting developments this week. The following are some the more noteworthy announcements that POWER has […]

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Westinghouse Will Supply Nuclear Fuel for Russian-Designed Reactors in Slovakia

August 25, 2023 admin bohunice npp, Business, Fuel, International, mochovce npp, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear power, slovakia, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 19:43:21 +0000

Westinghouse Electric Company signed a long-term agreement with Slovenské elektrárne to license and supply VVER-440 fuel assemblies to its nuclear power plants in Slovakia. Westinghouse said the agreement “supports Slovakia’s […]

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Busy Week: News and Notes from the Power Industry (July 27, 2023)

July 27, 2023 admin aeroderivative, b&w, biomass, Business, BWXT, Carbon Capture, CCS, Coal, coal conversion, Fuel, Gas, gas turbine, ge vernova, haleu, International, news, news and notes, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear power, power, Power Demand, Research and Development, space power, uk, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 15:39:35 +0000

A number of companies in the power industry revealed new projects and other interesting developments this week. The following are some the more noteworthy announcements that POWER has been monitoring. […]

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Centrus Gets NRC Green Light to Introduce Uranium Into HALEU Nuclear Enrichment Cascade

June 16, 2023 admin advanced reactors, american centrifuge cascade, centrus energy, DOE, haleu, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, power, uf6, uranium enrichment

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 19:11:55 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has allowed Centrus Energy—a firm contracted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production with domestic technology—to introduce uranium […]

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Centrus Competes Construction, Initial Testing of HALEU Demonstration Cascade

February 10, 2023 admin acm100m, Business, centrifuge, centrus, Fuel, full coverage, haleu, news, Nuclear, nuclear enrichment, nuclear fuel, Research and Development, SCIENCE, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 20:25:48 +0000

Marking a major milestone, Centrus Energy—a firm under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate production of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) with domestic technology—on Feb. 9 said it completed construction and initial testing of its advanced uranium enrichment centrifuge cascade as well as most of its associated support systems. Once the company […]

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How Does Uranium Price Increase Affect Nuclear Power Plant Profitability?

November 23, 2022 admin Business, cost, International, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear power, power, reactor, uranium

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 18:52:31 +0000

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Uranium has been one of the best-performing asset classes in 2022, according to data supplied by HANetf’s Sprott Uranium Miners UCITS ETF (URNM). In fact, the uranium spot price has increased 24.12% during the year through Oct. 31, according to the fund. October was a particularly strong month for uranium oxide (U3O8), which is used […]

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China Approves Commissioning of Thorium-Powered Reactor

November 1, 2022 admin Business, China, engineering, full coverage, International, molten salt reactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, pilot plant, r&d, Research and Development, Technology, thorium, uranium

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:13:00 +0000

China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Aug. 2 gave Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP) the green light to commission the experimental 2-MWth thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR-LF1) at

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