Framatome and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) are going to form a joint venture to manufacture commercial quantities of Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) particles and USNC’s proprietary Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (FCM®) fuel. USNC is a pioneer in the manufacture of both TRISO-based nuclear fuel and Micro Modular Reactors (MMRs).
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)'s has authorized a 20-year renewal of Cameco Fuel Manufacturing's (CFM) operating license for the facility at Port Hope in Ontario. The new license also includes an raising of the plant's annual production limit.
The Robotized Cherenkov Viewing Device (RCVD) has been developed through a collaboration between Australian national science agency Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization’s (CSIRO's) data and digital specialist arm Data61, Hungarian robotics company Datastart and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Swissnuclear is a Swiss nuclear trade organization. Later this year, they will begin discussions with local Swiss communities and cantons on possible payment and compensation for hosting a deep geological repository for radioactive waste. Last September, Nördlich Lägern in northern Switzerland was suggested as a possible site for such a repository.
X-Energy is currently constructing the world’s first commercial scale advanced nuclear reactor in the state of Washington. The new reactor is part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE’s) two and a half billion-dollar Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP).