May 2024

Nuclear Reactors 1379 - Framatone Working On New Fuel For University of Munich Research Reactor.

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     France's Framatome and Germany's Technical University of Munich (TUM) have agreed to create an industrialization process for the manufacture of monolithic molybdenum-uranium (U-Mo) fuel for the TUM’s FRM II research reactor. Framatome said that this low-enriched fuel will benefit from the highest uranium fuel density ever loaded into a European research reactor.

Nuclear Reactors 1378 - Holtec and Energoatom Collaborating on Small Modular Reactors Manufacturing In Ukraine.

     Energoatom and Holtec just signed an agreement to collaborate on SMR manufacturing facilities.
     The collaboration agreement provides for the creation in Ukraine of manufacturing capabilities for components for small modular reactors (SMRs), plus storage and transportation systems for spent nuclear fuel.  

Nuclear Reactors 1377 - Roll-Royce Seeking Faster Licensing For Small Modular Reactors - Part 2 of 2 Parts

Part 2 of 2 Parts (Please read Part 1 first)
     Rafael Grossi is director-general of the IAEA. “For this business model to succeed, we need regulatory approaches to adapt to a new circumstance. We cannot afford the luxury of these regulatory marathons lasting five, six, seven years.”

Nuclear Reactors 1376 - Roll-Royce Seeking Faster Licensing For Small Modular Reactors - Part 1 of 2 Parts

Part 1 of 2 Parts
     Executives at Rolls-Royce estimate that U.K. regulators will take four and a half years to assess the safety of its design for a small modular reactor (SMR). The U.K. company must endure more lengthy approval processes in other countries where it wants to build its SMRs.

Nuclear Reactors 1374 - Oklo Is Working On Microreactors To Supply Electricity To AI Server Farms - Part 1 of 2 Parts

Part 1 of 2 Parts    
     Tech firms and Silicon Valley billionaires have been pouring money into nuclear energy for years. They have pitched sustainable power sources as crucial to the green transition. Now they are promoting artificial intelligence.

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