In April 2008, Spetsstroy, the company that was building the spent fuel storage facility in Zheleznogorsk, suspended the construction citing financial dispute with Rosatom. Rosatom responded by launching a tender for the completion of the project. This week, the contract...
August 2008 Archives
The 123 agreement on civilian nuclear cooperation between the United States and Russia was in trouble from the very beginning - the Bush administration got the timing wrong (here is an CRS report with a detailed analysis of the statutory...
As it turns out, Russia has no plans to offer the enrichment facility in Angarsk to IAEA safeguards. According to a presentation of Alexey Grigoryev, the Director of the International Uranium Enrichment Center, the Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Combine will remain...
One of Rosatom's subsidiaries, Atomflot, formally took control over nuclear icebreaker fleet (and auxiliary ships) from the Murmansk Shipping Company. This is probably a positive development - refueling of icebreaker reactors require regular shipments of fresh HEU fuel (see discussion...
Ukraine continues to diversify its nuclear fuel supply sources. This time it is considering building a fuel fabrication facility, which would be part of a concern "Nuclear Fuel of Ukraine"....
As reported by TotalWonkerr. UAE's $10 million adds to previous contributions from Norway ($5 million) and the United States ($50 million). It is $35 million to go to meet the goal of $100 million, which is a condition of releasing...
The plan to burn 34 MT of excess weapon-grade plutonium in civilian power reactors may be delayed. The MOX fuel manufacturer, Areva, terminated the test of its fuel assemblies that was underway at the Catawba power plant. According to an...
DoE announced that it donates $50 million to the IAEA fuel bank project supported by NTI. This contribution would go toward the $100 million that is necessary to release the $50 million pledged to the fuel bank by Warren Buffet....