NRC OKs draft RIS on Part 72 amendments
NRC staff gave final approval December 20 to a draft regulatory issue summary, or RIS, explaining the agency's determination that amendments to spent fuel storage cask certificates
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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NRC seeking new information for Hi-Storm 100U
Holtec International will need to submit a report documenting potential environmental impacts from the construction and use of its underground spent fuel dry storage system and may
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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NRC won't object to Dominion request
NRC has no objection to Dominion Virginia Electric Power Co.'s November 9 request for a waiver from certain NRC requirements for dry runs prior to loading a
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Nukem completes Chernobyl's first radwaste disposal facility
Nukem Technologies completed a near-surface radwaste disposal facility in the Chernobyl exclusion zone December 19, according to Nukem GmbH and state-owned management company Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant,
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
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Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Political compromise sets new ESA statutes for early 2008
New statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency are expected to be approved by the European Council early in 2008, reflecting both an increased scope of work as
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Sandia's new Yucca model raises questions
A new computer model that Sandia National Laboratories developed for calculating water infiltration at DOE's planned repository in Nevada does not consider all available data on the
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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TN seeks tech spec exception for 32PTH
Transnuclear Inc. wrote NRC December 27 seeking an exception to its technical specifications for the Nuhoms HD 32PTH spent fuel storage system for temporary weld attachments used
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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CNSC staff backs 10-year license for OPG's Pickering waste facility
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission staffers have approved Ontario Power Generation's request to renew the operating license for the company's Pickering waste management facility for 10 years, double
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Cameco: Source of contamination at Port Hope identified but spreading
Cameco Corp. said December 6 it has identified the sources of uranium contamination beneath its UF6 conversion plant in Port Hope, Ontario, but told the Canadian Nuclear
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Czech spent HEU fuel shipped to Russia for reprocessing
A shipment of spent Czech research reactor fuel reached Russia December 8 for reprocessing after a week's journey from the Nuclear Research Institute at Rez near Prague,
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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DOE says funding cuts could delay license application for Yucca Mt.
DOE may not be able to submit a waste repository license application in June 2008 as planned if Congress does not provide the full funding requested for
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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EC will give Eur 5.4 million for Vinca spent fuel removal
The European Commission has agreed to give 5.4 million euros (US$7.9 million) to fund the transport of Russian-origin spent fuel from Serbia's Vinca Institute back to Russia
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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EDF uranium supply covered through 2020, but mines wanted
Electricite de France has contracts in its portfolio covering 100% of its uranium needs up to 2020, as part of a "prudent" supply philosophy that reflects its
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Exploration agreement covers five prospective mines in Australia
Five prospective uranium projects in Queensland, Australia could be explored under an agreement announced December 12 between Deep Yellow Ltd. and Dragon Energy Ltd.
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Failures at Asse argue for widening repository site quest, Gabriel says
The record of hasty licensing and late-discovered technical problems at the experimental low- and medium-level waste repository in the former Asse salt mine supports the argument for
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Holtec amendment to take effect next month
Amendment 4 to Holtec's Hi-Storm 100 spent fuel storage system certificate of compliance, or COC, will take effect as scheduled January 8, an NRC official said last
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Holtec wins Fermi contract
Holtec International said December 13 it has won a contract to provide licensing and engineering services and dry storage equipment to Detroit Edison's Fermi-2. The contract also
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Industry-NRC workshop postponed
The Nuclear Energy Institute has asked NRC to postpone a workshop planned for late January that was intended to aid the effort to resolve several technical issues
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Infrastructure, fuel cycle services at top of GNEP partners' to-do list
Representatives of 34 countries, including 19 full partners, attended the first meeting of the steering group of the US-led Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, or GNEP, in Vienna
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Legal gaps in waste liability worrying German regulators
Globalization of the utility industry has challenged the security of arrangements made by German power producers and the government to finance disposal of spent fuel and waste,
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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NOK to take back HLW in return for Sellafield keeping lower levels
Switzerland's NOK said it has negotiated a contract with the UK's Sellafield Ltd. to take back a small extra quantity of high-level waste, or HLW, in lieu
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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NRC nominee says she won't prejudge Yucca Mt. suitability
NRC commissioner candidate Kristine Svinicki said if confirmed by the Senate, she would not prejudge whether spent fuel and high-level waste should be disposed of at the
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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NRG to study potential for use of LEU for Mo-99
The Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group, NRG, said this month that it will study the feasibility of using low-enriched uranium in fission molybdenum-99 targets the company irradiates
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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PG&E plans amendment for Diablo
Pacific Gas & Electric is compiling a request to amend its site-specific Diablo Canyon independent spent fuel storage installation license, company officials told NRC December 4. The
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Russia's U mining outfit sets up three companies to develop mines
Three new uranium mining companies were created in early December in Russia's Yakutia region by Atomredmetzoloto, now part of the big Russian nuclear conglomerate Atomenergoprom.
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Spot U prices weakens a bit on little demand
The spot price of uranium has weakened a bit because of very limited demand. The market is essentially "dead," said one market source, who added that the
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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TVA reports higher expenses for nuclear fuel in FY-07
The Tennessee Valley Authority's nuclear fuel expenses increased in fiscal 2007 to 0.41 cents per kilowatt-hour, from 0.38 cents/kWh in FY-06. The year-ago costs were the lowest
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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UK, Russia may agree to reprocess DPRK fuel pending removal terms
About 8,000 fuel rods irradiated in North Korea's 5-MW graphite reactor at Yongbyon may be shipped to the Russian Federation or the UK for reprocessing, Western officials
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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US officials provide details on plutonium disposition pact with Russia
A recently concluded accord on Russian plutonium disposition furthers US nonproliferation goals by including a carefully balanced set of provisions that allow Russia to use fast reactors
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Work to begin on installation of Thorp replacement evaporator
An 800-ton crane is due to start lowering sections of a new medium-active salt-free evaporator through an opened-roof section of the Thorp oxide reprocessing plant at the
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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'India-specific' provisions may be non-binding part of IAEA agreement
India might try to speed up safeguards negotiations with the IAEA by agreeing to put "India-specific" elements in a preamble or other non-operative language of the pact
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Analysts ponder impact of Russian U amendment
Market analysts said they did not expect any immediate price impact from the news that Russian and US negotiators had reached agreement on a draft amendment to
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Ansto plans to restart OPAL reactor in 2008 with new fuel from Cerca
Australia's new OPAL materials test reactor is expected to restart early next year after new fuel from Cerca has been loaded into the unit to replace the
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Areva, China seal long-term mining, fuel cycle pact
Areva will supply uranium, conversion, enrichment, and fabrication services for up to two decades for two new 1,700-MW EPRs slated to be built at Taishan in China's
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Challenges ahead as mystique fades for 'mythical' French burnup data
It remains unclear whether proprietary French burnup data purchased by DOE could be shared with NRC, and it is unlikely the data can be shared with the
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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China not pushing thorium fuel after four decades of research
Chinese researchers, since the late 1960s, have irradiated some thorium metal in a reactor and separated six grams of pure U-233, Chinese scientists said last month. But
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Commissioners approve issuing revised repository rule for comment
NRC commissioners gave staff the go-ahead last week to publish a proposed rule aimed at updating repository security and material control and accounting, but they also said
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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DOE has been opaque on plans for GNEP, Gen IV effort, Klein says
NRC Chairman Dale Klein expressed some frustration November 28, saying DOE has not been candid with the agency about its plans for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Experts debate eliminating HEU in Mo-99 production
Research reactor operators, radioisotope producers, and government and industry experts will meet at a workshop in Sydney December 2-5 to discuss how to eliminate high-enriched uranium (HEU)
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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NRC proposes fining Exelon $65,000 for SNM unaccounted for at Dresden
NRC last week proposed fining Exelon Generating Co. for Dresden nuclear plant's apparent failure to properly control and account for a small amount of special nuclear material,
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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NRC seeks comments on transport changes
NRC published a Federal Register notice November 21 seeking public comments by January 4 on a draft revision to the IAEA's "Regulations for the Safe Transport of
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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NSG members asked France, Russia about their negotiations with India
Members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, NSG, earlier this month requested, but were not provided, fresh information from two of the group's members, France and Russia, regarding
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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No market for enrichment plant, Australian officials conclude
Months before the Australian Labor Party ousted Prime Minister John Howard in a national parliamentary election November 24, an effort to relaunch a uranium enrichment project in
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Russia may be allowed to compete for all new US initial core sales
Russia's Techsnabexport would be allowed to sell enriched uranium to US utilities for initial cores for new reactors without any quota restrictions under a draft amendment initialed
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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TN, NRC debate COC contents
NRC and Transnuclear Inc. didn't see eye-to-eye at a meeting November 20 on the vehicle for several revisions to technical specifications for a modified Nuhoms spent fuel
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Ukraine intends to use US fuel for three VVER-1000 reactors
Ukraine intends to buy fuel for at least three of its 15 nuclear units from the US, according to a source close to the National Security and
Publication Date: DEC 2007
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Areva downplays talk of DOE plan for French reprocessing of US fuel
DOE and at least one key member of Congress apparently are thinking about sending US spent fuel to France for reprocessing, but an Areva source said November
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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CRS: Nuclear operators vulnerable to some degree on fuel supply
Because nuclear plant operators worldwide rely to some degree on foreign sources of uranium and nuclear fuel services, they all "face some level of supply vulnerability," according
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Commission to vote on Diablo Isfsi
NRC's three commissioners are scheduled to vote November 20 on contentions challenging a supplemental environmental assessment, or EA, supporting Pacific Gas & Electric's license for the Diablo
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Emerging sellers keeping spot U price in check
There were some conflicting signals late November 15 about where the spot price of uranium was headed, with some analysts suggesting the price was creeping up to
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Exelon hedged against higher prices for uranium through 2012, CFO says
Exelon, like owners of other nuclear power fleets, will eventually feel the effect of rising uranium prices, but the company is well hedged until 2012, John Young,
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Federal corporation an option for spent fuel, DOE official says
A government-owned corporation is one possibility for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle, DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Dennis Spurgeon said November 14.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Fresh HEU from Russian reactors moves, but spent fuel pace slower
Shipment to Russia of high-enriched uranium fuel from Russian-design research reactors in other countries continued to "accelerate" this year under a cooperative program involving the US, Russia
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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German opponents block search for more HLW sites, Gabriel says
Germany's federal nuclear regulatory chief Sigmar Gabriel said this month that he would not endorse resumption of work to investigate construction of a high-level waste repository in
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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House bill would keep Paducah open after 2012 to re-enrich uranium tails
The Paducah gaseous diffusion plant could remain open for several years beyond its planned 2012 closure date, under legislation introduced last week by US Representative Ed Whitfield.
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Industry share of cleanup costs at enrichment plants paid, NEI says
The nuclear energy industry has fulfilled its obligation to help fund cleanup of uranium enrichment plants in three states and should not have to pay more, a
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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LEU fuel development under way for Polish research reactor
Argentina's Invap is designing new silicide fuel for the 30-MW (thermal) Maria high-flux research reactor in Poland in what an international expert called a "challenging" project to
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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NAC UMS amendment moving
NAC International's response to NRC's request for additional information, or RAI, on the vendor's bid to certify its NAC-UMS transportation cask for high-burnup spent fuel appears to
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Nevada AG: Only complete design acceptable
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto asked a US Senate committee this month to bar NRC staff from accepting for review a DOE repository license application, or
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Nothing would bar next president from pulling Yucca application: NEI
The next administration conceivably could make a unilateral decision to withdraw DOE's repository license application, assuming one is submitted in June. But any such action would be
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Questions surface about workload under new ESA statutes
As the European Parliament approve new statutes enhancing the role of the Euratom Supply Agency last week, questions emerged about how the EU's nuclear fuel supply agency
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Research reactor conversion approaching halfway mark
The US-inspired program to convert research reactors worldwide to low-enriched uranium is approaching the halfway mark, with the conversion of 51 reactors and shutdown of four other
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Russia sees closed fuel cycle as way to maximize energy resources
Russia is pursuing a closed nuclear fuel cycle as a "strategic objective" to maximize energy resources, according to a presentation in London last month by Sergey Ruchkin,
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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TN responds to Nuhoms RAI
Transnuclear Inc. responded November 7 to an extensive RAI on amendment 10 to the Nuhoms system that would add two new baskets, boost the system's heat load,
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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TN, NRC to meet on RAIs
NRC staff and Transnuclear Inc. have scheduled a four-hour meeting November 20 to discuss the agency's request for additional information on amendment 11 to the Nuhoms spent
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Thorium Power plans VVER tests, eyes US market
Lead test assemblies of thorium fuel are planned to be loaded into one of the VVER-1000 reactors at Kalinin near Moscow in 2010 as part of a
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Boxer questions how partial design can be part of a complete Yucca LA
The chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last week repeatedly attacked DOE's assertion that a repository license application it submits to NRC next year
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Cameco's third-quarter earnings up, but Cigar Lake production delayed
Cameco Corp. reported increased third-quarter earnings due to higher spot uranium prices and said production at its planned Cigar Lake mine would be delayed until at least
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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