Westinghouse Signed a Nuclear Fuel Licensing Contract For Kozloduy NPP Westinghouse Electric Company and Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant signed a VVER-1000 nuclear fuel licensing contract for the Kozloduy power plant in Bulgaria. The licensing process of Westinghouse fuel is a key safety pre-condition for nuclear fuel delivery, and it has to be completed in compliance with…
TVEL and St. Petersburg Polytechnic To Cooperate On Digital Engineering Technologies Russia’s St Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) signed an agreement for the development of cooperation between Rosatom’s fuel company TVEL and the Competence Centre of the National Technological Initiative (NTI) SPbPU New Production Technologies. The Roadmap, signed last 16 February and planned until the end…
Enusa signed the first contract with South Korea’s KEPCO Enusa Industrias Avanzadas, ENS Corporate Members, signed a supply contract with Korea Electric Power Company (Kepco) for equipment to measure the degree of burn-up in used NPP fuel elements. This is Enusa’s first contract with South Korea and is the result of an international tender called…
ROSATOM Completes A New Milestone In ATF Development Program ROSATOM has achieved a scheduled milestone in the development of Russian accident tolerant fuel (ATF). The Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (NIIAR) has completed the second cycle of irradiation of the experimental fuel assemblies with VVER and PWR fuel rods in the MIR research reactor. Each…
Teplator, A Revolutionary Nuclear District Heating System Researchers at the Czech Technical University in Prague and the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen have come up with an innovative solution: the Teplator. The Teplator is a system that uses the radioactive decay heat produced by spent fuel rods from nuclear reactors to heat water. The team,…
ESA To Investigate The Production Of Nuclear Fuel For Space Missions The European Space Agency (ESA) has just awarded a contract to Tractebel to evaluate the possibility of producing plutonium 238 (Pu-238), the nuclear fuel used for space exploration, on its soil. The fuel powers nuclear batteries known as radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and radioisotope…
Rosatom Starts ATF Operation At The Unit 2 Of Rostov NPP The first Russian-made fuel bundles with experimental ATF fuel rods (Advanced Technology Fuel) have been loaded into VVER-1000 reactor core at the power unit 2 of the Rostov NPP in Russia, which has resumed operations after the scheduled maintenance and refueling. Each of the…
Westinghouse and Framatome Boost Cooperation In Czech Nuclear Sector This week, ENS Corporate Members Westinghouse Electric Company and Framatome have signed several agreements aiming at boosting the cooperation in the Czech nuclear sector with the state power company ČEZ and other local companies. Westinghouse Signs More Agreements For Potential AP1000 Deployment In Czech Republic Last…
Eastern Europe And The Future Of Nuclear Fuel Supply On 13th April, Westinghouse and Framatome (both ENS Corporate Members) have been awarded a long-term contract by Czech utility ČEZ for the supply of nuclear fuel assemblies to the Temelín nuclear power plant. Under the contract, deliveries of fuel will start in 2024 and continue for approximately 15…
Vattenfall Signed New Long-Term Nuclear Fuel Supply Contracts Nuclear fuel and the diversification of its suppliers is definitely a hot topic these last weeks. In Sweden, Vattenfall (ENS Corporate Member) has signed long-term supply agreements with Westinghouse Electric and Framatome (both ENS Corporate Members too) to secure fuel supply to the five nuclear reactors at…