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Uranium-plutonium nitride fuel tested for BN-1200 fast reactor
Uranium-plutonium nitride fuel tested for BN-1200 fast reactor
Experimental fuel assemblies for the BN-600 reactor incorporating BN-1200 fuel rods have been manufactured at the Siberian Chemical Combine in Seversk with the intention they will be loaded into the BN-600 fast neutron reactor at Beloyarsk, Russia, in 2023, Rosatom has said.
Uranium & Fuel · Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Flushing of safety systems at Rooppur 1
Flushing of safety systems at Rooppur 1
The flushing of the active and passive safety systems with the open reactor is part of the pre-commissioning operations for the first unit at the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.
New Nuclear · Monday, 12 December 2022
Rosatom to supply uranium products for Brazil's Angra plant
Rosatom to supply uranium products for Brazil's Angra plant
Russia's national nuclear company's Internexco subsidiary and Brazil's state-owned Industrias Nucleares do Brasil have signed a contract to supply the Angra nuclear power plant from 2023 to 2027.

 
Uranium & Fuel · Wednesday, 7 December 2022
Ceremony held for icebreaker Ural's first working journey
Ceremony held for icebreaker Ural's first working journey
The nuclear powered icebreaker, the Ural, is the third of Russia's Project 22220 vessels built at the Baltic Shipyard. Its first working voyage is to the Ob-Yenisei region of the Kara Sea.
New Nuclear · Monday, 5 December 2022
Kudankulam unit 3 reactor building dome installed
Kudankulam unit 3 reactor building dome installed
The lower part and the top part of the 281-tonne dome for the reactor building at unit 3 of India’s Kudankulam nuclear power plant was preassembled on the ground before being lifted 62 metres and installed in the design position.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 1 December 2022
Regulators back Ukraine for Zaporizhzhia ownership
Regulators back Ukraine for Zaporizhzhia ownership
European safety regulators have backed Ukraine as the rightful owner and authority to oversee the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, Russia's Rosenergoatom has appointed Yury Chernichuk as 'director' of the plant.
Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Polar crane installed at Kursk II unit 2
Polar crane installed at Kursk II unit 2
The second new power reactor under construction at the Kursk II site has received its polar crane. Engineers said optimisation of the process had cut six days from the procedure, compared with when it was carried out at unit 1 last year.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Russia rejects claims it plans to leave Zaporizhzhia
Russia rejects claims it plans to leave Zaporizhzhia
The Russian president's press secretary Dmitry Peskov denied Ukrainian suggestions that Russian forces were preparing to withdraw from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 28 November 2022
Yakutia nuclear icebreaker launched
Yakutia nuclear icebreaker launched
A launch ceremony at the Baltic Shipyard saw Victoria Abramchenko, a Deputy Prime Minister with a brief covering environmental issues, become the 'godmother' of the Yakutia and President Vladimir Putin give the command to launch the icebreaker by video.
New Nuclear · Friday, 25 November 2022
Ukraine 'doing everything possible to restore nuclear generation as soon as possible'
Ukraine 'doing everything possible to restore nuclear generation as soon as possible'
All four of Ukraine's operating nuclear power plants were automatically disconnected from the power grid on Wednesday "as a result of a decrease in frequency in the power system" caused by missile strikes damaging the country's energy infrastructure.
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 24 November 2022
IAEA's Grossi holds 'candid' talks with Rosatom over Zaporizhzhia
IAEA's Grossi holds 'candid' talks with Rosatom over Zaporizhzhia
Following the shelling which caused damage in and around Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Mariano Grossi has met Rosatom's director general to discuss the situation, and possible safety measures.
Regulation & Safety · Wednesday, 23 November 2022
TVEL to supply Egypt research reactor fuel components
TVEL to supply Egypt research reactor fuel components
The agreement between Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant, part of Russia’s TVEL, and the Egyptian Atomic Energy Agency, is for supplies of low-enriched fuel components for the ETRR-2 research reactor.
Corporate · Wednesday, 23 November 2022
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