Nuclear Fusion 116 - Kyoto Fusioneering and Canadian National Laboratories Are Collaborating On Delivering Services To Fusion Research Organizations

     Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has just signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd (KF) to collaborate on the delivery of technical services to support the growing international fusion reactor market. The collaborators will have a key focus on testing related to tritium.

Nuclear Reactors 1199 - EDF Is Spinning Off SMR development To A New Subsidiary called Nuward

     EDF is the French utility which builds, operates and sell nuclear fission power reactors. They just announced that they will create a wholly-owned subsidiary which will market their Nuward small modular reactor (SMR). The purpose of this action is to allow the Nuward reactor to meet its “next key milestones” on the way to first pouring of concrete for an power plant in 2030.

Nuclear Reactors 1198 - Majors Producers Of Medical Isotope Molybdenum-99 Have Converted From The Use Of HEU Targets To LEU Irradiation Targets

     All of the facilities in the world that produce molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) are now using low-enriched uranium (LEU) targets instead of proliferation-sensitive highly-enriched uranium (HEU) targets. Belgium’s National Institute of Radioelements (IRE) medical isotope production facility was the last facility to convert to LEU.

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