Search Results for Chinatag:fissilematerials.org,2024:/cgi-bin/mt//feed/China2024-03-28T19:49:54ZMovable Type 6.3.6741742022 civilian plutonium declarations submitted to the IAEAtag:fissilematerials.org,2024:/blog//3.11702024-03-25T16:12:12Z2024-03-25T16:14:01ZAdmin
This post contains a summary of INFCIRC/549 reports by the countries that submit annual civilian plutonium declarations that reflect the status of civilian plutonium stocks as of 31 December 2022. The total amount of plutonium declared as civilian was about...
China started operation of two new enrichment plants in 2023tag:fissilematerials.org,2023:/blog//3.11662023-12-15T17:44:55Z2023-12-15T17:52:49ZAdmin
Hui Zhang In 2023, the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) completed and may have started operating two large new centrifuge enrichment plants (CEP). CNNC is operating three large centrifuge enrichment facilities that produce LEU for civilian purposes: Lanzhou (Gansu province,...
China started operation of its first CFR-600 breeder reactortag:fissilematerials.org,2023:/blog//3.11642023-12-15T15:17:27Z2023-12-15T15:21:39ZAdmin
Hui Zhang According to Chinese sources, China started up its first CFR-600 breeder reactor, running it at low power as of mid-2023. As of October 2023, the reactor had not yet been connected to the grid. The exact timeline for...
2021 civilian plutonium declarations submitted to the IAEAtag:fissilematerials.org,2023:/blog//3.11452023-01-27T16:15:15Z2023-03-09T18:31:04ZAdmin
This post contains a summary of INFCIRC/549 reports by the countries that submit annual civilian plutonium declarations that reflect the status of civilian plutonium stocks as of 31 December 2021. The total amount of plutonium declared as civilian was about...
2020 civilian plutonium declarations submitted to the IAEAtag:fissilematerials.org,2021:/blog//3.11152021-10-24T12:40:13Z2022-02-18T07:46:18ZAdmin
This post contains a summary of INFCIRC/549 reports by the countries that submit annual civilian plutonium declarations that reflect the status of civilian plutonium stocks as of 31 December 2020. Japan (INFCIRC/549/Add.1-24) reported owning the total of 46.1 tons of...
China starts construction of a second 200 MT/year reprocessing planttag:fissilematerials.org,2021:/blog//13.34042021-03-21T15:03:13Z2021-08-31T14:50:21ZAdmin
By Hui Zhang Figure 1: The demo reprocessing and MOX facilities under construction at Jinta, Gansu. Satellite image from 1 March 2020 (Coordinates: 40.333750, 98.494167). Credit: DigitalGlobe. Note that significant construction activities for reprocessing facility project II likely started after...
Russia launches production line to supply uranium fuel for China's CFR-600 reactortag:fissilematerials.org,2021:/blog//13.34072021-03-03T13:43:04Z2021-08-31T14:50:21ZAdmin
The MSZ Plant in Electrostal, near Moscow (part of the TVEL division of Rosatom), set up a production line that will manufacture uranium fuel for China's CFR-600 fast neutron reactor. According to the fuel supply contact that was signed in...
China's CEFR fast reactor begins "high-power operations"tag:fissilematerials.org,2021:/blog//13.34062021-02-15T17:17:20Z2021-08-31T14:50:21ZAdmin
China's Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) operated by the China Atomic Energy Institute (CAIE) has started what was described as "high-power operations," as quoted in a World Nuclear News Report. The reactor, which is designed to operate with "65MW thermal power...
China starts construction of the second CFR-600 breeder reactortag:fissilematerials.org,2020:/blog//13.34052020-12-29T11:27:32Z2021-08-31T14:50:21ZAdmin
China started construction of the second breeder reactor of the CFR-600 type at the site at Xiapu, Fujian province, where it is building the first CFR-600 unit. Construction of the first unit began in December 2017. The first unit...
2019 civilian plutonium and HEU declarations submitted to the IAEAtag:fissilematerials.org,2020:/blog//13.33932020-09-05T20:20:25Z2021-10-24T13:42:27ZAdmin
This post contains a summary of INFCIRC/549 reports by the countries that submit annual civilian plutonium declarations that reflect the status of civilian plutonium stocks as of 31 December 2019. Japan (INFCIRC/549/Add.1-23) reported owning the total of 45.5 tons of...
Location of China's reprocessing planttag:fissilematerials.org,2020:/blog//13.33812020-05-11T09:32:59Z2021-08-31T14:50:20ZAdmin
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists published a report that identified the construction site of a reprocessing plant at Jinta, located near Jiuquan city of Gansu province. The construction of the plant, which will have the capacity of 200...
2018 civilian plutonium and HEU declarations submitted to the IAEAtag:fissilematerials.org,2019:/blog//13.33602019-12-18T16:53:11Z2021-08-31T14:50:18ZAdmin
This post contains a summary of INFCIRC/549 reports by the countries that submit annual civilian plutonium declarations that reflect the status of civilian plutonium stocks as of 31 December 2018. Japan (INFCIRC/549/Add.1-22) reported owning the total of 45.7 tons of...
Russia delivers a batch of HEU fuel for China's CEFR fast neutron reactortag:fissilematerials.org,2019:/blog//13.33502019-07-10T09:12:28Z2021-08-31T14:50:18ZAdmin
TVEL, the fuel-manufacturing subsidiary of Rosatom, delivered a batch of fuel for China's Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR). The CEFR reactor has been operating with Russia-supplied HEU fuel (reported to be 64.4% HEU) since 2010. Additional fuel supply agreements were reached...
Russia to supply HEU fuel for China's CFR-600 fast reactortag:fissilematerials.org,2019:/blog//13.33262019-01-10T13:18:19Z2021-08-31T14:50:17ZAdmin
Rosatom's TVEL and CNLY, a subsidiary of China's CNNC corporation, signed a contract for supply of fuel for China's CFR-600 fast neutron reactor. Under the contract, TVEL will provide fuel for the initial load of CFR-600 and then will supply...
All HEU removed from Nigeriatag:fissilematerials.org,2018:/blog//13.33192018-12-07T09:13:07Z2021-08-31T14:50:16ZAdmin
U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration announced successful removal of "the last known HEU from Nigeria." The material, "more than 1 kg" of HEU, was supplied to the NIRR-1 research reactor by China. It was returned to the country of origin....
2017 civilian plutonium declarations submitted to IAEAtag:fissilematerials.org,2018:/blog//13.33062018-09-19T09:51:01Z2021-08-31T14:50:16ZAdmin
This post contains a summary of INFCIRC/549 reports by the countries that submit annual civilian plutonium declarations that reflect the status of civilian plutonium stocks as of 31 December 2017. The post will be updated as more states submit their...
France believes reprocessing plant in China will begin operations in 2030 tag:fissilematerials.org,2018:/blog//13.33052018-09-18T12:42:57Z2021-08-31T14:50:16ZAdmin
Speaking at the 2018 CINE Forum held in Beijing in September 2018, Christophe Poinssot, CEA representative at the French Embassy in China, said that while France and China are sill discussing commercial aspects of the agreement to build a 800...
France and China continue to discuss reprocessing planttag:fissilematerials.org,2018:/blog//13.32922018-06-25T11:22:03Z2021-08-31T14:50:15ZAdmin
France's Orano (formerly Areva) and China National Nuclear Corporation agreed to begin preparatory work on the "used fuel processing and recycling plant" in China. In January 2018, New Areva and CNNC signed a "memorandum of commercial agreement." At the time,...
Russia to help China build CFR-600 fast neutron reactor, will supply fueltag:fissilematerials.org,2018:/blog//13.32932018-06-08T11:36:49Z2021-08-31T14:50:15ZAdmin
As part of the China-Russia summit held in Beijing, the two countries signed a series of agreements on cooperation in the area of nuclear power (see also the Rosatom release in Russian). In addition to the construction of new VVER-1200...
Ukraine to explore reprocessing its spent fuel in Francetag:fissilematerials.org,2018:/blog//13.32862018-05-03T17:04:24Z2021-08-31T14:50:15ZAdmin
Ukraine's generating company Energoatom signed a contract with France's Orano (formerly Areva) "for assessing the feasibility of reprocessing services of spent fuel assemblies of Ukrainian VVER-1000 nuclear reactors in La Hague facility." The contract is part of Ukraine's effort to...
China adds new enrichment facility at the Hanzhong planttag:fissilematerials.org,2018:/blog//13.32842018-04-17T12:16:05Z2021-08-31T14:50:14ZAdmin
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that it completed a "large-scale demonstration project for a new generation of uranium enrichment centrifuges." According to the company statement, the centrifuges are independently researched and developed by CNNC, which owns independent intellectual...
China's Fissile Material Production and Stockpile - New IPFM reporttag:fissilematerials.org,2018:/blog//13.32712018-01-12T10:25:34Z2021-08-31T14:50:14ZAdmin
IPFM's new research report "China's Fissile Material Production and Stockpile" (PDF copy) by Hui Zhang uses information from newly available Chinese public sources to provide a more detailed and documented reconstruction of China's production of highly enriched uranium (HEU) and...
China and France continue negotiations on reprocessing facilitytag:fissilematerials.org,2018:/blog//13.32652018-01-09T08:57:45Z2021-08-31T14:50:14ZAdmin
France's New Areva and its partner China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) signed "a memorandum of commercial agreement" for the reprocessing facility and MOX fuel fabrication plant that Areva expects to build in China. The parties confirmed their commitment to the...
China begins construction of a pilot fast breeder reactortag:fissilematerials.org,2017:/blog//13.32662017-12-29T10:00:21Z2021-08-31T14:50:13ZAdmin
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced that it had started construction of the new 600 MWe fast breeder reactor, China Fast Reactor 600 or CFR-600, at Xiapu, Fujian province. The reactor is expected to begin operations in 2023. The CFR-600...
2016 civilian plutonium reports submitted to IAEAtag:fissilematerials.org,2017:/blog//13.32482017-10-21T10:36:53Z2021-08-31T14:50:12ZAdmin
This post contains a summary of INFCIRC/549 reports by the countries that submit annual civilian plutonium declarations that reflect the status of civilian plutonium stocks as of 31 December 2016. Japan (INFCIRC/549/Add.1-20) reported having 9.9 tons of plutonium in the...
All HEU is removed from Ghanatag:fissilematerials.org,2017:/blog//13.32362017-08-30T07:23:19Z2021-08-31T14:50:12ZAdmin
Following conversion of the GHARR-1 research reactor, completed in July 2017, the United States in cooperation with Ghana, China, and the IAEA removed all remaining HEU from Ghana. The transfer involved approximately one kilogram of HEU. With the removal of...
Research reactor in Ghana converted to LEUtag:fissilematerials.org,2017:/blog//13.32302017-07-24T11:18:53Z2017-08-23T06:46:34ZAdmin
On July 13, 2017 U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration in cooperation with the IAEA, China, and Ghana completed conversion of the GHARR-1 research reactor located at the National Nuclear Research Institute, Accra. GHARR-1 is the first Chinese-origin MNSR-type reactor outside...
Chinese naval reactorstag:fissilematerials.org,2017:/blog//13.32222017-05-10T09:46:01Z2021-08-31T08:18:35ZAdmin
Hui Zhang On April 25, 2017 China put on public display the Changzheng-1, its first Type 091 Han-class nuclear powered attack submarine. It entered service in 1974 and was decommissioned in 2013. China launched its nuclear-powered submarine program in 1958,...
High Level FMCT Expert Preparatory Group begins its worktag:fissilematerials.org,2017:/blog//13.32142017-03-03T10:25:47Z2021-08-31T14:50:11ZAdmin
The first session of the High Level Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT) Expert Preparatory Group took place in New York on March 2-3, 2017. The Group was established by the UN Secretary General at the request of the UN General...
Russia to supply more HEU fuel for Chinese Experimental Fast Reactortag:fissilematerials.org,2016:/blog//13.32212016-12-29T09:46:24Z2021-08-31T14:50:10ZAdmin
Russia's nuclear fuel company TVEL will supply two reload batches of HEU fuel assemblies to the Chinese Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) (see also World Nuclear News story). The contract, signed with the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIEA), is reported...
2015 civilian plutonium reports submitted to IAEAtag:fissilematerials.org,2016:/blog//13.31812016-09-23T22:15:13Z2021-08-31T14:50:09ZAdmin
This post contains a summary of INFCIRC/549 reports by the countries that submit annual civilian plutonium declarations that reflect the status of civilian plutonium stocks as of 31 December 2015. Japan (INFCIRC/549/Add.1-19) reported having 10.7 tons of plutonium in the...
Local protests in China against future reprocessing plant tag:fissilematerials.org,2016:/blog//13.31672016-08-11T17:37:24Z2021-08-31T14:50:08ZAdmin
According to various press reports (FT, NYT), people in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province in China took to the streets to protest the plans to build a large reprocessing facility near the city. The city, located in a coastal area north of...
United States to supply small amount of HEU to Chinatag:fissilematerials.org,2016:/new/blog//13.31112016-06-28T16:03:41Z2021-08-31T08:18:11ZAdmin
According to a license application submitted to NRC on June 28, 2016 (XSNM3774), the United States will supply to China 0.141 kg of HEU containing 0.130 kg of U-235. The application specifies that the material will be used in "thirty...
One of China's MNSR reactors converted to LEUtag:fissilematerials.org,2016:/new/blog//13.30892016-03-29T09:19:34Z2021-08-31T08:18:36ZAdmin
The first of the two China's Miniature Neutron Source Reactors (MNSR) started operations with LEU fuel. The reactor, known as MNSR IAE, is operated by the China Institute of Atomic Energy in Beijing. It first reached criticality in 1984. The...
IPFM Report "Alternatives to MOX" in Chinesetag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30772015-12-22T00:28:55Z2021-08-31T14:50:06ZAdmin
The International Panel on Fissile Materials research report, Alternatives to MOX: Direct-disposal Options for Stockpiles of Separated Plutonium, by Frank von Hippel and Gordon MacKerron is now available in Chinese. The report was originally release in April 2015. The link...
IPFM Report "Plutonium Separation in Nuclear Power Programs" in Chinesetag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30762015-12-22T00:19:39Z2021-08-31T14:50:06ZAdmin
The overview chapter of the International Panel on Fissile Materials's research report Plutonium Separation in Nuclear Power Programs: Status, Problems, and Prospects of Civilian Reprocessing Around the World, released in June 2015, is now available in Chinese. The link to...
Chinese scholars express concern about Japan's fissile materialstag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30692015-10-29T22:00:16Z2021-08-31T14:50:05ZAdmin
Two Chinese academic institutions, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association and China Institute of Nuclear Information and Economics released a report, "Study on Japan's Nuclear Materials" (local copy), that expresses concern about the amount of fissile materials in Japan. The...
2014 civilian plutonium (and HEU) reports submitted to IAEAtag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30682015-10-12T09:21:23Z2021-08-31T14:50:05ZAdmin
As of October 8, 2015, the IAEA had published as INFCIRC/549 documents reports by eight out of nine countries that submit annual civilian plutonium declarations. The new declarations reflect the status of civilian plutonium stock as of 31 December 2014....
China is said to be building a demonstration commercial reprocessing planttag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30642015-09-23T21:41:00Z2021-08-31T14:50:05ZAdmin
Hui Zhang China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) is reported to have started preparations for what appears to be a demonstration reprocessing plant with a capacity of 200 tonnes/year at Jinta near Jiuquan city of Gansu province. This site is over...
Areva continues negotiations to build reprocessing plant in Chinatag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30552015-06-30T12:53:18Z2021-08-31T14:50:04ZAdmin
On June 30, 2015 Areva and China's CNNC signed a memorandum of understanding regarding potential supply of a spent fuel reprocessing facility to China. According to Areva's press-release, A memorandum of understanding (MoU) with CNNC [is] marking a new step...
U.S. president submits 123 Agreement with China to Congresstag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30442015-04-21T12:50:52Z2021-08-31T14:50:03ZAdmin
The U.S. president submitted to Congress the "Text of a Proposed Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy" (PDF file), known as 123 Agreement. The...
China has not separated any plutonium in 2013tag:fissilematerials.org,2014:/new/blog//13.29992014-08-15T21:50:33Z2021-08-31T14:50:00ZAdmin
In its annual report of civilian plutonium holdings, published by IAEA as document INFCIRC/549/add.7/13, China declared having 13.8 kg of unirradiated separated plutonium "in product stores at reprocessing plants" as of December 31, 2013. The amount and location of the...
New agreement signed to advance Areva reprocessing project in Chinatag:fissilematerials.org,2014:/new/blog//13.29732014-03-28T11:36:07Z2021-08-31T14:49:58ZAdmin
Representatives of Areva and the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) signed an agreement "related to the pursuit of the used fuel treatment and recycling facility project, the subject of a letter of intention signed in April 2013." In the April...
China calls on Japan to return weapons grade plutonium to the United Statestag:fissilematerials.org,2014:/new/blog//13.29672014-02-18T17:36:18Z2021-08-31T14:49:58ZAdmin
By Shaun Burnie with Mycle Schneider China has urged Japan to return over 300 kilograms of weapons grade plutonium to the Unites States and to explain how it intends to resolve its surplus plutonium problem. At a regular press briefing...
Russia to supply HEU fuel for fast neutron reactor in Chinatag:fissilematerials.org,2013:/new/blog//13.29472013-10-20T09:17:42Z2022-03-13T16:24:22ZAdmin
Russian nuclear fuel company TVEL, a subsidiary of Rosatom, will supply fuel for the China Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR). The shipment of fuel is expected to take place in March 2014. The cost of the contract is reported to be...
China's 2012 civilian plutonium declarationtag:fissilematerials.org,2013:/new/blog//13.29402013-10-07T14:09:57Z2021-08-31T14:49:56ZAdmin
In its annual report of civilian plutonium holdings, published by IAEA as document INFCIRC/549/add.7-12, China declared having 13.8 kg of unirradiated separated plutonium "in product stores at reprocessing plants" as of December 31, 2012. The amount and location of the...
China is building an indigenous enrichment facility in Hanzhongtag:fissilematerials.org,2013:/new/blog//13.29382013-09-18T07:03:39Z2022-03-13T16:24:22ZAdmin
Jeffrey Lewis at Armscontrolwonk.com reports that China is building an indigenous uranium enrichment facility at Hanzhong, Shaanxi province. The facility is constructed at the site that hosts three enrichment plants that use Russian technology. The new plant is similar to...
China's centrifuges produced first enriched uraniumtag:fissilematerials.org,2013:/new/blog//13.29252013-06-25T08:22:16Z2021-08-31T14:49:55ZAdmin
According to a story in Global Times, on June 21, 2013 China successfully produced the first batch of enriched uranium using its own centrifuges. The existence of the centrifuge facility in Lanzhou, Gansu Province that uses a technology developed in...
Areva to build reprocessing plant in Chinatag:fissilematerials.org,2013:/new/blog//13.29152013-04-26T19:06:46Z2022-03-13T16:24:22ZAdmin
Areva and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) "signed a letter of intent to build a used fuel treatment and recycling facility in China," according to a press-release by Areva. The facility will have the capacity to reprocess 800 tonnes of...
No changes in China's civilian plutonium in 2011tag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28922012-10-03T19:36:23Z2021-08-31T14:49:54ZAdmin
In its annual report of civilian plutonium holdings, published by IAEA as document INFCIRC/549/add.7-11, China declared having 13.8 kg of unirradiated separated plutonium "in product stores at reprocessing plants" as of December 31, 2011. The amount and location of the...
China delays purchase of Russian fast neutron reactorstag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28632012-05-18T15:45:49Z2022-03-13T16:24:21ZAdmin
A representative of the China Institute of Atomic Energy was quoted as saying that China will postpone purchase of Russian BN-800 fast neutron reactors because of the disagreement over the price of the technology transfer and some "political reasons." The...
Belgian-Chinese MOX deal is put on holdtag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.28212011-12-19T14:29:03Z2022-03-13T16:24:20ZAdmin
According to a report in the Nuclear Intelligence Weekly (December 19, 2011), Belgian companies Belgonucleaire and SCK-CEN backed away from the cooperation project with China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) that involved construction of a pilot MOX fuel fabrication plant in...
China's experimental fast reactor connected to the gridtag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.28082011-07-21T21:38:42Z2022-03-13T16:24:19ZAdmin
According to the July 21, 2011 announcement of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), China Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) has been connected to the grid. The reactor, operated by China Institute of Atomic Energy, has thermal power of 65 MW and...
China declares first separated civilian plutoniumtag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.28042011-07-08T13:36:03Z2022-03-13T16:24:19ZAdmin
In its annual report of civilian plutonium holdings, published by IAEA as document INFCIRC/549/add.7-10, China declared having 13.8 kg of unirradiated separated plutonium "in product stores at reprocessing plants." In its previous declaration, which reported plutonium holdings as of the...
New Russian-built enrichment plant in China begins operationstag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.27852011-04-04T09:18:26Z2022-03-13T16:24:19ZAdmin
The uranium enrichment plant in Hanzhong, Shaanxi province began its operations in mid-March 2011. According to a report at Nuclear.ru, the plant is expected to reach full capacity of 0.5 million SWU/year in June 2011. The new plant will bring...
Reprocessing in China: Separating fact from fictiontag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.27712011-01-12T13:25:08Z2022-03-13T16:24:18ZAdmin
On 11 January 2010, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) published a brief analysis of last week's announcements in several media (incl. Reuters, The Guardian, AP/NYT) of a major "breakthrough in spent fuel reprocessing technology" in China. The international media...
China declared no civilian plutonium in 2008 and 2009tag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.27672011-01-10T21:25:27Z2016-07-29T11:45:49ZAdmin
International Atomic Energy Agency published the note submitted by China (INFCIRC/549/Add.7/9) that details civilian plutonium holdings in the country. China reported not having separated unirradiated civilian plutonium as of 31 December 2008 and as of 31 December 2008. Unlike other countries...
Successful hot test of China's pilot reprocessing planttag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.27622010-12-21T18:12:19Z2022-03-13T16:24:18ZAdmin
On December 21, 2010 China successfully tested reprocessing of power reactor spent fuel at its pilot reprocessing plant. The plant, which was built in 1997-2004 at Lanzhou nuclear complex, is part of China's effort to acquire technologies of the closed nuclear...
China is believed to operate indigenous enrichment planttag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.27632010-10-25T22:15:58Z2022-03-13T16:24:16ZAdmin
According to a report by Uranium Intelligence Weekly that quotes industry sources, China is operating an indigenous uranium enrichment facility with a capacity of about 0.5 million SWU/year. This facility is different from the four enrichment plants built there by...
Belgium authorities and French GDF-Suez set for MOX fuel technology transfer to Chinatag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.27312010-10-07T21:37:25Z2022-03-13T16:24:16ZAdmin
Belgian and Chinese authorities agreed to cooperate to build a pilot plant for the fabrication of mixed oxide fuel (MOX) in China, as part of the country's plans to implement large-scale spent fuel reprocessing and plutonium re-use as part of...
Russia will build enrichment plant in China ahead of scheduletag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.27162010-09-30T10:54:44Z2022-03-13T16:24:16ZAdmin
According to Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Rosatom, Rosatom is planning to complete construction of the fourth enrichment plant in China "in the second half of 2011," several months ahead of the initial plan. The agreement to build the new facility...
China's experimental fast reactor went criticaltag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26852010-07-21T08:25:51Z2016-07-29T11:45:44ZAdmin
On July 21, 2010 the China Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) achieved its first criticality. The reactor, operated by the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE) in Beijing, is a 20 MWe (65 MWt) sodium-cooled pool type reactor. It is supposed...
Project 816 - Unfinished plutonium production complex in Chinatag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26812010-06-05T16:39:43Z2022-03-13T16:24:14ZAdmin
Guest contribution by Hui Zhang China has been known to have two plutonium production facilities - the Jiuquan and Guangyuan complexes. As it turns out, it built another one - The "816 Nuclear Military Facility" is located near Baitao in Fuling...
GTRI plans for FY2011tag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26322010-02-05T13:07:46Z2016-07-29T11:45:39ZAdmin
The FY2011 NNSA budget request describes activities of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative in the next fiscal year. As part of its Convert mission, in FY2011 GTRI will convert or verify as shutdown additional 7 HEU research reactors, bringing the cumulative to...
French Prime Minister offers reprocessing technology to Chinatag:fissilematerials.org,2009:/new/blog//13.25992009-12-21T19:12:30Z2022-03-13T16:24:12ZAdmin
French Prime Minister François Fillon stated during a speech in Beijing on 21 December 2009 that France and China think about "sustainable nuclear energy and in particular the reprocessing of spent fuel". Fillon claimed that it is in exploring this...
Russia ships centrifuges to Chinatag:fissilematerials.org,2009:/new/blog//13.25922009-05-04T16:09:11Z2022-03-13T16:24:11ZAdmin
Atomenergoprom made a first shipment of centrifuges to China as part of the contract signed in 2008 to build the fourth enrichment facility there (adding 0.5 million SWU/year to the previously built plants).UPDATE 10/25/10: Edited to remove total capacity of...
Ukraine signs fuel supply contract with TVELtag:fissilematerials.org,2009:/new/blog//13.25642009-02-27T14:38:46Z2022-03-13T16:24:11ZAdmin
Ukraine's Energoatom and Russia's TVEL signed a contract to supply fuel for Ukraine's reactors in 2009. Some of the fuel will use Ukrainian uranium. TVEL and Energoatom are also negotiating a long-term fuel supply arrangement for 2010 and beyond. To...
Russia and China sign enrichment dealtag:fissilematerials.org,2008:/new/blog//13.25082008-05-23T23:26:16Z2022-03-13T16:24:10ZAdmin
During President Medvedev's visit to Beijing Russia and China signed an agreement that commits Russia to building a uranium enrichment facility in China as well as to supplying China with low-enriched uranium. The deal is estimated to cost $1 billion....
Ukraine fuel supply between TVEL and Westinghousetag:fissilematerials.org,2008:/new/blog//13.24952008-03-31T15:31:44Z2022-03-13T16:24:10ZAdmin
Ukraine continues its efforts to diversify nuclear fuel supply. Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB signed a contract with Energoatom to supply 630 fuel assemblies (estimated to fuel three VVER-1000 reactors for five years) in 2011-2015. Energoatom expects that it will complete...
Ukraine is holding back its spent fuel due to raising costtag:fissilematerials.org,2008:/new/blog//13.24962008-03-30T16:08:40Z2022-03-13T16:24:10ZAdmin
Energoatom announced that it reduces the number of spent fuel shipments that it will send to Russia in 2008 from six to four. Earlier, it planned five shipments of VVER-1000 fuel and one of VVER-440 fuel. According to Energoatom, Russia...
Russia will continue supplying centrifuges to Chinatag:fissilematerials.org,2008:/new/blog//13.24822008-03-16T15:19:07Z2016-07-29T11:45:29ZAdmin
Speaking about Russia's plans to build enrichment facilities abroad, a representative of Rosatom mentioned that Russia will add a 0.5 million SWU/year facility to the three it has already built in China.UPDATE 10/25/10: Edited to remove total capacity of the...
Ukraine tries to diversify fuel supplytag:fissilematerials.org,2008:/new/blog//13.24982008-03-03T02:50:05Z2022-03-13T16:24:10ZAdmin
Confronted with a substantial increase in the price of fresh fuel supplied by Russia, Ukraine is trying to create a reserve of fuel for its nuclear stations and to diversify the fuel supply. Energoatom, the Ukrainian operator of nuclear plants,...
Ukraine is building spent fuel storage facilitytag:fissilematerials.org,2008:/new/blog//13.24742008-01-27T23:32:00Z2022-03-13T16:24:09ZAdmin
Ukraine is moving to build a spent fuel storage facility on its territory. According to a press report, the national company, Energoatom, will submit draft legislation to the parliament by the end of 2008. The facility is expected to accomodate up...
China wants reprocessing technology from Francetag:fissilematerials.org,2008:/new/blog//13.24632008-01-15T16:31:13Z2016-07-29T11:45:26ZAdmin
China wants Areva to supply its spent fuel reprocessing technology as well as nuclear power reactors. An AP story quotes a source as saying that "The contract will not come into effect unless Areva agrees unequivocally to transfer this (nuclear fuel...