The Kazakh national atomic company's Russian partner Uranium One Group JSC has sold its share in the Zarechnoye joint venture to a subsidiary of China's State Nuclear Uranium Resources Development Co. Kazatomprom also expects Chinese beneficiaries to assume interests from Uranium One in two other joint ventures.
The head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine, Oleg Korikov, has urged against any further delays in the project to dismantle the unstable shelter facility, which was built at speed in 1986 to cover Chernobyl's damaged unit 4.
France's Orano has opened international arbitration proceedings against the State of Niger following the withdrawal of its mining licence for the Imouraren project in June.
Production operations at the Lance project have officially commenced after a five-year hiatus, with the first dry yellowcake product expected in March.
Framatome has been contracted by Bruce Power to upgrade the instrumentation and control systems at units 5, 7 and 8 of the Bruce nuclear power plant in Ontario.
Dismantling work at the shut down Brokdorf nuclear power plant has officially begun, PreussenElektra announced. The plant was the last nuclear power plant in Germany that was not yet being dismantled.
The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether the planned public support for Poland's first nuclear power plant complies with EU rules on state aid.
Westinghouse Electric Company and Canadian construction company Aecon have announced the signing of two agreements, creating a collaborative framework for the development and deployment of advanced nuclear new-build projects in Canada and around the world.
Romania's Nuclearelectrica has ceremonially signed the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the estimated EUR1.9 billion (USD1.97 billion) refurbishment of Cernavoda unit 1 with a consortium of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, AtkinsRealis's Candu Energy, Canadian Commercial Corporation and Ansaldo Nucleare.
France-based innovative reactor developer Newcleo is to create a joint venture with Italy's NextChem to develop a new generation commercial-scale power plant, based on Newcleo's LFR-AS-200 small modular lead-cooled fast reactor.
TerraPower has awarded the major manufacturing contracts for the first Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor enclosure system. The company says the contracts "represent a significant milestone in the deployment and commercialisation of America's first advanced reactor".
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