Archives
May 2012
May 09, 2012: Austria and Norway present a working paper on HEU minimization • May 08, 2012: Conversion of High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge delayed until 2020 • May 08, 2012: NNSA to support accelerator-driven Mo-99 production in the U.S. • May 03, 2012: IPFM presents proposals on transparency of warheads and materials at the PrepCom in Vienna
April 2012
Apr 27, 2012: U.S. to supply LEU for Belgian BR2 research reactor • Apr 24, 2012: Russia develops LEU fuel for VVR-K reactor in Kazakhstan • Apr 05, 2012: Small amount of HEU remained in Ukraine • Apr 04, 2012: Nuclear submarine inducted into Indian Navy • Apr 02, 2012: U.S. reported to complete HEU shipment to France
March 2012
Mar 27, 2012: Sweden to export plutonium to the United States • Mar 26, 2012: U.S. to supply HEU to European countries while they pursue conversion • Mar 22, 2012: Ukraine removed all HEU from its territory • Mar 21, 2012: All HEU is removed from Mexico • Mar 16, 2012: Vietnam to return spent fuel of research reactor in Dalat to Russia • Mar 15, 2012: Pakistan again blocks UN Conference on Disarmament talks on FCMT • Mar 09, 2012: Russia and the United States completed conversion feasibility studies for two reactors • Mar 06, 2012: Russia to complete separation of weapon-grade plutonium • Mar 06, 2012: Russia hands over a nuclear submarine to India
February 2012
Feb 29, 2012: North Korea agreed to suspend nuclear activities • Feb 24, 2012: United Kingdom to look at alternatives to MOX • Feb 13, 2012: India plans new research reactors • Feb 06, 2012: India's prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) to go critical early 2013
January 2012
Jan 31, 2012: Another malfunction at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant • Jan 26, 2012: Blue Ribbon Commission released its final report • Jan 19, 2012: Congress urged to restrict Russian medical isotopes produced with HEU • Jan 18, 2012: Russia commissions dry storage facility in Zheleznogorsk • Jan 10, 2012: IPFM releases Global Fissile Material Report 2011: Nuclear Weapon and Fissile Material Stockpiles and Production • Jan 03, 2012: Japan starts operating new centrifuges • Jan 02, 2012: Japanese mislead about spent fuel reprocessing costs
December 2011
Dec 19, 2011: Belgian-Chinese MOX deal is put on hold • Dec 02, 2011: United Kingdom plans to convert its civilian plutonium to MOX
November 2011
Nov 26, 2011: Some details of India's nuclear program • Nov 14, 2011: Russia's civilian plutonium in 2010 • Nov 01, 2011: H-Canyon to produce MOX feed from excess weapon plutonium
October 2011
Oct 17, 2011: Mongolia ends discussions of spent fuel storage • Oct 12, 2011: Kazakhstan eliminates 33 kg of fresh HEU fuel • Oct 12, 2011: Japan's civilian plutonium holdings in 2010 • Oct 11, 2011: Belgium declares is 2010 plutonium holdings • Oct 11, 2011: France declares its 2010 civilian plutonium and HEU stocks • Oct 06, 2011: United States produces MOX feed from weapon plutonium
September 2011
Sep 26, 2011: International Panel on Fissile Materials releases report on management of spent fuel from nuclear power reactors • Sep 20, 2011: Switzerland's civilian plutonium in 2010 • Sep 20, 2011: U.S. non-military plutonium in 2010 • Sep 08, 2011: GAO report on U.S. ability to account for its nuclear material overseas
August 2011
Aug 19, 2011: United States to remove HEU from Mexico • Aug 19, 2011: Belarus suspends HEU removal talks with the United States • Aug 18, 2011: United States announces details of the American Assured Fuel Supply • Aug 17, 2011: U.S.-origin HEU spent fuel removed from South Africa • Aug 09, 2011: More delays for PIK reactor • Aug 03, 2011: Closure of Sellafield MOX Plant Announced • Aug 02, 2011: High-level waste shipments from Sellafield to Japan continue
July 2011
Jul 29, 2011: Draft report of the Blue Ribbon Commission • Jul 26, 2011: New Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines for the export of sensitive technologies • Jul 21, 2011: China's experimental fast reactor connected to the grid • Jul 20, 2011: Details of the plan to store spent fuel in Mongolia • Jul 15, 2011: Japan considers shutting down Monju fast-breeder reactor • Jul 08, 2011: China declares first separated civilian plutonium • Jul 05, 2011: Russia starts IBR-2 reactor after modernization
June 2011
Jun 28, 2011: Managing nuclear spent fuel: Policy lessons from a 10-country study • Jun 28, 2011: United Kingdom declares civilian plutonium and HEU holdings in 2010 • Jun 11, 2011: Power outage damaged six centrifuges at USEC plant
May 2011
May 25, 2011: IPFM to present findings of forthcoming report on spent nuclear fuel management • May 24, 2011: Start-up of PIK reactor further delayed • May 23, 2011: U.S. court rules against suspension of CMRR plutonium facility • May 10, 2011: Conflicting reports about spent fuel disposal in Mongolia • May 10, 2011: Russia begins shipments of Mo-99 to Iran • May 09, 2011: Questions raised about safety of the U.S. MOX plant
April 2011
Apr 20, 2011: Rosatom confirms it will not bring foreign-origin spent fuel to Russia • Apr 20, 2011: A U.S. court to hold hearings on CMRR plutonium facility at Los Alamos • Apr 11, 2011: U.S. MOX program wanted relaxed security at the weapon-grade plutonium facility • Apr 04, 2011: New Russian-built enrichment plant in China begins operations
March 2011
Mar 23, 2011: Tenex and USEC sign LEU supply contract, discuss enrichment facility in the U.S. • Mar 15, 2011: Fire in the spent fuel pool of Unit 4 at Fukushima-I • Mar 10, 2011: U.S. plutonium disposition program: Uncertainties of the MOX route
February 2011
Feb 25, 2011: Presentation to the U.N. Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters • Feb 25, 2011: Sellafield radioactive discharges: Breach of international convention in normal operation • Feb 22, 2011: Japan shuts down last centrifuge cascade in Rokkasho • Feb 15, 2011: Zheleznogorsk will complete separation of plutonium in 2012 • Feb 11, 2011: Sellafield Product & Residue Store received first batch of plutonium • Feb 10, 2011: Pakistan is seen as building fourth plutonium production reactor • Feb 10, 2011: Plutonium to MOX: "Repeating Mistakes of the Past" • Feb 10, 2011: UK Separated Plutonium Management - A New Sellafield MOX Plant? • Feb 03, 2011: A bill to reduce use of HEU in Mo-99 production is introduced in the Senate
January 2011
Jan 25, 2011: Pakistan to block progress at the CD, citing Obama's support of India joining NSG • Jan 20, 2011: The Conference on Disarmament in 2011: Pakistan and the FMCT, and Wikileaks • Jan 19, 2011: South Africa considers joining the Angarsk center • Jan 12, 2011: Reprocessing in China: Separating fact from fiction • Jan 11, 2011: U.S.-Russian 123 agreement enters into force • Jan 10, 2011: China declared no civilian plutonium in 2008 and 2009 • Jan 10, 2011: Princeton's Program on Science and Global Security seeks Postdoctoral Researcher • Jan 06, 2011: India starts new unsafeguarded reprocessing plant • Jan 06, 2011: Cadarache: Waste drums with plutonium content way off-limit
December 2010
Dec 31, 2010: India shuts down CIRUS reactor • Dec 30, 2010: Fresh HEU fuel removed from Ukraine • Dec 27, 2010: NRC issues safety report for Savannah River MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility • Dec 22, 2010: U.S. non-military plutonium in 2009 • Dec 21, 2010: Successful hot test of China's pilot reprocessing plant • Dec 17, 2010: IPFM releases Global Fissile Material Report 2010 • Dec 17, 2010: Monju reactor is unlikely to start until 2014 • Dec 15, 2010: Spent fuel of a research reactor in Vinca shipped to Russia • Dec 14, 2010: Areva inaugurates the Georges Besse II enrichment plant • Dec 09, 2010: U.S.-Russian 123 agreement on nuclear cooperation passes U.S. Congress • Dec 09, 2010: German government blocks HEU spent fuel shipment to Russia • Dec 03, 2010: IAEA approves NTI-supported fuel bank • Dec 01, 2010: Russia created nuclear fuel reserve • Dec 01, 2010: Belarus will remove all HEU by 2012 • Dec 01, 2010: U.S. attempts to remove spent research reactor fuel from Pakistan
November 2010
Nov 29, 2010: Further delay for India's breeder reactor • Nov 29, 2010: 85 kg of HEU removed from Belarus • Nov 27, 2010: The 2009 HEU shipment from Libya detailed • Nov 17, 2010: Spent fuel of the BN-350 reactor moved to secure storage • Nov 09, 2010: Rosatom and DoE to study conversion of Russian reactors • Nov 09, 2010: Spent HEU fuel removed from General Atomics facility • Nov 08, 2010: Spent fuel of Rossendorf research reactor to be shipped to Russia • Nov 05, 2010: Germany declared its 2009 plutonium and HEU holdings • Nov 04, 2010: Japanese utilities increase their stake in Georges Besse II enrichment plant
October 2010
Oct 29, 2010: Mongolia to join the International Uranium Enrichment Center • Oct 29, 2010: South Africa's Nesca to supply all-LEU molybdenum-99 to the United States • Oct 25, 2010: Argentina reopens its Pilcaniyeu uranium enrichment plant • Oct 25, 2010: China is believed to operate indigenous enrichment plant • Oct 22, 2010: IPFM releases research report "The Uncertain Future of Nuclear Energy" • Oct 16, 2010: HEU-fueled reactor operated without license for months • Oct 12, 2010: Spent HEU fuel shipped from Poland • Oct 11, 2010: Future supply of tritium for U.S. nuclear weapons in doubt • Oct 08, 2010: Russia to remove HEU fuel from Belarus • Oct 07, 2010: Belgium authorities and French GDF-Suez set for MOX fuel technology transfer to China • Oct 06, 2010: Restroom cleaner vapors shut down parts of Los Alamos plutonium processing facility • Oct 06, 2010: Japan's civilian plutonium stock as of December 2009 • Oct 05, 2010: Ukraine is a full member of the International Uranium Enrichment Center
September 2010
Sep 30, 2010: Russia will build enrichment plant in China ahead of schedule • Sep 16, 2010: United States and Russia request safeguards for their excess plutonium • Sep 15, 2010: POGO report on U.S. highly-enriched uranium • Sep 13, 2010: Belgium declares its 2009 civilian plutonium stock • Sep 09, 2010: HFR reactor at Petten resumed operations • Sep 09, 2010: Rokkasho plant extracted no plutonium in 2009 • Sep 08, 2010: Less than 4% of French nuclear fuel "recycled", NGOs calculate • Sep 08, 2010: Fuel "recycling" a myth, a French report involuntarily demonstrates • Sep 08, 2010: Report: Long-term plans to develop an FBR based plutonium economy in France is not demonstrated • Sep 08, 2010: France: Official plan admits problems with management of uranium and plutonium • Sep 08, 2010: France's 2009 declaration of civilian plutonium and HEU • Sep 07, 2010: Failure of a research reactor in Egypt reported • Sep 03, 2010: Accident at the Monju fast breeder reactor • Sep 01, 2010: Another delay for Rokkasho reprocessing plant
August 2010
Aug 30, 2010: Rosatom set to manufacture MOX fuel at Zheleznogorsk • Aug 26, 2010: NIIAR at Dimitrovgrad prepares to enter Mo-99 market • Aug 25, 2010: South African company delivers Mo-99 produced with LEU • Aug 24, 2010: Rosatom may build an enrichment facility in the United States • Aug 23, 2010: Third reactor in Japan to use MOX fuel • Aug 20, 2010: Los Alamos repackages Russian-origin plutonium-238 • Aug 17, 2010: Canada completed repair of NRU reactor • Aug 16, 2010: United Kingdom's declaration of civilian plutonium and HEU in 2009 • Aug 16, 2010: Russia's civilian plutonium in 2009
July 2010
Jul 30, 2010: United States and India sign an agreement on reprocessing • Jul 27, 2010: Supply of Russian HEU to Western Europe • Jul 21, 2010: China's experimental fast reactor went critical • Jul 20, 2010: Changes in U.S. Surplus Plutonium Disposition program • Jul 15, 2010: Nuclear warhead dismantlement at Y-12 suspended over safety issues
June 2010
Jun 30, 2010: IPFM draft FM(C)T now official document of United Nations Conference on Disarmament • Jun 29, 2010: URENCO begins enrichment in the United States • Jun 11, 2010: BN-600 license may be extended to 2025 • Jun 09, 2010: Plans to expand enrichment at Angarsk put on hold • Jun 08, 2010: Argentina considers naval reactors • Jun 06, 2010: Spent HEU fuel removed from a research reactor in Kiev • Jun 05, 2010: Project 816 - Unfinished plutonium production complex in China • Jun 04, 2010: India developing new centrifuges and increasing enrichment capacity • Jun 02, 2010: It's time to give up on breeder reactors
May 2010
May 29, 2010: End of reprocessed uranium exports to Russia? • May 26, 2010: Switzerland's civilian plutonium in 2009 • May 23, 2010: Obninsk institute produces Mo-99 for Poland • May 21, 2010: Video of handling of nuclear warheads at a NNSA facility • May 21, 2010: U.K. opens storage facility at Sellafield • May 16, 2010: IPFM recommendations to the 2010 NPT Review Conference • May 12, 2010: IPFM publishes a report on country perspectives on nuclear disarmament • May 11, 2010: U.S.-Russian Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement • May 10, 2010: U.S.-Russian 123 agreement on nuclear cooperation resubmitted to Congress • May 09, 2010: Japanese fast breeder reactor Monju restarted after 14-year shutdown • May 05, 2010: MURR reactor to be converted to LEU fuel
April 2010
Apr 28, 2010: Japanese daily Asahi slams breeder reactors • Apr 26, 2010: Update on shipments of research reactor fuel to the U.S. • Apr 16, 2010: UK begins return of high-level waste to foreign customers amid uncertainty about its own plutonium • Apr 15, 2010: Russia no longer produces weapon materials • Apr 14, 2010: Russia's commitment to remove research reactor fuel in 2010 • Apr 13, 2010: Nuclear Security Summit documents • Apr 13, 2010: United States and Russia sign protocol to plutonium disposition agreement • Apr 13, 2010: Last Russian plutonium production reactor to finally shut down • Apr 12, 2010: Canada to return HEU from Chalk River to the United States • Apr 10, 2010: BN-600 fast reactor to operate until 2020 • Apr 09, 2010: U.S. and Russia to finalize plutonium disposition agreement • Apr 08, 2010: All HEU removed from Chile • Apr 07, 2010: Global inventory of HEU-fueled reactors, 2009 • Apr 06, 2010: Ukraine pledged to remove all HEU by 2012 • Apr 02, 2010: PIK reactor start-up delayed
March 2010
Mar 29, 2010: AREVA signs MOX fuel fabrication contract with Japanese utility • Mar 29, 2010: IAEA and Russia signed a fuel bank agreement • Mar 24, 2010: Plutonium processing to remain at Mayak • Mar 23, 2010: U.S. civilian plutonium in 2008 • Mar 16, 2010: USEC began operations of a lead cascade at American Centrifuge Plant • Mar 15, 2010: Japan outlines plans for use of plutonium in its 2010 research program • Mar 11, 2010: U.S. to supply HEU for the High Flux Reactor in France • Mar 02, 2010: Status of Japan's MOX fuel program
February 2010
Feb 28, 2010: Pakistan may have completed new plutonium production reactor, Khushab-II • Feb 22, 2010: A French documentary on nuclear waste • Feb 19, 2010: United States to send HEU to France for Belgian BR2 reactor • Feb 19, 2010: HFR reactor shut down for repairs • Feb 18, 2010: Poor safety record at Sellafield plutonium facilities • Feb 17, 2010: History and status of fast breeder reactor programs worldwide • Feb 17, 2010: Maria reactor to produce molybdenum • Feb 14, 2010: India's first fast breeder reactor delayed • Feb 10, 2010: Shutdown schedule for Russia's last plutonium production reactor • Feb 06, 2010: Incident at Russian plutonium production reactor • Feb 06, 2010: Civilian plutonium stocks in France 1994-2008 • Feb 05, 2010: GTRI plans for FY2011 • Feb 05, 2010: U.S. assistance in securing fissile materials in Russia • Feb 05, 2010: Tritium production and recovery in the United States in FY2011 • Feb 05, 2010: U.S. contribution to Russia's plutonium disposition program • Feb 05, 2010: U.S. fissile material disposition programs in FY2011 • Feb 05, 2010: U.S. administration requests funds for nuclear weapons facilities • Feb 05, 2010: NNSA nuclear warheads activity in FY2011 • Feb 03, 2010: NRC declined to restrict licensing of civilian use of HEU
January 2010
Jan 29, 2010: Blue Ribbon Commission will examine fuel cycle • Jan 27, 2010: Two U.S. companies get grants to build domestic medical isotope production • Jan 26, 2010: Shipments of spent fuel of research reactors to the U.S. • Jan 26, 2010: PIK reactor is ready for start-up • Jan 25, 2010: Start-up of the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility at Oak Ridge • Jan 25, 2010: URENCO outlines expansion plans • Jan 24, 2010: U.S. Navy plans for a new class of ballistic-missile submarines • Jan 22, 2010: Uranium gas leak at enrichment facility in Germany • Jan 21, 2010: BN-800 expected to begin operations in 2014 • Jan 21, 2010: Improvements of the MPC&A system at Mayak • Jan 19, 2010: Seminar on fissile materials stocks at UNIDIR • Jan 19, 2010: Pakistan has blocked the start of talks on a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty • Jan 19, 2010: Ellen Tauscher outlines U.S. policies on nuclear fuel cycle • Jan 15, 2010: Categorization of HEU fuel at Sandia • Jan 14, 2010: Nuclear cooperation agreement between France and India enters into force • Jan 13, 2010: Ukraine is finally joining the Angarsk center • Jan 12, 2010: Almost all HEU removed from Turkey • Jan 07, 2010: Nuclear Fuel Services plant suspends production • Jan 04, 2010: Refurbishing of nuclear warhead components in the U.S.
December 2009
Dec 23, 2009: Russia's reactor decommissioning plans • Dec 21, 2009: Last HEU is removed from Libya • Dec 21, 2009: French Prime Minister offers reprocessing technology to China • Dec 11, 2009: Repair work completed on waste disposal site at La Hague • Dec 10, 2009: Briefing at AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy • Dec 04, 2009: French nuclear cooperation with India to cover reprocessing
November 2009
Nov 27, 2009: IAEA approves Russian fuel bank proposal • Nov 22, 2009: Large discrepancy in amount of plutonium at shutdown French MOX plant • Nov 01, 2009: Euratom Supply Agency 2008 annual report details use of plutonium
October 2009
September 2009
Sep 28, 2009: Expansion of enrichment capacity in Angarsk • Sep 25, 2009: GTRI announces reactor conversions, fuel removals • Sep 19, 2009: Russia restarts plutonium production reactor • Sep 17, 2009: Japan, Canada and Netherlands submit IPFM draft of FM(C)T to United Nations Conference on Disarmament • Sep 15, 2009: NNSA announces conversion of research reactors • Sep 03, 2009: Photos of trucks that transport nuclear materials and weapons components
August 2009
July 2009
Jul 16, 2009: U.S. and Russian experts talk nuclear security at Angarsk • Jul 06, 2009: Moscow summit yields little visible progress on nuclear cooperation
June 2009
Jun 30, 2009: Spent HEU fuel removed from Romania by air • Jun 27, 2009: Fresh HEU fuel removed from Romania • Jun 03, 2009: Rosatom signs another fuel contract in U.S.
May 2009
May 31, 2009: Plutonium production reactor in Zheleznogorsk shut down • May 26, 2009: Russia in talks about centrifuge plant in the U.S.? • May 26, 2009: Russia will sell enrichment services directly to U.S. utilities • May 22, 2009: VVR-M reactor in Ukraine received LEU fuel • May 21, 2009: U.S. removes spent HEU fuel from Australia • May 19, 2009: Spent HEU fuel removed from Kazakhstan • May 15, 2009: NRU reactor at Chalk River Labs shut down for repairs • May 04, 2009: Metallurgical plant at Mayak to close by 2014 • May 04, 2009: The last Russian plutonium production reactor to shut down • May 04, 2009: Russia ships centrifuges to China
April 2009
March 2009
Mar 24, 2009: Update on GTRI strategy and numbers • Mar 06, 2009: Kuwait pledges 10 million to NTI fuel bank • Mar 03, 2009: IAEA approves India's additional protocol
February 2009
Feb 27, 2009: The end of Yucca Mountain • Feb 27, 2009: Ukraine signs fuel supply contract with TVEL • Feb 25, 2009: Iran says it's still interested in Angarsk IUEC • Feb 24, 2009: Rosatom floating reactors plans • Feb 19, 2009: Russia will bring back spent fuel from research reactor in Romania • Feb 19, 2009: IAEA reports on Iran and Syria • Feb 17, 2009: Russia signs nuclear agreement with Mongolia • Feb 14, 2009: Cooperation on shared nuclear waste repository in Europe • Feb 13, 2009: HFR isotope production reactor restart • Feb 13, 2009: IPFM Draft Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty • Feb 11, 2009: Launch of Rokkasho plant delayed • Feb 11, 2009: TVEL will supply fuel pellets to India • Feb 10, 2009: Ukraine is joining Angarsk center • Feb 08, 2009: Areva to supply reactors, fuel, and uranium to India • Feb 06, 2009: Financing problems at the American Centrifuge Plant • Feb 05, 2009: GLE begins licensing process • Feb 05, 2009: Bushehr start date is uncertain • Feb 03, 2009: Areva to supply enrichment services to EdF • Feb 02, 2009: Large spent fuel repository planned for Krasnoyarsk region • Feb 02, 2009: India signs safeguards agreement
January 2009
Jan 29, 2009: MOX fuel shipment to Japan prepared • Jan 29, 2009: Draft treaty presented at the Berlin meeting of the Article VI Forum • Jan 26, 2009: U.S. Supreme Court rules that enriched uranium is "goods" • Jan 23, 2009: NNSA releases plan for nuclear complex • Jan 23, 2009: GTRI to bring gap material from Canada, South Africa • Jan 16, 2009: Enrichment plant in Resende to begin operations
October 2008
September 2008
Sep 08, 2008: Russia prepares to bring spent fuel from Hungary • Sep 08, 2008: U.S. withdraws 123 agreement with Russia from Congress • Sep 06, 2008: NSG approves nuclear trade with India • Sep 04, 2008: Bushehr reactor will not start in 2008 • Sep 04, 2008: Last Russian plutonium production reactor to shut down in 2009 • Sep 04, 2008: Rosatom plans for Zheleznogorsk • Sep 03, 2008: USEC American Centrifuge Plant to cost $3.5 billion
August 2008
Aug 29, 2008: Construction of spent fuel storage facility in Zheleznogorsk to resume • Aug 28, 2008: Europe's isotope production reactors are down • Aug 28, 2008: 123 agreement in danger • Aug 27, 2008: No centrifuge safeguards in Angarsk • Aug 27, 2008: Rosatom took control over nuclear icebreakers • Aug 20, 2008: Ukraine considers fuel fabrication • Aug 07, 2008: UAE supports NTI fuel bank • Aug 05, 2008: MOX fuel controversy • Aug 04, 2008: U.S. donates $50 million to fuel bank
July 2008
Jul 29, 2008: Massive subsidy to Rosatom • Jul 18, 2008: Research reactors conversion in Russia • Jul 18, 2008: Spent HEU fuel removed from Bulgaria • Jul 16, 2008: Plutonium from last Russian production reactors • Jul 16, 2008: Fuel from reactor in Hungary will be removed this year • Jul 14, 2008: Zheleznogorsk reactor shutdown schedule • Jul 02, 2008: Mayak plans expansion of reprocessing
June 2008
Jun 30, 2008: Mayak wants to build a MOX fabrication plant • Jun 26, 2008: Kudankulam fuel shipments completed • Jun 23, 2008: Cameco joins the Silex project • Jun 05, 2008: Russia ends plutonium production in Seversk • Jun 02, 2008: Russia will work to remove spent fuel of a research reactor from Bulgaria
May 2008
May 25, 2008: Areva signs contract to build MOX fuel fabrication facility • May 23, 2008: Russia and China sign enrichment deal • May 21, 2008: Accelerated downblending: Domenici amendment • May 16, 2008: Spent HEU fuel removed from Latvia • May 13, 2008: U.S.-Russian agreement on nuclear cooperation • May 10, 2008: AREVA will build an enrichment plant in Idaho • May 03, 2008: 5th IPFM Plenary Meeting in Geneva, May 2008
April 2008
Apr 30, 2008: GE-Hitachi plans to build a Silex plant in U.S. • Apr 20, 2008: Plutonium production reactor in Seversk shut down • Apr 19, 2008: Failure of GNEP strategy • Apr 16, 2008: Japan is cautious about Angarsk
March 2008
Mar 31, 2008: Ukraine fuel supply between TVEL and Westinghouse • Mar 30, 2008: Ukraine is holding back its spent fuel due to raising cost • Mar 16, 2008: Russia will continue supplying centrifuges to China • Mar 11, 2008: Russia may build a centrifuge plant in the U.S.? • Mar 02, 2008: Ukraine tries to diversify fuel supply • Mar 01, 2008: U.S.-Russian agreement on nuclear cooperation stalled
February 2008
Feb 28, 2008: Norway pledges $5 million to a fuel bank • Feb 28, 2008: Most sensitive nuclear material removed from Sandia • Feb 12, 2008: Russian-Indian agreement on Kudankulam • Feb 06, 2008: Armenia joins Angarsk center • Feb 06, 2008: Angarsk will be under IAEA safeguards • Feb 01, 2008: Russia and the United States signed a uranium agreement
January 2008
Jan 30, 2008: Ukraine to create fuel reserve • Jan 28, 2008: U.S. and Russia to sign a uranium enrichment deal • Jan 28, 2008: Russia delivers fuel for the Bushehr plant in Iran • Jan 27, 2008: Ukraine is building spent fuel storage facility • Jan 24, 2008: Russia raises the cost of spent fuel takeback • Jan 24, 2008: Price of Russian fuel for Ukraine • Jan 15, 2008: China wants reprocessing technology from France • Jan 12, 2008: TVEL will supply HEU fuel to Poland
