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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been awarded a contract to supply a further 12 outer vertical targets for the divertor to be used in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. The Japanese company has already delivered six of the components.

The act prohibiting the importation into the USA of unirradiated, low-enriched uranium that is produced in the Russian Federation or by a Russian entity has been signed into law by President Joe Biden.
 

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß of Canada Limited and AtkinsRéalis have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore opportunities to collaborate on the production of heavy water for use in new Candu reactors in Canada.

The Kazakh national atomic company's first quarter uranium production saw a slight year-on-year increase but its guidance metrics remain unchanged. Kazatomprom's first quarter trading announcement also included an update on plans for a new sulphuric acid plant.

BWXT Canada Ltd is the first company to join GE Hitachi Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß's group of qualified supply chain companies to advance the global deployment of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor.

The industry must seize the opportunities arising from a global change in the perception of nuclear energy, a panel session agreed during a side event at the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Congress 2024. However, wide-scale collaboration is needed to ensure the industry can meet the expected growth in demand for nuclear power technology.

A USD148.5 million federal tax credit has been awarded to X-energy for the construction of the first-of-a-kind fuel facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The TX-1 fuel fabrication plant will be constructed by the company's TRISO-X subsidiary and is designed to produce up to 714,000 TRISO fuel pebbles per year.

BWXT Technologies is investing a total of CAD80 million in its Cambridge manufacturing plant to support small modular reactors, traditional large-scale nuclear and advanced reactors, in Canada and around the world. The plant is the largest commercial nuclear equipment manufacturing facility in North America.

A workshop hosted by the OECD Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency, in partnership with ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear Association and the International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency, aimed to align, where appropriate, the improvement and oversight activities of the industry, the regulators and standards development organisations. The association's Nathan Paterson provides an overview of the event.

Global Laser Enrichment has decided not to submit a proposal in response to a US Department of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß request for the acquisition of high-assay low-enriched uranium enrichment, its 51%-owner Silex Systems has announced. The company has also received regulatory approval to load uranium hexafluoride for the start of testing to demonstrate the technology it plans to use in its enrichment facility at Paducah in Kentucky.

Kazatomprom is "fully capable" of maintaining its position as a reliable supplier of natural uranium, with an action plan that enables it to react to evolving geopolitical events, the company said in its yearly financial results statement.

Trade in counterfeit and fraudulent items accounts for an estimated 2.5% of world trade, according to a 2021 study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. A major research project aims to assess the implications for the nuclear sector.