Urenco Signed An Important Nuclear Fuel Deal With Korea’s KHNP On Friday 22 March, Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) signed a new contract for the long-term supply of enrichment services with the operator of Korea’s nuclear power plants – Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company (KHNP) – helping to provide a secure, diverse and reliable supply…
UK Gov’t Supports Urenco in Building An Advanced Fuels Facility The UK Government announced funding of £196m (€227.5m) to Urenco (ENS Corporate Member) to support the building of an advanced fuels facility at the Capenhurst enrichment site in the northwest of England. This will help to facilitate the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero’s…
Westinghouse Supplies Bulgaria with First VVER-1000 Fuel Reload Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) delivered the first reload of VVER-1000 fuel assemblies to the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), marking a key fuel diversification milestone in Bulgaria. The loading of the new fuel into Unit 5 was celebrated on 29th May, at an event attended…
A New Euratom Project To Diversify Nuclear Fuel Supply A new Innovation Action called SAVE, funded under the Euratom Research and Training Programme is a significant step forward in Europe’s efforts towards nuclear fuel diversification. The project will work with €10 million in EU contribution. Led by Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and gathering 17 partners from…
Framatome To Supply Fuel To VVER Reactors In Slovakia Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and Slovak utility Slovenské elektrárne have signed a major contract for the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to the Bohunice and Mochovce VVER reactors from 2027. This contract marks a new milestone in the longstanding and fruitful cooperation between Framatome and Slovenské…
Framatome To Support Czech Nuclear Fuel Diversification Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) and Czech utility ČEZ have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to Framatome’s own-design VVER-1000 fuel development programme. We are pleased to take another step in the development of a Framatome own-design VVER-1000 fuel design, with a view to ensuring the safe, reliable and…
Framatome Will Supply Fuel to Hungary’s VVER Reactors On 25 October, Framatome and MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd. (ENS Corporate Members) announced the signing of a major contract for the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to the Hungarian Paks VVER reactors from 2027. The contract ensuring the fuel supply diversification of Hungary is based…
Westinghouse’s Fuel Collaborations on Current and New Technologies Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) has recently signed new agreements focusing on nuclear fuel for operational and new technologies. First, WEC and ENUSA renewed their 50-year long partnership with a new Technology Agreement (WETCA), which extends the current license agreement for 10 years. Westinghouse…
NRG PALLAS Supporting The Development Of Kairos Power SMR Fleet NRG PALLAS (ENS Corporate Member) has signed a major contract with Kairos Power to assess materials and fuels that will be used in its Small Modular Reactor (SMR) fleet. Kairos Power will build a number of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) for Google data centres to…
Framatome Opened a New Fuel Fabrication Facility for Research Reactors and Medical Applications Earlier this month, Framatome (ENS Corporate Member) inaugurated a new CERCA workshop in Romans-sur-Isère (France). The new facility, opened on 18th April, is dedicated to the fabrication of fuel for research reactors and targets for medical isotopes. The Framatome site in Romans-sur-Isère includes the CERCA…