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US-Canadian partnership for isotopes
US-Canadian partnership for isotopes
MURR reactor - 48A Canadian-US partnership has been announced to create a "new, reliable supply" of medical isotopes for use worldwide.
Corporate · Monday, 23 February 2015
Reprieve for Canadian isotope reactor
Reprieve for Canadian isotope reactor
NRU (AECL/Chalk River)_48Canada's NRU reactor will be able to continue to play a key role in providing medical isotopes until March 2018 after the Canadian government announced its decision to support an extension of the reactor's operations. The extension will be subject to regulatory approval.
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 9 February 2015
Amano wants development recognition
Amano wants development recognition
Amano in Kuala Lumpur, Jan 2015 (C.Brady-IAEA) 79x48The IAEA's mandate could easily be changed to 'Atoms for Peace and Development', said its leader Yukiya Amano in Malaysia. He wants the organisation to be a "unique stakeholder" in global development.
Nuclear Policies · Friday, 23 January 2015
HEU removal from Kazakh reactor
HEU removal from Kazakh reactor
International cooperation has seen 36 kg of high-enriched uranium removed from a scientific institute in Kazakhstan and returned to Russia.
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 9 January 2015
Belgian reprocessing contract completed
Belgian reprocessing contract completed
Dounreay shipment to Belgium 48The final shipment of waste from the reprocessing of Belgian research reactor fuel has been made from the UK to Belgium.
Waste & Recycling · Wednesday, 7 January 2015
Chinese fast reactor completes full-power test run
Chinese fast reactor completes full-power test run
CEFR 48China's experimental fast neutron reactor has successfully been operated at full capacity for the first time, China National Nuclear Corporation announced.
New Nuclear · Friday, 19 December 2014
Ukraine unveils new nuclear research facility
Ukraine unveils new nuclear research facility
Kharkov Neutron Source - 48Ukraine's Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology has completed the construction of a nuclear research facility called Neutron Source that will be used to treat cancer.
New Nuclear · Monday, 8 December 2014
Safety review sought for HTTR
Safety review sought for HTTR
HTTR - 48The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has requested a safety review by the country's nuclear regulator of the High-Temperature Test Reactor (HTTR), prior to its restart.
Regulation & Safety · Thursday, 27 November 2014
Canada ships first synchrotron isotopes
Canada ships first synchrotron isotopes
CLS_MIP_(Stobbe-CLS)-48The first batch of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) produced in the Canadian Light Source (CLS) linear accelerator in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan has been shipped in a developmental milestone for the non-reactor production of medical isotopes.
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 17 November 2014
NNSA announces funding for isotope projects
NNSA announces funding for isotope projects
The US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is to award over $8 million of funding to push forward two projects aimed at securing a domestic supply of the molybdenum-99 without using highly enriched uranium.
Regulation & Safety · Friday, 14 November 2014
Innovative way to plug tubes at BEPO
Innovative way to plug tubes at BEPO
BEPO foam filling 48A novel technique using expanding polyurethane foam has been used to prevent radioactive materials escaping from storage tubes at the British Experimental Pile Zero (BEPO) at Harwell, which is being decommissioned.
Waste & Recycling · Monday, 10 November 2014
Dutch research reactor upgrade contract
Dutch research reactor upgrade contract
RID reactor at Delft 48Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has signed a contract with a South Korean consortium to upgrade its research reactor.
Corporate · Tuesday, 4 November 2014
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