Crane problem at Browns Ferry
The Tennessee Valley Authority paused its campaign to load five Holtec Hi-Storm 100 casks with spent fuel at Browns Ferry October 30 after the crane stopped as
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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DOE won't wait for EPA standard, Sproat says
DOE waste program director Edward Sproat said last week at a Senate hearing that the department will submit a repository license application to NRC next June even
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Flexibility DOE added to TAD specs a plus, Holtec tells advisory panel
Holtec International praised DOE's flexibility in developing technical specifications for a canister that could be used to transport, age, and dispose of utility spent fuel but also
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Industry concerned shippers could block revival
Nuclear industry groups and the IAEA are intensifying efforts to prevent radioactive material shipment denials from slowing the global nuclear "renaissance," according to officials involved in the
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Inside this Issue
Inside this Issue
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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NAS panel pans GNEP approach, but DOE says critique is outdated
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NRC issues Nuhoms RAIs
NRC's Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation sent Transnuclear Inc. 38 pages of questions October 22 on TN's proposed amendment to the technical specifications for the
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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NRC proposes Indian Point-1 cask
NRC published a direct final rule October 25 that would add a version of Holtec International's Hi-Storm 100 spent fuel storage system designed for use at Indian
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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NRC sets Holtec review schedules
NRC notified Holtec International October 11 of its review schedule for two transportation cask applications. The agency expects to issue an RAI, if necessary, on the application
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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NRC to complete Magnastor by May
NRC notified NAC International October 18 that it intends to complete its review of the resubmitted application for the Magnastor storage system by May 30, 2008. The
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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NRC tracking Shearon-Harris root cause
NRC is continuing to follow Progress Energy's investigation into the root cause of a partial train derailment at the Shearon-Harris plant property on October 25 but has
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Nevada wants DOE certification thrown out
Nevada has asked an NRC prelicensing board to strike DOE's recertification October 19 that all repository-relevant documents were available on a special NRC electronic database. The state
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Officials pushing to start Belgian research reactor by 2020
Proponents of a proposal to build an accelerator-driven system, or ADS, to test accelerator transmutation of nuclear waste at Belgium's SCK-CEN Nuclear Research Center hope to convince
Publication Date: NOV 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
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Safeguards agreement required early completion of DIQ by Syria
If the Syrian facility that Israeli aircraft destroyed September 6 was an unfinished nuclear reactor, then Syria violated its IAEA safeguards agreement by not having informed the
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
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Spot U price heading toward triple digits
The spot price of uranium is again headed toward triple digits, the result of uncertainty created by disappointing production news from Uranium One and Cameco, and the
Publication Date: NOV 2007
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Turkey tackling thorium fuel work before power reactor program
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Areva's plans for centrifuges in US, France advancing, officials say
Areva NC is moving forward with plans for centrifuge enrichments plants in France and the US, company officials said last week.
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Composition of panel in NFS case shifts after one judge retires
An administrative judge was added to the panel overseeing the Nuclear Fuel Services proceeding after one of the three sitting judges retired.
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Court awards Entergy $58.7 million for damages in spent fuel cases
The US Court of Federal Claims awarded Entergy subsidiaries roughly $58.7 million in damages from the federal government this month, upping the taxpayer liability for DOE's failure
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Court dismisses group's appeal on Palisades
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit this month dismissed an antinuclear coalition's challenge of NRC's decision to deny its petition challenging the
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Kazatomprom will export uranium to China, beginning in May
Kazakh state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom, China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co. (Cgnpc) agreed to cooperate in several documents signed last month
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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NAC wants to ship spent MOX
NAC International plans to seek an amendment to the NAC-LWT legal-weight truck transportation cask in December to allow its use in transporting spent mixed-oxide, or MOX, fuel,
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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NFS seeks 90-day extension on NRC confirmatory order
Nuclear Fuel Services has asked NRC for an additional 90 days to comply with a confirmatory order it received in February, saying extra time was needed to
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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NRC issues advanced Nuhoms RAI
NRC's division of spent fuel storage and transportation, or SFST, issued a request for additional information, RAI, October 17 on Transnuclear Inc.'s proposed amendment to the advanced
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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NRC on target for Nuhoms RAI
SFST was on target to issue an RAI October 22 on Transnuclear Inc.'s bid to update the Nuhoms system's technical specifications and pave the way for generalized
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Nevada wants Sandia lab removed from preparation of repository filing
In another attempt to derail DOE's plan to apply next year for a license to build a nuclear waste repository in Nevada, the state's attorney general last
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Renewed buying interests boost spot U price
The spot price of uranium is rising once again and has probably crossed the $80-a-pound threshold, given increased buying interest and dwindling supplies from aggressive sellers, according
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Singh's pullback sparks speculation on prospects of US-India deal
US and Indian government and business officials last week were adjusting to the new, longer timetable required for completing a proposed nuclear deal between their countries after
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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TN working on amendment 10 RAI
Transnuclear Inc. did not see any "showstoppers" among the 97 questions NRC staff posed on its proposal to add two new baskets to the Nuhoms system, boost
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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TN-68 amendment to take effect
Amendment 1 to the Transnuclear Inc. TN-68 spent fuel storage system will take effect October 30, as scheduled, an NRC official said last week.
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Uranium industry's revival faces familiar challenges
Like the US nuclear power industry, the uranium production industry appears poised for its own renaissance and is facing many of the same challenges, according to speakers
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Approval in 2007 of US-India deal may hinge on Infcirc-66 safeguards
The Nuclear Suppliers Group, NSG, and the IAEA Board of Governors may have enough time before the end of this year to take action needed to bring
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Court decision raises hopes for early deliveries of Russian SWU
A US trade court decision has some Russian and US observers saying that restrictions on US imports of Russian SWU could soon be lifted.
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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DOE MOX contractor seeks additional fuel customers
The DOE contractor building a plant in South Carolina to turn surplus weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for US nuclear power plants is looking for additional customers, figuring
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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DOE issues two supplemental EIS documents
DOE issued for public comment October 4 two draft environmental impact statements — one on the repository design and operational plans and the other on transport of
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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DOE proposes tighter control over nuclear information
While NRC is making changes to relax restrictions on a 2004 internal policy on withholding all information on regulatory activities at the Nuclear Fuel Services and BWX
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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DOE splits $16 million in awards among four industry GNEP teams
DOE has decided how to divide up the $16 million it had set aside for industry studies on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, the department announced this
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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EU member states asked to revisit Corfu enrichment quota decision
The Euratom Supply Agency's advisory committee will be asked at its meeting this week to ponder the future balance of enrichment supply and demand in the EU,
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Euratom Supply Agency rewriting rules on balancing supply, demand
The Euratom Supply Agency is redrafting rules governing its intervention in the nuclear fuel market of the 27-nation European Union, a senior ESA official said last week.
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Exelon, Entergy express support for GE-Hitachi laser enrichment
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy announced last week that Exelon and Entergy had signed "non-binding letters of intent to contract for uranium enrichment services" from the company, which is
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Greenpeace boards spent fuel ship in hopes of turning it back
Three Greenpeace activists boarded a ship loaded with Swedish spent research reactor fuel bound for Sellafield on October 5 and were attempting to force it to return
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Holtec proposes to increase BWR enrichment
Holtec International is proposing an approach that could increase the allowable initial enrichment limits for spent BWR fuel placed in the Hi-Storm 100 MPC-68 spent fuel storage
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Holtec wins Exelon contract
Exelon Corp. has selected Holtec International to supply spent fuel storage casks for Byron, Braidwood, and LaSalle, Holtec said September 25. The Exelon plants will use Holtec's
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Indication of quake fault prompts design change
DOE relocated some concrete pads where spent fuel storage casks will sit until the fuel can be moved into a repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada after data
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Inside this Issue
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Isfsi license renewal planned at Fort St. Vrain
DOE's Idaho Operations Office plans to make two submittals in the next two years to NRC affecting the Fort St. Vrain independent spent fuel storage installation, or
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Mothers for Peace restates objections
NRC's final supplemental environmental analysis on the Diablo Canyon Isfsi does not significantly change the draft, nor does it provide "any satisfactory explanation for the gross deficiencies"
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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NRC, EnergySolutions meet on VSC-24
EnergySolutions will document the resolution of all non-conformances that occurred during fabrication of VSC-24s now in service, company officials told NRC September 5. NRC had asked EnergySolutions
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Other Uranium Pricing Indicators
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Platts Forward Uranium Indicator
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Secondary SWU Market Price Estimate (US$/SWU)
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Spent fuel shipped to Belgium for tests triggers waste concerns
The shipment of two spent fuel rods from Spain's Almaraz PWR to Belgium's SCK-CEN nuclear research center for post-irradiation examination, or PIE, caused a media stir last
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Spot price drops to $75/lb; some see fast rebound
With the spot price of uranium now at $75 a pound U3O8, there is uncertainty among analysts about whether the price will continue to fall or whether
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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UKAEA sets plan to recover radioactive particles near Dounreay
UK Atomic Energy Authority plans to spend up to 25 million pounds (US$51 million) over the next seven years recovering the most accessible of thousands of tiny
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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US-India deal challenges DAE's thorium aspirations
The entry into force of the US-India nuclear cooperation agreement will take the wind out of the sails of India's time-honored thorium fuel cycle ambitions, according to
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Yucca Mt. repository won't happen if funding not fixed, Sproat says
DOE will not be able to build a repository planned for Yucca Mountain, Nevada if the program's funding mechanism isn't fixed, waste program director Edward Sproat told
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Yucca's total projected cost up 35%, Sproat says
DOE's projected total cost of the planned repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada could be roughly $77.6 billion if the total system lifecycle cost comes in about 35%
Publication Date: OCT 2007
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Almelo states see enrichment bond as component of SWU supply security
Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK last week urged IAEA states to consider a UK proposal to set up so-called "enrichment bonds" as a near-term and relatively
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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Amendments trigger FSAR question
Staff in NRC's Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, or SFST, is considering what guidance can be provided to cask vendors on how to comply with
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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Changes to process for U mining EIS don't address key flaws, groups say
NRC's changes to the first phase of the process to prepare a generic environmental impact statement on in situ leach mining, while an improvement, do not address
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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Corrected uranium price chart for September 10 NuclearFuel
The table of uranium price indicators in the September 10 NuclearFuel included outdated figures. The correct chart is printed below for subscribers' convenience. We apologize for any
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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DOE-Nevada water fight back in court
Both DOE and Nevada were back in US District Court in Las Vegas September 20 after Nevada filed motions 10 days earlier that seek a court order
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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Details of Russian Pu disposition in fast reactors being crafted
Russia and the US have had detailed discussions since April about how Russia would use fast reactors in its plutonium disposition program, and experts from the two
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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Expected drop in Yucca funding triggers layoffs
The DOE repository program's likely budget cut in fiscal 2008 has prompted contractor Bechtel SAIC Co. to notify 45 workers that they will be laid off on
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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France: International partnerships part of new enrichment business
France plans to open the Georges Besse II centrifuge enrichment plant under construction at Tricastin to "international partnerships," Alain Bugat, administrator general of the Commissariat a l'Energie
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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Fuel costs inch up in 2006 but remain in past range
Fuel costs inched upward at a slightly lower rate than all other spending at US nuclear stations in 2006, as operators struggled against rising cost pressures across
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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India-Iran ties raise another hurdle for nuclear deal in US Congress
India's increased ties with Iran are creating potentially serious political difficulties for a proposed US-India nuclear deal, members of Congress and their staffers said this month.
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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Initial repository application review could take six months, NRC says
NRC now says it could take agency staff up to six months, as opposed to the 30 to 90 days originally planned, to review a DOE repository
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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Inside this Issue
Inside this Issue
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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Most nuclear countries undecided on back-end options, WEC says
Most countries with nuclear power programs have not yet decided whether to reprocess spent fuel or store it pending disposal, the World Energy Council, or WEC, said
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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NAC responds to UMS RAI on high burnup
NAC International submitted responses September 6 to NRC's request for additional information, or RAI, on the vendor's bid to add high-burnup spent fuel to the approved contents
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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NAC sells Magnastor to Duke
Duke Energy has signed a contract with NAC International for the Magnastor spent fuel storage system it will use at McGuire, the utility told NRC recently. Duke
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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NRC identifies damaged fuel issue for Duke
NRC's report on an inspection at Duke Energy's Catawba earlier this year identified a problem with visual inspection procedures to qualify fuel assemblies as intact for dry
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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NRC, industry to look at burnup issue
NRC, the Nuclear Energy Institute, and the Electric Power Research Institute last week were narrowing the dates for a planned technical exchange on the interrelated issues of
Publication Date: SEP 2007
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