Search Results for Germanytag:fissilematerials.org,2024:/cgi-bin/mt//feed/Germany2024-03-19T10:53:27ZMovable Type 6.3.640140URENCO plans to expand the Gronau enrichment plant in Germanytag:fissilematerials.org,2023:/blog//3.11552023-05-05T09:59:45Z2023-05-23T10:00:56ZAdmin
According to industry reports, URENCO is planning a slight increase of the capacity of its enrichment facility in Gronau, Germany. The plant with the current capacity of 3700 tSWU/year will add "a few hundred thousand SWU" or few hundred tSWU/year....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Production of new highly enriched uranium in Russia for the FRM-II in Germanytag:fissilematerials.org,2017:/blog//13.32492017-11-08T22:31:58Z2022-03-13T16:24:23ZAdmin
Alexander Glaser and Pavel Podvig The Forschungsreaktor München II (FRM-II) has been using Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) for many years. It has now become clear that since 2012 Russia has used its role as a supplier for FRM-II to...
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...
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...
United Kingdom takes ownership of some Spanish and German plutoniumtag:fissilematerials.org,2017:/blog//13.32122017-01-19T15:38:52Z2021-08-31T14:50:11ZAdmin
The U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is taking ownership of about 600 kg of separated plutonium that has already been stored in the country. The material is described as "600 kg of material previously owned by a Spanish utility" and "5...
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...
Russia confirmed supplying HEU to the FRM-II reactor in Germanytag:fissilematerials.org,2016:/new/blog//13.31142016-07-18T16:45:23Z2021-08-31T14:50:08ZAdmin
Russia has officially confirmed that it is supplying HEU for the fuel of the FRM-II research reactor, operated by the Technical University Munich, Germany. The 2015 annual report of the TVEL company, a subsidiary of Rosatom that supplies nuclear fuel...
United States brings plutonium from Germany, Switzerland, and Japantag:fissilematerials.org,2016:/new/blog//13.30842016-02-22T10:41:58Z2021-08-31T14:50:07ZAdmin
According to information obtained by Savannah River Site Watch, the United States is in the process of repatriating U.S.-origin plutonium from Germany, Switzerland, and Japan. On February 14, 2016, Oceanic Pintail, a U.K.-flagged ship dedicated to transport of nuclear materials,...
Sellafield's ageing THORP plant flunks major foreign fuel reprocessing targettag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30712015-11-06T22:11:04Z2021-09-04T14:01:21ZAdmin
Martin Forwood Stumbling along at half speed to its scheduled end-date of 2018, Sellafield's 'flagship' Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) continues to notch up missed targets - this time the completion of all overseas reprocessing contracts by the end of...
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....
No research reactor fuel was shipped to the United States since 2012tag:fissilematerials.org,2015:/new/blog//13.30232015-01-06T21:38:07Z2021-08-31T14:50:02ZAdmin
Tom Clements, the director of the Savannah River Site Watch, obtained an updated list of shipments of research reactor fuel to the United States that were carried out by the GTRI program and its predecessors. The list is current as...
Germany's 2013 report on civilian plutonium and HEUtag:fissilematerials.org,2014:/new/blog//13.30012014-09-02T20:35:38Z2021-08-31T14:50:00ZAdmin
Germany submitted to IAEA its annual declaration of holdings of civilian plutonium and highly enriched uranium as of December 31, 2013 - INFCIRC/549/Add.2/17. The document states that in 2013 the amount of plutonium in Germany increased from 2.4 tonnes to...
1,000 tonnes of THORP contracts abandoned since 1994tag:fissilematerials.org,2014:/new/blog//13.29952014-08-06T15:46:31Z2021-09-04T14:02:26ZAdmin
by Martin Forwood, with Mycle Schneider Responding to requests for information from local group CORE (Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment), Sellafield Ltd has confirmed that a total of 4,373 tonnes of overseas fuel is expected to have been reprocessed...
UK decision to take over foreign plutonium raises safeguards questionstag:fissilematerials.org,2014:/new/blog//13.29922014-07-19T05:45:24Z2021-08-31T14:49:59ZAdmin
By David Lowry, with Mycle Schneider The UK Government has announced that it has struck an agreement with German and Swedish governments to take title to plutonium arising from the reprocessing at Sellafield and management at Dounreay respectively of spent...
Russia to supply HEU to research reactors abroadtag:fissilematerials.org,2014:/new/blog//13.29632014-01-30T09:20:12Z2021-08-31T14:49:57ZAdmin
On January 27, 2014 Russian president issued a decree that eased some restrictions on ownership of fissile materials by changing the list of fissile materials that could be exclusively owned by the federal government. Among other changes, the new version...
Shipments of research reactor fuel to the United Statestag:fissilematerials.org,2013:/new/blog//13.29442013-10-21T15:10:52Z2021-08-31T14:49:57ZAdmin
Tom Clements of the Friends of the Earth obtained an updated list of shipments of research reactor fuel to the United States that were carried out by the GTRI program and its predecessors. The list is current as of March...
Germany's 2012 civilian plutonium and HEU declarationtag:fissilematerials.org,2013:/new/blog//13.29302013-07-25T20:51:22Z2021-08-31T14:49:56ZAdmin
Germany submitted to IAEA its annual declaration of holdings of civilian plutonium and highly enriched uranium as of December 31, 2012 - INFCIRC/549/Add.2/16. The document states that at the end of 2012 Germany had 2.4 tonnes of separated unirradiated plutonium...
Areva to supply fuel for FRM-II research reactortag:fissilematerials.org,2013:/new/blog//13.29242013-06-24T19:45:00Z2021-08-31T14:49:55ZAdmin
Areva signed a contract to supply fuel elements for the FRM-II reactor at the Technical University Munich. The cost of the contract is reported to be "several million euros." It is not immediately clear what is the source of HEU...
Civilian plutonium swap increased the amount of UK owned plutoniumtag:fissilematerials.org,2013:/new/blog//13.29162013-04-23T08:36:18Z2021-08-31T14:49:55ZAdmin
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change announced a series of plutonium title swaps that will increase the amount of UK owned separated plutonium. However, these being title swaps, no physical transfer of material will take place. According to...
Germany declares its 2011 plutonium and HEU stockstag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28962012-10-29T09:26:12Z2021-08-31T14:49:54ZAdmin
Germany submitted to IAEA its annual declaration of holdings of civilian plutonium and highly enriched uranium as of December 31, 2011 - INFCIRC/549/Add.2/15. The document states that at the end of 2011 Germany had 2.1 tonnes of separated unirradiated plutonium...
United Kingdom takes ownership of German plutonium in title swaptag:fissilematerials.org,2012:/new/blog//13.28772012-07-13T20:01:49Z2021-08-31T14:49:53ZAdmin
According to a report in World Nuclear News, United Kingdom took ownership of four tonnes of German plutonium in a series of title swaps that made an equivalent amount of plutonium available to Germany in France. This plutonium will be...
International Panel on Fissile Materials releases report on management of spent fuel from nuclear power reactorstag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.28182011-09-26T10:03:01Z2021-08-31T14:49:51ZAdmin
The International Panel on Fissile Materials has released a new report, Managing Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors: Experience and Lessons from Around the World (pdf copy). The report provides an overview of the policy and technical challenges faced internationally...
GAO report on U.S. ability to account for its nuclear material overseastag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.28152011-09-08T22:56:58Z2016-07-29T11:45:53ZAdmin
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report "U.S. Agencies Have Limited Ability to Account for, Monitor, and Evaluate the Security of U.S. Nuclear Material Overseas" (GAO-11-920 September 8, 2011), which evaluates the ability of U.S. agencies to track U.S.-obligated...
Germany plutonium and HEU stocks in 2010tag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.28972011-07-11T09:33:01Z2021-08-31T14:49:51ZAdmin
Germany submitted to IAEA its annual declaration of holdings of civilian plutonium and highly enriched uranium as of December 31, 2010 - INFCIRC/549/Add.2/14. The document states that at the end of 2010 Germany had 5.1 tonnes of separated unirradiated plutonium...
Managing nuclear spent fuel: Policy lessons from a 10-country studytag:fissilematerials.org,2011:/new/blog//13.28072011-06-28T21:55:55Z2021-08-31T14:49:51ZAdmin
BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS | 27 JUNE 2011 BY HAROLD FEIVESON, ZIA MIAN, M. V. RAMANA, AND FRANK VON HIPPEL The International Panel on Fissile Materials is in the process of finalizing an analysis of the policy and technical...
German government blocks HEU spent fuel shipment to Russiatag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.27512010-12-09T14:26:50Z2022-03-13T16:24:17ZAdmin
In a surprise move, Norbert Röttgen, German Minister for Environment, Nature Protection and Reactor Safety, announced "after extensive examination" that he will not grant an export license for the shipment of spent research reactor fuel to Russia. This reversed the...
Spent fuel of Rossendorf research reactor to be shipped to Russiatag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.27382010-11-08T17:47:51Z2022-03-13T16:24:17ZAdmin
Germany's nuclear regulator, Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), gave its approval to a shipment of spent fuel of the research reactor in Rossendorf, East Germany, to Russia. The shipment will include 951 irradiated fuel assemblies that contain 349 kg...
Germany declared its 2009 plutonium and HEU holdingstag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.27422010-11-05T15:08:14Z2016-07-29T11:45:48ZAdmin
Germany submitted to IAEA its annual declaration of holdings of civilian plutonium and highly enriched uranium as of December 31, 2009 - INFCIRC/549/Add.2/13.The document states that at the end of 2009 Germany had 5,4 tonnes of separated unirradiated plutonium "contained...
Supply of Russian HEU to Western Europetag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26872010-07-27T21:44:45Z2022-03-13T16:24:15ZAdmin
According to IPFM information, Russia entered into two major HEU-supply arrangements in the 1990.In April 1996, Russia concluded and agreement with France to supply it with HEU for three research reactors - one in Saclay site and for two reactors...
Update on shipments of research reactor fuel to the U.S.tag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26722010-04-26T16:56:45Z2022-03-13T16:24:14ZAdmin
Friends of the Earth-US obtained an updated DoE list of shipments of research reactor fresh and spent fuel to the United States. This version of the list is current as of March 30, 2010 and includes the shipments from Chile...
Russia's commitment to remove research reactor fuel in 2010tag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26652010-04-14T12:38:09Z2022-03-13T16:24:14ZAdmin
As part of its commitment made at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Russia pledged to remove fresh fuel of research reactors from three countries - Ukraine, Belarus, and Czech Republic, and spent research reactor fuel from five countries -...
A French documentary on nuclear wastetag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26432010-02-22T16:10:58Z2016-07-29T11:45:40ZAdmin
On 20 February 2010 Greenpeace issued a call for a moratorium on shipments of reprocessed uranium from France to Russia. Activists had been repeatedly blocking rail shipments of the material from the La Hague reprocessing plant to Cherbourg port. Parliamentary...
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...
Shipments of spent fuel of research reactors to the U.S.tag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26152010-01-26T20:41:13Z2016-07-29T11:45:38ZAdmin
Frank Munger at Atomic City Underground posted a document obtained by the Friends of the Earth, which provides a summary of shipments of spent fuel of research reactors to the United States since 1996. This document, titled "Global Threat Reduction...
Uranium gas leak at enrichment facility in Germanytag:fissilematerials.org,2010:/new/blog//13.26102010-01-22T17:19:08Z2016-07-29T11:45:37ZAdmin
On January 21, 2009 one room in the container preparation unit of the URENCO enrichment plant in Gronau, Germany, was accidentally exposed to radioactive material. The worker, who was exposed to the radiation, was taken to a hospital, reportedly as...