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Fuel cycle roundup #8
Fuel cycle roundup #8
• Canadian First Nations in industry collaboration
• Milestone for laser loop
• Lance clears penultimate hurdle
• Possible separation for PhosEnergy
Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 3 June 2013
Paducah enrichment plant to be closed
Paducah enrichment plant to be closed
Paducah (DoE)_48USEC is to wind up operations this month at the Paducah plant it leases from the US Department of Energy. The 1950s facility is the last remaining gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment plant in the world.
Uranium & Fuel · Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Moniz takes office
Moniz takes office
Moniz sworn in (DoE) 48Ernest Moniz was sworn in yesterday as the 13th US Secretary of Energy at a ceremony in Washington, DC.
Nuclear Policies · Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Gift of salt for Czech research program
Gift of salt for Czech research program
A Czech nuclear research institute has received a shipment of fluoride salt from the US Department of Energy. The Řež research institute is conducting studies into the use of the salt as a coolant in high-temperature nuclear reactors.
New Nuclear · Monday, 20 May 2013
Westinghouse, SNPTC join forces for SMR
Westinghouse, SNPTC join forces for SMR
Westinghouse SMR cutaway 48Westinghouse and China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) will work together to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) design licensable in both the USA and China.
Corporate · Friday, 17 May 2013
New US uranium site in production
New US uranium site in production
Highland (Cameco)_48Uranium production has begun at North Butte, a satellite facility to Cameco's Smith Ranch-Highland in situ leach uranium project in Wyoming, in a step described as a significant milestone for the company's US operations.
Uranium & Fuel · Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Kewaunee enters retirement
Kewaunee enters retirement
Kewaunee 48Electricity generation at Dominion's Kewaunee nuclear power plant in Wisconsin ended today after almost 40 years of operation.
Corporate · Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Harris expansion plans put on hold
Harris expansion plans put on hold
Harris (Duke) 48Duke Energy has suspended plans to construct two new reactors at its existing Shearon Harris plant in North Carolina due to slower growth in electricity demand than previously expected.
New Nuclear · Friday, 3 May 2013
NINA falls foul of foreign ownership law
NINA falls foul of foreign ownership law
Plans for two new reactors at the South Texas Project (STP) are facing a new hurdle after US regulators determined that licence applicant Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA) does not meet statutory requirements on foreign ownership.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Repository wins environmental recognition
Repository wins environmental recognition
WIPP (DoE)_48A geologic radiological waste disposal site in New Mexico has been honoured for its environmental stewardship efforts.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Fuel cycle roundup #7
Fuel cycle roundup #7
• Pinon Ridge licence re-issued
• Approval for Lost Creek dryers
• Gas Hills resource estimate
• Denison completes on Fission
Uranium & Fuel · Tuesday, 30 April 2013
New steam generators arrive at Prairie Island
New steam generators arrive at Prairie Island
Prairie Island steam generators 48Areva has delivered two replacement steam generators for use in Xcel Energy's Prairie Island nuclear power plant in Minnesota.
Corporate · Monday, 29 April 2013
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