Orano, in partnership with the company ARIS, has been awarded two contracts with EDF which shall account for a significant volume of business. They are part of a call for tenders launched in 2018 in France for the renewal of nuclear electricity production support activities. The activities envisaged under the terms of the contracts concern …
French nuclear operator EDF has received clearance to restart three more reactors in the Creusot review, a spokeswoman for nuclear safety regulator ASN told S&P Global Platts Tuesday. This brings the number of reactors cleared to 49, leaving nine of the total 58 still awaiting clearance. The three reactors cleared since the last update on …
Exclusive to SightlineU3O8: This fall, we spent some time revisiting and updating the SL|U3O8Price Outlook. After reporting it for just over a year, we wanted to see just how well we had done and determine what learnings could be incorporated into the model going forward. Last April we shared the underlying logic and methodology behind …
Photo taken on March 21 shows the installation site of a hemispherical dome at the No. 6 unit of China National Nuclear Corporation’s Fuqing nuclear power plant in southeast China’s Fujian Province. In May of 2017, a containment dome was installed on the No. 5 unit of the nuclear power plant, the first reactor featuring …
One of the two reactors aboard Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, has achieved a sustained chain reaction for the first time. The second reactor will be started up and tests carried out before the plant is towed to Pevek next year. “The physical launch of the reactor unit on the starboard side …
China’s state-owned power plant operators are introducing safer, more efficient nuclear reactors as the government looks to raise its nuclear power capacity by 50% by 2020 to reduce its reliance on coal. So-called generation III plus reactors have safety features that automatically shut down the unit if the power is cut off. At least three advanced …
The CEO of Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) said it still hopes to be picked for a $20 billion nuclear power plant project in Saudi Arabia that is expected to be decided by the end of next year. Kim Jong-kap, Kepco’s president, said the biggest factor in winning the bid will be how much localization …
Brazil is eager to continue supplying Kazakh uranium ore concentrate, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary to Brazil, Kairat Sarzhanov said Thursday. At a briefing here in Astana, Sarzhanov recalled that the list of products exported from Kazakhstan to Brazil had been updated and now included uranium ore concentrate. In April 2018, Kazatomprom company won a $1.3.7 million worth tender on supply of uranium ore concentrate for Industrias Nucleares do …
The UK and Canada today signed a bilateral Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA), the third such agreement signed by the UK this year in preparation for its exit from the European Union. It will allow the UK and Canada to continue their “mutually beneficial” civil nuclear cooperation when current European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) arrangements cease …
China’s nuclear generating capacity must increase to 554 GWe by 2050 if the country is to fulfill its part in meeting a proposed target of limiting global temperature rise to below 1.5°C, according to a study by the National Development and Reform Commission’s Energy Research Institute. The Paris Climate Change Agreement, which entered into force …
