Archive: Civilian nuclear industry

  1. United Kingdom allocates £154 million to prepare for plutonium disposal
  2. US Department of Energy makes additional HALEU commitments
  3. Spent fuel reprocessing at Mayak in 2024
  4. UK calls the plan to build nuclear waste storage facility "unachievable"
  5. General Matter leases a site in Paducah from the Department of Energy
  6. Reprocessing line in Zheleznogorsk begins operations
  7. Russia produced first 10th-generation centrifuges
  8. Zelenogorsk enrichment plant completed modernization
  9. Construction of BN-1200M reactor at Beloyarsk NPP
  10. Centrus has produced 900 kg of HALEU
  11. Rokkasho costs rise again
  12. US executive orders aim to reinvigorate the nuclear industrial base
  13. Global Laser Enrichment begins demonstration testing
  14. U.S. promotion of nuclear power during the Biden administration
  15. Civilian plutonium declarations for 2023
  16. UK takes ownership of Italian separated plutonium
  17. United Kingdom plans to immobilize civilian plutonium
  18. New EU regulations on Euratom safeguards
  19. Spent fuel reprocessing in Russia in 2016-2024
  20. China starts construction of a third demonstration reprocessing plant
  21. Urenco USA to receive approval to enrich uranium to 10%
  22. Second reprocessing line in Zheleznogorsk
  23. Rosatom plans to build new BN-type reactors
  24. ASP Isotopes to provide HALEU to TerraPower
  25. US Department of Energy selected companies to work on HALEU enrichment
  26. Urenco started expansion of the US enrichment plant
  27. France's Orano to build an enrichment plant in Oak Ridge
  28. Japan's Rokkasho reprocessing plant delayed until at least 2027
  29. Russia to supply MOX fuel for China's CFR-600 reactor
  30. Status of plutonium management in Japan in 2023
  31. United States seeks to boost domestic enrichment capacity
  32. Framatom to provide HALEU metal for TerraPower
  33. Russian laws prohibit military use of HEU supplied to China
  34. UK supports URENCO to build HALEU production facility
  35. Framatome to produce LEU fuel for Germany's FRM-II reactor
  36. Global Laser Enrichment is authorized to load UF6 in the test laser enrichment loop
  37. 2022 civilian plutonium declarations submitted to the IAEA
  38. France to produce tritium for nuclear weapons in EDF civilian nuclear reactors
  39. China started operation of two new enrichment plants in 2023
  40. URENCO to expand capacity of the Almelo enrichment plant
  41. US Department of Energy requests proposals for HALEU deconversion
  42. Orano to increase capacity of the George Besse 2 enrichment plant
  43. US Centrus starts production of HALEU
  44. Status of plutonium management in Japan in 2022
  45. TerraPower and Centrus to cooperate on HALEU
  46. URENCO to expand its enrichment capacity in the United States
  47. URENCO plans to expand the Gronau enrichment plant in Germany
  48. Japan's plutonium utilization plan delayed again
  49. 2021 civilian plutonium declarations submitted to the IAEA
  50. Tenth centrifuge cascade is added at the Resende plant
  51. The 8th shipment of MOX fuel from France to Japan
  52. BN-800 reactor is fully loaded with MOX fuel
  53. Troubles with France's plutonium fuel program
  54. Magnox reprocessing plant completed operations
  55. Status of plutonium management in Japan in 2021
  56. United States removed plutonium from the IAEA laboratory
  57. Brazil to install new centrifuges cascades at the Resende plant
  58. United States to send small quantities of fissile materials to the IAEA
  59. Shipment of MOX fuel from France to Japan
  60. 2020 civilian plutonium declarations submitted to the IAEA
  61. Status of plutonium management in Japan in 2020
  62. China starts construction of the second CFR-600 breeder reactor
  63. 2019 civilian plutonium and HEU declarations submitted to the IAEA
  64. Decommissioning the reprocessing plant in West Valley, New York
  65. Status of plutonium management in Japan in 2019
  66. Launch of the Rokkasho reprocessing plant is postponed until 2022
  67. BN-600 operating license extended to 2025, may be extended further
  68. India's prototype breeder reactor is delayed again
  69. Kazakhstan (almost) pulls out of uranium enrichment join venture with Russia
  70. New IPFM report on Britain's Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP)
  71. 2018 civilian plutonium and HEU declarations submitted to the IAEA
  72. Final shipment of LEU arrived at the IAEA fuel bank in Kazakhstan
  73. Russia appears to expand the HEU production line in Zelenogorsk
  74. Japan's uranium enrichment plant in Rokkasho shipped little product since 2012
  75. Status of plutonium management in Japan in 2018
  76. High-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production in the United States
  77. Silex Systems invests in the U.S. enrichment venture after all
  78. IAEA buys uranium for the fuel bank in Kazakhstan
  79. Sellafield's THORP reprocessing plant shut down
  80. Areva's Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility license withdrawn
  81. India's prototype breeder reactor delayed until at least 2019
  82. 2017 civilian plutonium declarations submitted to IAEA
  83. France believes reprocessing plant in China will begin operations in 2030
  84. Brazil adds centrifuges to its enrichment plant
  85. Japan's new policy on its plutonium stockpile
  86. Status of plutonium management in Japan in 2017
  87. France and China continue to discuss reprocessing plant
  88. Japan approves a plan to decommission Tokai-mura reprocessing plant
  89. Silex pulls out of U.S. laser enrichment projects
  90. Second pilot reprocessing line in Zheleznogorsk
  91. Test run of a new reprocessing plant in Zheleznogorsk
  92. American Centrifuge Lead Cascade Facility to be decommissioned
  93. China adds new enrichment facility at the Hanzhong plant
  94. Diverging recommendations on Sweden's spent nuclear fuel repository
  95. China and France continue negotiations on reprocessing facility
  96. China begins construction of a pilot fast breeder reactor
  97. Rokkasho plant will not start until 2021
  98. More delays in India's breeder reactor program
  99. 2016 civilian plutonium reports submitted to IAEA
  100. Nuclear Safeguards Bill introduced to UK parliament
  101. British pledge to go it alone on safeguards implementation
  102. LEU fuel bank in Kazakhstan is inaugurated
  103. United Kingdom discusses implications of its departure from Euratom treaty
  104. List of U.S. nuclear facilities declared to the IAEA under Additional Protocol
  105. Status of plutonium management in Japan in 2016
  106. Unprecedented evidence of eroded safety culture at La Hague plutonium facility
  107. United Kingdom takes ownership of some Spanish and German plutonium
  108. Georges Besse II enrichment plant reached full capacity
  109. Sellafield's Evaporator D Project - A Lesson for La Hague?
  110. Reprocessing plant at Mayak to begin reprocessing of VVER-1000 fuel
  111. Department of Energy to sell depleted uranium to Global Laser Enrichment
  112. Russia may supply uranium enrichment technology to India
  113. 2015 civilian plutonium reports submitted to IAEA
  114. Japan releases 2015 report on plutonium management
  115. World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2016 released
  116. Brazil to export enriched uranium from Resende to Argentina
  117. United States to supply small amount of HEU to China
  118. Proliferation assessment of third generation laser uranium enrichment technology
  119. Use of plutonium in MOX in the European Union
  120. IAEA fuel bank in Kazakhstan is set to open in September 2017
  121. GE-Hitachi to leave Silex joint venture
  122. American Centrifuge Project shuts down
  123. IPFM Report "Plutonium Separation in Nuclear Power Programs" in Chinese
  124. Argentina inaugurates its Pilcaniyeu enrichment plant (again)
  125. Another delay for the Rokkasho reprocessing plant
  126. Sellafield's ageing THORP plant flunks major foreign fuel reprocessing target
  127. Chinese scholars express concern about Japan's fissile materials
  128. 2014 civilian plutonium (and HEU) reports submitted to IAEA
  129. Russia launches commercial MOX fuel fabrication facility
  130. U.S. Department of Energy shuts down American Centrifuge Plant at Piketon
  131. India announces plans for starting construction of fast reactor fuel reprocessing plant
  132. Kazakhstan and IAEA sign agreement to set up LEU fuel bank
  133. Plutonium disposition in the United Kingdom - Immobilization option re-opened?
  134. Areva continues negotiations to build reprocessing plant in China
  135. United States grants advance consents rights to Korea for overseas reprocessing
  136. Advisory group recommends building dry storage facility in South Korea
  137. IAEA approves the LEU bank in Kazakhstan
  138. Kazakhstan approves an agreement with IAEA to create an LEU reserve
  139. U.S. president submits 123 Agreement with China to Congress
  140. Russia considers postponing construction of the BN-1200 breeder reactor
  141. Alternatives to MOX: a new report by the International Panel on Fissile Materials
  142. Taiwan spent fuel reprocessing tender process suspended
  143. Taiwan tenders spent fuel reprocessing contract
  144. Argentina announced restart of the Pilcaniyeu enrichment plant
  145. Launch of the Rokkasho reprocessing plant is delayed again
  146. Ukraine begins construction of centralized spent fuel storage
  147. Japan submitted its 2013 plutonium report to IAEA
  148. Tokai-mura reprocessing plant head-end to be shut down
  149. Russia's 2013 civilian plutonium declaration
  150. Japan's 2013 plutonium report
  151. Germany's 2013 report on civilian plutonium and HEU
  152. UK civilian plutonium and uranium stocks in 2013
  153. China has not separated any plutonium in 2013
  154. French civilian plutonium and HEU in 2013
  155. India delays launch of PFBR breeder reactor until March 2015
  156. 1,000 tonnes of THORP contracts abandoned since 1994
  157. Euratom safeguards in 2013
  158. UK decision to take over foreign plutonium raises safeguards questions
  159. Dutch reactor operating with MOX fuel for the first time
  160. Russian BN-800 breeder has reached criticality
  161. MOX fuel in Japan: Summary of shipments, use, and storage
  162. An error in Japan's civilian plutonium declarations
  163. Russia reports its 2012 civilian plutonium stock
  164. Japanese-French fast breeder cooperation
  165. Switzerland declares its 2013 plutonium stock
  166. U.S. civilian plutonium holdings in December 2012
  167. New agreement signed to advance Areva reprocessing project in China
  168. Sweden wants to transfer ownership of 834 kg of separated plutonium to the United Kingdom
  169. GLE will apply for license to build laser enrichment facility in Paducah
  170. China calls on Japan to return weapons grade plutonium to the United States
  171. U.K. plutonium re-use policy slammed in House of Commons report
  172. Nuclear train accident in Britain latest of a recent series
  173. United Kingdom remains undecided on plutonium reuse options
  174. Rokkasho reprocessing plant expects to begin operations in October 2014
  175. Japanese breeder Monju control room computer hacked
  176. Russia to return nuclear-powered container ship to service
  177. Consortium established to build European fast reactor demonstrator
  178. Last HEU-LEU program shipment to leave Russia
  179. Areva to produce MOX fuel for the Netherlands
  180. Japan reports its 2012 plutonium stock to IAEA
  181. China's 2012 civilian plutonium declaration
  182. Russia to supply HEU fuel for French research reactor
  183. China is building an indigenous enrichment facility in Hanzhong
  184. Japan's 2012 plutonium management report
  185. France declares its 2012 stocks of civilian plutonium and HEU
  186. Roadmap for ending plutonium separation in Japan
  187. Germany's 2012 civilian plutonium and HEU declaration
  188. China's centrifuges produced first enriched uranium
  189. United Kingdom declares its 2012 civilian plutonium and HEU stocks
  190. Lessons learned from Sellafield MOX Plant
  191. Switzerland's 2012 plutonium holdings
  192. Enrichment plant in Paducah to close
  193. Japan's nuclear regulator to suspend Monju reactor
  194. Areva to build reprocessing plant in China
  195. Rokkasho reprocessing plant unlikely to start before 2014
  196. Civilian plutonium swap increased the amount of UK owned plutonium
  197. Areva launches commercial production at Georges Besse II North enrichment plant
  198. U.S. Department of Energy sets strategy for dealing with spent fuel
  199. Russia declares its 2011 civilian plutonium holdings
  200. Civilian plutonium in Belgium in 2011
  201. United States declares its 2011 non-military plutonium stock
  202. Russia launches HEU production line
  203. Germany declares its 2011 plutonium and HEU stocks
  204. Japan's 2011 civilian plutonium declaration
  205. No changes in China's civilian plutonium in 2011
  206. U.S. regulators issue license to GE-Hitachi for laser enrichment plant
  207. UK civilian plutonium and HEU stocks in 2011
  208. French civilian plutonium and HEU stocks in 2011
  209. Switzerland declares civilian plutonium holdings for 2011
  210. United Kingdom takes ownership of German plutonium in title swap
  211. United Kingdom to explore alternatives to use of MOX in light-water reactors
  212. U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority publishes oxide fuel strategy
  213. Georges Besse enrichment plant ceases production
  214. Kazakhstan offers Ulba as a site for IAEA fuel bank
  215. United Kingdom to look at alternatives to MOX
  216. India's prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) to go critical early 2013
  217. Another malfunction at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant
  218. Blue Ribbon Commission released its final report
  219. Russia commissions dry storage facility in Zheleznogorsk
  220. Japan starts operating new centrifuges
  221. Japanese mislead about spent fuel reprocessing costs
  222. Belgian-Chinese MOX deal is put on hold
  223. United Kingdom plans to convert its civilian plutonium to MOX
  224. Some details of India's nuclear program
  225. Russia's civilian plutonium in 2010
  226. Mongolia ends discussions of spent fuel storage
  227. Japan's civilian plutonium holdings in 2010
  228. Belgium declares is 2010 plutonium holdings
  229. France declares its 2010 civilian plutonium and HEU stocks
  230. International Panel on Fissile Materials releases report on management of spent fuel from nuclear power reactors
  231. Switzerland's civilian plutonium in 2010
  232. U.S. non-military plutonium in 2010
  233. United States announces details of the American Assured Fuel Supply
  234. Closure of Sellafield MOX Plant Announced
  235. High-level waste shipments from Sellafield to Japan continue
  236. Draft report of the Blue Ribbon Commission
  237. New Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines for the export of sensitive technologies
  238. China's experimental fast reactor connected to the grid
  239. Details of the plan to store spent fuel in Mongolia
  240. Japan considers shutting down Monju fast-breeder reactor
  241. Germany plutonium and HEU stocks in 2010
  242. China declares first separated civilian plutonium
  243. United Kingdom declares civilian plutonium and HEU holdings in 2010
  244. Power outage damaged six centrifuges at USEC plant
  245. Conflicting reports about spent fuel disposal in Mongolia
  246. Russia begins shipments of Mo-99 to Iran
  247. Questions raised about safety of the U.S. MOX plant
  248. Rosatom confirms it will not bring foreign-origin spent fuel to Russia
  249. U.S. MOX program wanted relaxed security at the weapon-grade plutonium facility
  250. New Russian-built enrichment plant in China begins operations
  251. Tenex and USEC sign LEU supply contract, discuss enrichment facility in the U.S.
  252. Fire in the spent fuel pool of Unit 4 at Fukushima-I
  253. U.S. plutonium disposition program: Uncertainties of the MOX route
  254. Sellafield radioactive discharges: Breach of international convention in normal operation
  255. Japan shuts down last centrifuge cascade in Rokkasho
  256. Sellafield Product & Residue Store received first batch of plutonium
  257. Plutonium to MOX: "Repeating Mistakes of the Past"
  258. UK Separated Plutonium Management - A New Sellafield MOX Plant?
  259. South Africa considers joining the Angarsk center
  260. Reprocessing in China: Separating fact from fiction
  261. U.S.-Russian 123 agreement enters into force
  262. China declared no civilian plutonium in 2008 and 2009
  263. India starts new unsafeguarded reprocessing plant
  264. Cadarache: Waste drums with plutonium content way off-limit
  265. NRC issues safety report for Savannah River MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility
  266. U.S. non-military plutonium in 2009
  267. Successful hot test of China's pilot reprocessing plant
  268. Monju reactor is unlikely to start until 2014
  269. Areva inaugurates the Georges Besse II enrichment plant
  270. U.S.-Russian 123 agreement on nuclear cooperation passes U.S. Congress
  271. IAEA approves NTI-supported fuel bank
  272. Russia created nuclear fuel reserve
  273. Further delay for India's breeder reactor
  274. Spent fuel of the BN-350 reactor moved to secure storage
  275. Germany declared its 2009 plutonium and HEU holdings
  276. Japanese utilities increase their stake in Georges Besse II enrichment plant
  277. Mongolia to join the International Uranium Enrichment Center
  278. Argentina reopens its Pilcaniyeu uranium enrichment plant
  279. China is believed to operate indigenous enrichment plant
  280. Future supply of tritium for U.S. nuclear weapons in doubt
  281. Belgium authorities and French GDF-Suez set for MOX fuel technology transfer to China
  282. Japan's civilian plutonium stock as of December 2009
  283. Ukraine is a full member of the International Uranium Enrichment Center
  284. Russia will build enrichment plant in China ahead of schedule
  285. Belgium declares its 2009 civilian plutonium stock
  286. Rokkasho plant extracted no plutonium in 2009
  287. Less than 4% of French nuclear fuel "recycled", NGOs calculate
  288. Fuel "recycling" a myth, a French report involuntarily demonstrates
  289. Report: Long-term plans to develop an FBR based plutonium economy in France is not demonstrated
  290. France: Official plan admits problems with management of uranium and plutonium
  291. France's 2009 declaration of civilian plutonium and HEU
  292. Accident at the Monju fast breeder reactor
  293. Another delay for Rokkasho reprocessing plant
  294. Rosatom set to manufacture MOX fuel at Zheleznogorsk
  295. Rosatom may build an enrichment facility in the United States
  296. Third reactor in Japan to use MOX fuel
  297. Los Alamos repackages Russian-origin plutonium-238
  298. United Kingdom's declaration of civilian plutonium and HEU in 2009
  299. Russia's civilian plutonium in 2009
  300. United States and India sign an agreement on reprocessing
  301. China's experimental fast reactor went critical
  302. URENCO begins enrichment in the United States
  303. BN-600 license may be extended to 2025
  304. Plans to expand enrichment at Angarsk put on hold
  305. It's time to give up on breeder reactors
  306. End of reprocessed uranium exports to Russia?
  307. Switzerland's civilian plutonium in 2009
  308. U.K. opens storage facility at Sellafield
  309. U.S.-Russian 123 agreement on nuclear cooperation resubmitted to Congress
  310. Japanese fast breeder reactor Monju restarted after 14-year shutdown
  311. Japanese daily Asahi slams breeder reactors
  312. UK begins return of high-level waste to foreign customers amid uncertainty about its own plutonium
  313. BN-600 fast reactor to operate until 2020
  314. AREVA signs MOX fuel fabrication contract with Japanese utility
  315. IAEA and Russia signed a fuel bank agreement
  316. U.S. civilian plutonium in 2008
  317. USEC began operations of a lead cascade at American Centrifuge Plant
  318. Japan outlines plans for use of plutonium in its 2010 research program
  319. Status of Japan's MOX fuel program
  320. A French documentary on nuclear waste
  321. Poor safety record at Sellafield plutonium facilities
  322. History and status of fast breeder reactor programs worldwide
  323. India's first fast breeder reactor delayed
  324. Civilian plutonium stocks in France 1994-2008
  325. Tritium production and recovery in the United States in FY2011
  326. Blue Ribbon Commission will examine fuel cycle
  327. URENCO outlines expansion plans
  328. Uranium gas leak at enrichment facility in Germany
  329. BN-800 expected to begin operations in 2014
  330. Improvements of the MPC&A system at Mayak
  331. Ellen Tauscher outlines U.S. policies on nuclear fuel cycle
  332. Nuclear cooperation agreement between France and India enters into force
  333. Ukraine is finally joining the Angarsk center
  334. French Prime Minister offers reprocessing technology to China
  335. Repair work completed on waste disposal site at La Hague
  336. French nuclear cooperation with India to cover reprocessing
  337. IAEA approves Russian fuel bank proposal
  338. Large discrepancy in amount of plutonium at shutdown French MOX plant
  339. Euratom Supply Agency 2008 annual report details use of plutonium
  340. Expansion of enrichment capacity in Angarsk
  341. Moscow summit yields little visible progress on nuclear cooperation
  342. Rosatom signs another fuel contract in U.S.
  343. Russia in talks about centrifuge plant in the U.S.?
  344. Russia will sell enrichment services directly to U.S. utilities
  345. Russia ships centrifuges to China
  346. Obama-Medvedev statement notes civil HEU minimization, 123 agreement
  347. Kuwait pledges 10 million to NTI fuel bank
  348. IAEA approves India's additional protocol
  349. The end of Yucca Mountain
  350. Ukraine signs fuel supply contract with TVEL
  351. Iran says it's still interested in Angarsk IUEC
  352. Rosatom floating reactors plans
  353. IAEA reports on Iran and Syria
  354. Russia signs nuclear agreement with Mongolia
  355. Cooperation on shared nuclear waste repository in Europe
  356. Launch of Rokkasho plant delayed
  357. TVEL will supply fuel pellets to India
  358. Ukraine is joining Angarsk center
  359. Areva to supply reactors, fuel, and uranium to India
  360. Financing problems at the American Centrifuge Plant
  361. GLE begins licensing process
  362. Bushehr start date is uncertain
  363. Areva to supply enrichment services to EdF
  364. Large spent fuel repository planned for Krasnoyarsk region
  365. India signs safeguards agreement
  366. MOX fuel shipment to Japan prepared
  367. U.S. Supreme Court rules that enriched uranium is "goods"
  368. Enrichment plant in Resende to begin operations
  369. U.S. withdraws 123 agreement with Russia from Congress
  370. NSG approves nuclear trade with India
  371. Bushehr reactor will not start in 2008
  372. Rosatom plans for Zheleznogorsk
  373. USEC American Centrifuge Plant to cost $3.5 billion
  374. Construction of spent fuel storage facility in Zheleznogorsk to resume
  375. 123 agreement in danger
  376. No centrifuge safeguards in Angarsk
  377. Rosatom took control over nuclear icebreakers
  378. Ukraine considers fuel fabrication
  379. UAE supports NTI fuel bank
  380. MOX fuel controversy
  381. U.S. donates $50 million to fuel bank
  382. Massive subsidy to Rosatom
  383. Mayak plans expansion of reprocessing
  384. Mayak wants to build a MOX fabrication plant
  385. Kudankulam fuel shipments completed
  386. Cameco joins the Silex project
  387. Areva signs contract to build MOX fuel fabrication facility
  388. Russia and China sign enrichment deal
  389. Accelerated downblending: Domenici amendment
  390. U.S.-Russian agreement on nuclear cooperation
  391. AREVA will build an enrichment plant in Idaho
  392. GE-Hitachi plans to build a Silex plant in U.S.
  393. Failure of GNEP strategy
  394. Japan is cautious about Angarsk
  395. Ukraine fuel supply between TVEL and Westinghouse
  396. Ukraine is holding back its spent fuel due to raising cost
  397. Russia will continue supplying centrifuges to China
  398. Russia may build a centrifuge plant in the U.S.?
  399. Ukraine tries to diversify fuel supply
  400. U.S.-Russian agreement on nuclear cooperation stalled
  401. Norway pledges $5 million to a fuel bank
  402. Russian-Indian agreement on Kudankulam
  403. Armenia joins Angarsk center
  404. Angarsk will be under IAEA safeguards
  405. Russia and the United States signed a uranium agreement
  406. Ukraine to create fuel reserve
  407. U.S. and Russia to sign a uranium enrichment deal
  408. Russia delivers fuel for the Bushehr plant in Iran
  409. Ukraine is building spent fuel storage facility
  410. Russia raises the cost of spent fuel takeback
  411. Price of Russian fuel for Ukraine
  412. China wants reprocessing technology from France
  413. Russia begins shipment of fuel to Iran
  414. U.S.-Russian agreement on plutonium disposal