Urenco agrees supply deal with Energoatom to 2035

The contract will see Urenco continuing to supply Ukraine’s Energoatom with enriched uranium until 2035, with an option to extend the contract to 2043.  The contract was signed by Energoatom President Petro Kotin (pictured above, centre) and Urenco CEO Boris Schucht (third from the right) during the World Nuclear Exhibition 2023 in Paris. Urenco, a UK-Dutch-German company, …

India’s Third 700 MW Nuclear Power Reactor Completes Hot Conditioning, Says NPCIL

“Unit-7 of Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP) 7&8, the third reactor in the indigenous 700 MW series, achieved a major milestone of successful completion of Hot Conditioning of the Primary Heat Transport (PHT) system on Nov. 30,” the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said in a statement. India’s third home-built 700 MW nuclear …

T.CCO Board Appoints New Chair

Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) announced today the appointment of Catherine Gignac as chair of Cameco’s board of directors effective December 1, 2023. Gignac will succeed Ian Bruce, who passed away on October 15, 2023. Bruce had served as Cameco’s board chair since May 2018. “I am honoured to be appointed chair and given the opportunity …

OPG selects suppliers for first fuel contracts for its Small Modular Reactors

Represents a major step toward realizing the Continent’s first SMRs  Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced it is partnering with companies from Canada, the U.S., and France to ensure a fuel supply for the first unit of its four-unit Darlington New Nuclear Project. The historic arrangements signal a strengthening nuclear fuel supply chain and the self-sufficiency …

EDF announces partnership with Canadian, Czech and Indian firms

 French nuclear operator EDF announced on Tuesday it was signing a series of cooperation agreements with Canadian, Czech, Indian and French partners to secure local supply chains and suppliers essential for future nuclear projects. EDF signed a letter of intent with Ontario Power Group (OPG) at the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris to launch a …